Question

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(易动感情的)”. 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(折叠) 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?

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 letter to Mother B. Mother and Children

C. My Mother’s Desk D. Talks between Mother and me.

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章表达了作者对母亲的爱和怀念。作者从小就喜欢母亲写信用的书桌，作者当时认为在母亲的书桌上写东西是世界上最美好的事情。母亲后来把书桌留给了作者，作者长大后从事了与写作有关的工作。

1.I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it”可知，作者从身高能够看到桌面的时候就一直爱着妈妈的书桌，根据“I was just tall enough to see above the top”可知，当时作者还小，故选C。

2.Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words”可知，母亲总是用行动而不是言语来表达她的感情，排除C；根据第五段“I wrote to her in careful words”排除D；根据第三段“I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action.”可知，母亲从不把喜怒哀乐表现出来，她一直都是用实际行动在爱着作者，故选A。

3.I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”.”和下段“to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me”可知，作者与母亲产生了分歧，作者想得到母亲的原谅，故选B。

4.a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times”可知，作者在书桌里发现了一张打开和折叠过无数次的信，说明母亲在生前度过无数次作者写给她的信，故选D。

5.I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it”和第二段““But the desk,” she said again, “is for Elizabeth.””与倒数第二段“Now the present of her desk told me that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work”可知，文章主要写的是母亲的书桌，作者借此怀念母亲，故选C。

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