We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had __36__ me to this spot in a small town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered __37__.
“Look __38__, Elsa,” Father said. I gathered all my __39__ and looked down. I saw the square in the centre of the village. And I saw the crisscross(十字形) of twisting, turning streets leading to the __40__. “See, my dear,” Father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. __41__ is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go __42__ one road, try another.”
Now I understood why I was there. __43__ that day I had begged my mother to do __44__ about the terrible lunches that were served at school. But she __45__ because she could not believe the lunches were as __46__ as I said.
When I __47__ my father for help, he would not help. __48__, he brought me to this high tower to __49__ me a lesson — the value of an open, searching mind. By the time we reached home, I had a __50__.
At school the next day, I __51__ poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to __52__ it to mother at dinner. The plan __53__ perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and said, “The cook must have gone mad!” Quickly I told what I had done, and mother said firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day.
In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working __54__ I tried every possible means to my goal. Father’s wise words always __55__ me that there is more than one way to the square.
| 小题1: | | A．taken | B．sent | C．brought | D．left |
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| 小题4: | | A．strength | B．courage | C．spirit | D．bravery |
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| 小题5: | | A．tower | B．church | C．square | D．village |
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| 小题6: | | A．School | B．Society | C．Family | D．Life |
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| 小题8: | | A．Earlier | B．Later | C．After | D．During |
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| 小题9: | | A．her best | B．a favor | C．something | D．everything |
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| 小题10: | | A．defended | B．refused | C．excused | D．agreed |
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| 小题12: | | A．belonged to | B．turned to | C．tried to | D．led to |
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| 小题13: | | A．Therefore | B．So | C．Instead | D．Anyway |
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| 小题14: | | A．show | B．make | C．prepare | D．give |
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| 小题15: | | A．plan | B．question | C．problem | D．suggestion |
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| 小题16: | | A．angrily | B．secretly | C．kindly | D．politely |
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| 小题17: | | A．cook | B．boil | C．make | D．serve |
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| 小题18: | | A．made | B．failed | C．worked | D．took |
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| 小题19: | | A．if | B．once | C．since | D．until |
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| 小题20: | | A．remind | B．approve | C．affect | D．limit |
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