完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

My father and I were standing at the top of a church tower. He  31  me to this place in a small Italian town not far from our home in Rome. I  32  why he did so.

“Look down, Elsa,” Father said to me. I looked down and  33  the square in the centre of the village and I saw many turning streets  34  to the square.

“ See, my dear. There is more than one  35  to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place   36   you want to go by one road,  37  another,” he said to me.

Now I  38  why I was there. My father wanted to tell me how to  39  and deal with the difficulties.

In the years that  40  I often remembered the lesson Fathere taught me. I knew where I wanted to go in  41 . I wanted to be a fashion  42 . And on the way to my first small success I found the road  43 . What could I do ? Accept the failure? Or use my imagination and wisdom to find another road to my  44 ?

I had come to Paris, the  45  of the world of fashion , with some clothes I  46 . But none of the famous fashion designers seemed  47  in them. Then one day I met a friend who was wearig a very beautiful sweater. It had a lovely and  48  stitch (針法).

“Did you knit that sweater ?” I asked her.

“No,”she answered. “ It was done by a woman here in Paris.”

“ What an interesting stitch !” I continued.

My friend had an  49 . “The woman’s name is Mrs Vidian    she learned the stitch in Armenia, her motherland.”

Suddenly a good idea  50  me. why not open my own house of fashin? Why not design, make and sell clothes? I would do it, and I would begin with a sweater.

31. A . brought        B. carried        C. got      D. took

32. A. wondered      B. doubted       C. knew    D. guessed

33. A. noticed  B. saw      C. realized        D. observed

34. A. directing         B. going   C. leading         D. turning

35. A. way        B. path     C. road     D. method

36. A. when      B. why      C. which   D. where

37. A. try B. attempt       C. experiment D. manage

38. A. witnessed      B. understood C. imagined      D. supposed

39. A. settle     B. face      C. solve    D. handle

40. A. caught   B. followed       C. approached D. wasted

41. A. heart      B. work    C. class    D. life

42. A. designer         B. seller   C. worker          D. teacher

43. A. smoothed      B. passed          C. blocked         D. approved

44. A. success B. failure  C. comfort        D. intelligence

45. A. capital   B. country         C. attraction    D. centre

46. A. recommended       B. designed      C. performed   D. chose

47. A. occupied         B. absorbed     C. buried  D. interested

48. A. rough     B. ordinary       C. unusual        D. perfect

49. A. cause     B. reason C. description  D. explanation

50. A. struck    B. thought        C. entered        D. came

China understands the situation and needs of underdeveloped countries on the issue of climate change and urges developed countries to support them      technology and finance.

         A. in spite of   B. owing to     C. regardless of      D. in terms of

―These necklaces are fantastic! Jack, what about _______ with red stones?

―Mmm, I don’t know, but why not try _______ on?

       A．one; it      B．it; that      C．the one; it D．that; one

Not only ___ robbed of , but he himself was badly beaten up.

A. was everything he had   B. had everything he been   C. everything he had was 

D. everything he had been

This article has proved ___.

A. far most useful   B. the most usefully   C. most useful   D. most carefully

The man walked so fast that the child couldn’t ___ him.

A. taked care of   B. look down upon  C. get rid of   D. keep up with

When my sister phoned me, I couldn't hear clearly what she was ___.

A. speaking   B. talking    C. saying    D. telling

Let’s have another look, ___?

A. will you   B. shall we    C. do you    D. don’t you

--- Has Li Lei finished his work today?

--- I have no idea, but he ______ it when I saw him this morning.

A. had done                 B. would do                C. was doing              D. did

-- You know who came to our school yesterday?

-- Professor Smith? We once met at a conference.

-- ______. He came and gave a wonderful speech.

A. How did you know that?                    B. That was good news.

C. Got it!                                 D. Well Done!