Question

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 ”. 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.

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.”

1.The writer began to love her mother’s desk________.

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

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 her daughter in words

C．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words

D．Mother wrote to her daughter in careless words

3.The underlined word “gulf” in the passage means_______.

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

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 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

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

【解析】

試題分析:這是一篇記敘文。媽媽對孩子的愛總是放在行動上。

1.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it.”可知，當(dāng)我才剛剛夠得著坐在上面的時候，我就愛上了媽媽的桌子。由此判斷“我”還小。選C。

2.A推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段““In any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.””可知媽媽是一個外表冷酷，內(nèi)心善良的人，她喜歡用行動表達(dá)自己的愛。故選A。

3.B 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)“I was “too emotional ”. But she lived “on the surface ”.”可知這是我們之間觀點不同，表現(xiàn)不同。故選B。

4.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第七段的最后一句“a photo of my father and a one-paper letter, folded and refolded many times. It was my letter.”可知媽媽其實把這封信讀了又讀。故選D。

5.C 主旨大意題。這篇文章主要寫媽媽用自己的實際行動表達(dá)對孩子的愛，文章最后那封看了又看的信是全文的亮點所在，突出了主題媽媽無聲的愛。故選C。

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