Question

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 criss-cross（縱橫交錯） 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. enjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole town

B. encourage her to find out another way to solve her problem

C. find out how many ways lead to the square

D. help her forget some unpleasant things earlier that day

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

A. Do something delicious for lunch.

B. Taste her awful lunch.

C. Dismiss the cook.

D. Speak to the school about lunch.

3. What did the author's mother think of her lunch soup after she tasted it?

A. It wasn't so bad as the author said.

B. It was delicious.

C. It couldn't be worse.

D. It was as good as her cook did.

4.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 way the author thought of was successful

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章講述了作者如何轉(zhuǎn)變思路，另辟蹊徑解決問題的。作者一開始跟母親反映午餐問題的時候母親根本不理睬她。但是她換了種方式，把湯帶回家給母親品嘗后，母親轉(zhuǎn)變了她的態(tài)度。

1.細節(jié)理解題。句意：作者的父親把他帶到教堂高樓樓頂是為了什么？根據(jù)文章第二段可知Life is like that. If you can't get to the place where you want to go by one road. try another."生活就像道路。如果你在這條路上不能到達你想去的地方的話，就試試另一條吧。故選B。她的爸爸鼓勵她換種方式思考問題。

2.細節(jié)理解題。句意：那天早些時候，作者想要她的媽媽做些什么？根據(jù)文章第三段Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the awful lunches that were served at school.早些時候我央求我的母親 對我學校供應(yīng)的那些糟糕的午餐做些什么。倒數(shù)第二段中and Mother stated firmly that she would deal with the matter of lunches at school the next day! 媽媽堅定的說她第二天會去學校解決這個問題。故選D。他要去學校和老師交涉這個問題。

3.細節(jié)理解題。句意：當作者的母親嘗過午飯的湯之后，他是怎么想的？根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段She swallowed one spoonful and sputtered, "The cook must have gone bad!" 她咽了一勺湯，說：“廚師一定很糟糕”，故選C，糟的不能再糟糕了。

4.推理判斷題。句意：第五段劃線部分的含義是什么？根據(jù)The plan worked perfectly. 這個計劃完美的完成了。根據(jù)文章可以知道作者一開始跟母親反映午餐問題的時候母親根本不理睬她。但是她換了種方式，把湯帶回家給母親品嘗后，母親轉(zhuǎn)變了她的態(tài)度，故選D。作者想出的方式獲得了成功。

考點：故事類短文。