3. 选C。根据第二段“all across America”所得。

2. 选D。选项A、B和C都涉及到。

20. What did mother do with her daughter’s letter, asking for forgiveness?

　 A. She had never received the letter　

B. For years, she often talks about the letter

　 C. She did not forgive her daughter at all in her life

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

答案与提示

19. The word “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 the mother and the daughter

　 D. part of the sea going far in land

18. 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

17. The writer began to love her mother’s desk ________.

　 A. after her mother died　　　 B. before she became a writer

　 C. when she was a child　　　 D. when Mother gave it to her

16. What’s the best of the passage?

　 A. My letter to mother　 B. Mother and children

　 C. My mother’s desk　　 D. Talks between Mother and Me

15. The write believes that ________.

　 A. children should make better rules for their games

　 B. children should invite grown ups to play with them

　 C. children’s games can do them a lot of good

　 D. children play games without reasons.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D

　 I 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 had said again, “is for Elizabeth.”

　 I 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. But she lived on the surface(表面).

　 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 answers. None came.

　 My hope turned to disappointment(失望), then little interest and, finally, peace-it seemed that nothing happened. I could not be sure that the letter had even got to my mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone that she was not.

　 Now the present of her desk told me, as she had 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-page letter, folded 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.

14. Why does a child like playing games?

　 A. Because he be someone other than himself

　 B. Because he can become popular among friends.

　 C. Because he finds he is always lucky in games.

　 D. Because he likes the place where he plays a game.

13. What do we know about grown-ups?

　 A. They are not interested in games.　　　　 B. They don’t understand children’s games.

　 C. They don’t need a reason to play games.　 D. They find children’s games too easy.