16．I've loved my mother's desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it．Mother sat writing letters．Standing by her chair，looking at the ink bottle，pens，and white paper，I decided that the act of writing must be a 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 in action．But as a young girl，I wanted to have 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 （表面）"．
As years passed，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．
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．
But the present of her desk told me，as she'd never been able to，that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work．I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside-a photo of my father and a one-paper letter，folded and refolded many times．It was my letter．
"In any way you choose，Mother，you always chose the act that speaks louder than words．"
71．The writer began to love her mother's deskC．
A．after Mother died
B．before she became a writer
C．when she was a child
D．when Mother gave it to her
72．The passage shows thatA．
A．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter
B．Mother was too serious about her daughter in words
C．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words
D．Mother wrote to her daughter in careless words
73．The underlined word"gulf"in the passage meansB．
A．deep understanding between the old and the young
B．different ideas between mother and daughter
C．free talks between mother and daughter
D．part of the sea going far in land
74．What did Mother do with her daughter's letter asking for forgiveness？D
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．
75．What's best title of the passage？C
A．My letter to Mother
B．Mother and children
C．My Mother's Desk
D．Talks between Mother and me．
分析 本文主要讲了作者从小就喜欢母亲的书桌，她和母亲之间从未心与心的交谈，因此她们之间有代沟．作者成年后，给母亲写信希望她原谅她，但一直没有收到回信，母亲在最后时刻把书桌留给了作者，作者深刻地感受到母亲表面上很冷酷，实际上内心很体贴自己的女儿．
解答 71．C．细节理解题．根据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．可知作者当时还是个小孩子，故选C．
72．A．推理判断题．由But she lived"on the surface"．和全文内容可知，作者的母亲表面上很冷漠，但心里充满了对作者的爱，正确答案是A．
73．B．细节理解题．从I was"too emotional"．But she lived"on the surface"．可知此词是指两人之间不同的看法和观点，应选B．
74．D．细节理解题．根据…a photo of my father and a one-page letter，folded and refolded many times．可知母亲在去世之前一遍一遍的读这封信；应选D．
75．C．推理判断题．文章的开头I've loved my mother's desk…以及后面的Now the present of her desk told，as she'd never been able to…可知作者是托物思人，以表达自己对母亲的怀念之情，所以最佳标题应是C．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
