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【题目】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?

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】

试题解析：本文主要通过了妈妈的桌子引起了我对妈妈的怀念，想起了我、妈妈、以及有关于这张桌子所发生的事情，以此表达了我对妈妈的想念。

【1】细节理解题，从文章第一段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.（我一直都爱着我妈妈的那张桌子，因为当我小时候才和桌子一样高的时候，我就经常看到妈妈在那张桌子上写信）故选C.

【2】推理判断题，从文章第三段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.(我从没看到过她生气、哭泣。我知道她爱我，她将她对我的爱全表现在行动上。但是，作为一个小女孩我更希望同她像母亲和女儿一样进行心对心的谈话)可知母亲虽然表面上冷清，实际上还是真心爱着她的女儿，故选A。

【3】推理判断题，从文章第四段：I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface”.（我是一个感性的人，但是她的感情全藏在心里，不在表面上露出来）说明母亲和“我”是不同的人，对事情有不同的看法，故选B。

【4】推理判断题，从本文第八段. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside —a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.(我仔细的打扫了那张桌子，发现里面有一些纸——我父亲的一张照片和一封被折叠和打开了很多次的信)故选D。

【5】主旨大意题。本文主要通过了妈妈的桌子引起了我对妈妈的怀念，想起了我、妈妈、以及有关于这张桌子所发生的事情，以此表达了我对妈妈的想念。

故选C。