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?

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.

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】

試題分析:文章表達了作者對母親的愛和懷念。作者從小就喜歡母親寫信用的書桌,作者當時認為在母親的書桌上寫東西是世界上最美好的事情。母親后來把書桌留給了作者,作者長大后從事了與寫作有關(guān)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,作者從身高能夠看到桌面的時候就一直愛著媽媽的書桌,根據(jù)“I was just tall enough to see above the top”可知,當時作者還小,故選C。

2.Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words”可知,母親總是用行動而不是言語來表達她的感情,排除C;根據(jù)第五段“I wrote to her in careful words”排除D;根據(jù)第三段“I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action.”可知,母親從不把喜怒哀樂表現(xiàn)出來,她一直都是用實際行動在愛著作者,故選A。

3.I was “too emotional(易動感情的)”.”和下段“to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me”可知,作者與母親產(chǎn)生了分歧,作者想得到母親的原諒,故選B。

4.a one-page letter, folded(折疊) and refolded many times”可知,作者在書桌里發(fā)現(xiàn)了一張打開和折疊過無數(shù)次的信,說明母親在生前度過無數(shù)次作者寫給她的信,故選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.””與倒數(shù)第二段“Now the present of her desk told me that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work”可知,文章主要寫的是母親的書桌,作者借此懷念母親,故選C。

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