第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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 (针法).
“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