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【題目】I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.

Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”

I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.

They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易動(dòng)感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface”.

As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.

I posted the letter and waited for her answer, none came.

My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace. It seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.

Now the present of her desk told me that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work though she’d never been able to. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside —a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折疊) and refolded many times.

Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.

【1】The writer began to love her mother’s desk _______.

A. after Mother died

B. before she became a writer

C. when she was a child

D. when mother gave it to her

【2】The passage shows that _______.

A. Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter

B. Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done

C. Mother cared much about her daughter in words

D. Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words.

【3】The world “gulf” in the passage means _______.

A. deep understanding between the old and the young.

B. different ideas between the mother and the daughter.

C. free talks between mother and daughter.

D. part of the sea going far in land.

【4】What did Mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness?

A. She had never received the letter.

B. For years, she often talked about the letter.

C. She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.

D. She read the letter again and again till she died.

【5】What’s the best title of the passage?

A. My letters to Mother

B. Mother and Children

C. My Mother’s Desk

D. Talks between Mother and me.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

試題解析：本文主要通過了媽媽的桌子引起了我對(duì)媽媽的懷念，想起了我、媽媽、以及有關(guān)于這張桌子所發(fā)生的事情，以此表達(dá)了我對(duì)媽媽的想念。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題，從文章第一段I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters.（我一直都愛著我媽媽的那張桌子，因?yàn)楫?dāng)我小時(shí)候才和桌子一樣高的時(shí)候，我就經(jīng)常看到媽媽在那張桌子上寫信）故選C.

【2】推理判斷題，從文章第三段I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.(我從沒看到過她生氣、哭泣。我知道她愛我，她將她對(duì)我的愛全表現(xiàn)在行動(dòng)上。但是，作為一個(gè)小女孩我更希望同她像母親和女兒一樣進(jìn)行心對(duì)心的談話)可知母親雖然表面上冷清，實(shí)際上還是真心愛著她的女兒，故選A。

【3】推理判斷題，從文章第四段：I was “too emotional(易動(dòng)感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface”.（我是一個(gè)感性的人，但是她的感情全藏在心里，不在表面上露出來）說明母親和“我”是不同的人，對(duì)事情有不同的看法，故選B。

【4】推理判斷題，從本文第八段. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside —a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折疊) and refolded many times.(我仔細(xì)的打掃了那張桌子，發(fā)現(xiàn)里面有一些紙——我父親的一張照片和一封被折疊和打開了很多次的信)故選D。

【5】主旨大意題。本文主要通過了媽媽的桌子引起了我對(duì)媽媽的懷念，想起了我、媽媽、以及有關(guān)于這張桌子所發(fā)生的事情，以此表達(dá)了我對(duì)媽媽的想念。

故選C。