Question

I would never forget the time when we were standing at the top of a church tower．My father had brought me to this spot in a small town not far from our home in Rome．I wondered why．

“Look down, Elsa，” Father said．I gathered all my courage and looked down．I saw the square in the center of the village．And I saw the crisscross （纵横交错） of streets leading to the square．“See, my dear，” Father said gently．“There is more than one way to the square．Life is like that．If you can't get to the place where you want to go by one road, try another．”

Now I understood why I was there．Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the awful lunches that were served at school．But she refused because she didn't believe the lunches were as bad as I said．

When I turned to Father for help, he would not interfere （干涉）．Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson．By the time we reached home, I had a plan．

At school the next day, I secretly poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home．Then I asked our cook to serve it to Mother at dinner．The plan worked perfectly．She swallowed one spoonful and sputtered, “The cook must have gone bad！” Quickly I told what I had done, and Mother stated firmly that she would deal with the matter of lunches at school the next day!

In the following years I often remembered the lesson Father taught me．I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago．I wouldn't stop working until I tried every possible means to my goal．Father's wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square．

1.The author's father took her to the top of a church tower to ________．

A．find out how many ways lead to the square

B．enjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole town

C．help her forget some unpleasant things earlier that day

D．inspire her to find out another way to solve her problem

2.What did the author want her mother to do earlier that day?

A．Do something delicious for lunch．

B．Speak to the school about lunch．

C．Taste her awful lunch．

D．Dismiss the cook．

3.The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph means ________．

A．the cook agreed to serve the soup to Mother

B．the matter of lunch was successfully settled

C．her father persuaded her mother successfully

D．the method the author thought of was effective

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.D

【解析】

试题分析: 本文是篇记叙文，讲了父亲带我去教堂顶看通往村庄的小路，告诉我这样一个道理：当一条路被封锁了，尝试另外一条路

1.D 推断题。根据第二段提到There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go by one road, try another，还有一条路可以到达那个地方，生活就是这样，当一条路被封锁了，尝试另外一条，故选D项。

2.B 推理题。根据第五段提到Mother stated firmly that she would deal with the matter of lunches at school the next day可以推断出我之前正想让妈妈和学校谈谈午餐的问题，故选B项。

3.D 词意猜测。根据第五段提到At school the next day, I secretly poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home．Then I asked our cook to serve it to Mother at dinner．The plan worked perfectly．我把学校的汤带回家 ，让妈妈尝，果然很有效果，让妈妈和学校谈谈午餐的问题，故选D项。

考点：人生百味类阅读。