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 （易動(dòng)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．a(chǎn)fter 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 本文主要講了作者從小就喜歡母親的書(shū)桌，她和母親之間從未心與心的交談，因此她們之間有代溝．作者成年后，給母親寫(xiě)信希望她原諒她，但一直沒(méi)有收到回信，母親在最后時(shí)刻把書(shū)桌留給了作者，作者深刻地感受到母親表面上很冷酷，實(shí)際上內(nèi)心很體貼自己的女兒．
解答 71．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)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．可知作者當(dāng)時(shí)還是個(gè)小孩子，故選C．
72．A．推理判斷題．由But she lived"on the surface"．和全文內(nèi)容可知，作者的母親表面上很冷漠，但心里充滿(mǎn)了對(duì)作者的愛(ài)，正確答案是A．
73．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．從I was"too emotional"．But she lived"on the surface"．可知此詞是指兩人之間不同的看法和觀(guān)點(diǎn)，應(yīng)選B．
74．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)…a photo of my father and a one-page letter，folded and refolded many times．可知母親在去世之前一遍一遍的讀這封信；應(yīng)選D．
75．C．推理判斷題．文章的開(kāi)頭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，以表達(dá)自己對(duì)母親的懷念之情，所以最佳標(biāo)題應(yīng)是C．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀(guān)想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
