Question

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, 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-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 too serious about everything her daughter had done

B．Mother cared much about her daughter in words

C．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words.

D．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter

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 letter to Mother	B．Mother and Children
C．My Mother’s Desk	D．Talks between Mother and me.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】文章通过妈妈的留给我的一张桌子反映出妈妈对我的爱

1.C 推理题、根据文章第一句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.说明从我有桌子高的时候就喜欢这张桌子了。故C正确。

2.D 推理题。从妈妈把这张桌子保留给我，以及保留那封信，都说明妈妈是一个外冷内热的人，故D正确。

3.B 猜测词义题。根据横线后面的一句I was “too emotional (易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface”指我和妈妈在表达情感方面有很大的差别。故B正确。

4.D 推理题。根据倒数第二段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这封信被反复折叠，说明被反复阅读，故D正确。

5.C主旨大意题。文章通过妈妈的这张桌子反应出妈妈对我的爱。故C最能表达文章的中心思想。