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“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 several 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 bad lunches that were served at school. But she refused because she could not believe the lunches were as bad as I said.
When I turned to Father for help, he would not help. 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 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 tried one spoonful and sputtered. “The cook must have gone mad!” Quickly I told what I had done, and Mother promised 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 until I tried every possible way. Father’s wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square.
小題1:Father brought Elsa to the top of the church tower to_________________ .
A．have sports with Elsa
B．explain what he means clearly
C．enjoy the views
D．have a rest there
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A．do something delicious for lunch
B．know he was complaining about his lunch
C．speak to the school about lunch
D．change the terrible eating habit
小題3:By sharing her own experiences, Elsa tries to tell us________
when one road is blocked , try another 
B. how bad the lunch of her school is
C. how wise her father is
D.how terrible her mother is

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A

試題分析： 那天早些時(shí)候，我求媽媽對(duì)于學(xué)校做的不好吃的午飯向?qū)W校反映一下，媽媽不相信我說的話，我求助于爸爸，他沒說什么，而是把我?guī)У竭@個(gè)高塔上給我上了一課。我看到廣場(chǎng)在村子里的中心，有幾條街通向廣場(chǎng)。爸爸說：通向廣場(chǎng)的路不止一條，就像這樣，如果你想走的一條路不通到你到的地方，試另一條。當(dāng)我們回家時(shí)，我有了一個(gè)計(jì)劃。第二天，我把午飯的湯帶回家，晚會(huì)的時(shí)候讓廚師端給媽媽吃。媽媽嘗了一勺激動(dòng)地說，廚師肯定是瘋了。我告訴了媽媽，她答應(yīng)第二天為學(xué)校午飯的事情做點(diǎn)什么。在隨后的幾年里，我經(jīng)常記起爸爸給我上的那一課。我直到試過每一個(gè)可能的方法才停止工作。爸爸智慧的話總是提醒我到廣場(chǎng)的路不只一條，
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson而是把我?guī)У竭@個(gè)高塔上給我上了一課，可知答案選B
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the bad lunches that were served at school.那天早些時(shí)候，我求媽媽對(duì)于學(xué)校做的不好吃的午飯向?qū)W校反映一下，可知答案選C
小題3:主旨大意題。根據(jù) I wouldn’t stop working until I tried every possible way. Father’s wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square.我直到試過每一個(gè)可能的方法才停止工作。爸爸智慧的話總是提醒我到廣場(chǎng)的路不只一條，可知答案選A
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