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My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their beds. But they thought  41 . My complaints, even self-justified shouting, were always landing on  42_   ears.  Very often a whole hour’s scolding would end with their   43  into tears, I felt very frustrated (沮丧的).I realized I needed to   44  my method of “mothering”.

One day when they were at school, I spent some time  45  their rooms. On their desks, in plain   __46  , I left the cards: “Dear Bill (the other card was   47   to Sarah), your room was messy this morning and I’m sure you like it clean. Love, the Room Fairy.”   48  arriving back, the children were   __49  excited to receive the little note from the Room Fairy. The next day, their rooms were fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from the Room Fairy ___50  for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of a clean room and   51  asking them to play a certain violin   52  . Each day, thank--you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas   53 .

Sometimes the Room Fairy would propose a little   54 : “If you can finish your homework and   __55  your lessons before dinner, I’ d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight.” Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in   56 of  well done jobs the day  ___57  .

  58  I can’t remember how long “the Room Fairy” continued leaving her love notes. When they were age appropriate, we used various versions of Post-Its(贴条). The bathroom mirror became the   59  centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be posted.

We all benefited from and   60 the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication.

1.                A．differently      B．gratefully       C．doubtfully D．hopefully

2.                A．side           B．deaf           C．neither   D．either

3.                A．crying          B．breaking        C．bursting  D．bumping

4.                A．adjust          B．adopt          C．access    D．addict

5.                A．clearing        B．tidying          C．emptying D．searching

6.                A．distance        B．words          C．speech   D．sight

7.                A．sent           B．read           C．delivered D．addressed

8.                A．As             B．At             C．In   D．Upon

9.                A．more than      B．rather than      C．no more than  D．other than

10.               A．asking          B．waiting         C．praying    D．expecting

11.               A．politely         B．happily         C．gently D．toughly

12.               A．music          B．song           C．piece     D．tone

13.               A．respectable     B．uninteresting    C．incredible D．fresh

14.               A．challenge       B．question        C．suggestion D．advice

15.               A．go with         B．look up         C．go over   D．look into

16.               A．response       B．answer         C．praise D．honor

17.               A．ahead          B．before         C．over  D．ago

18.               A．Actually        B．Even so         C．Even if    D．Though

19.               A．life            B．main           C．memory   D．reminder

20.               A．learned        B．appreciated     C．shared    D．thanked

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.C

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：作者通过the Room Fairy 的便条教育孩子要保持房间整洁和努力学习，并一直保持这种习惯，作者和孩子都从中受益了。

1.考查副词：A. differently不同地B. gratefully感激地C. doubtfully怀疑地D. hopefully有希望地，我和丈夫认为孩子够大了，能够整理自己的房间了，但孩子们想法不一样。选A

2.考查名词：A. side边B. deaf聋 C. neither 也不D. either也，landing on  deaf ears 不予理睬。选B

3.考查动词：A. crying 哭B. breaking 打破C. bursting爆发D. bumping撞词组：burst into tears 突然哭起来。选C

4.考查动词：A. adjust 调整B. adopt 收养C. access 接近 D. addict有瘾，我意识到我要调整做妈妈的方法了，选A

5.考查动词：A. clearing清理B. tidying整理C. emptying倒空D. searching搜寻，我花时间整理他们的房间。选B

6.考查名词：A. distance 距离B. words话语C. speech演讲D. sight视野，在桌上用简单的话语，留下便条。选B

7.考查动词：A. sent送B. read读 C. delivered发表D. addressed写地址，be addressed to写给…，选D

8.考查介词：A. As 做为B. At在…地方C. In 在…里面 D. Upon一…就，一回来，孩子们就很兴奋的接收the Room Fairy 的便条。选D

9.考查词组：A. more than不仅仅，非常B. rather than而不是C. no more than仅仅 D. other than除了，解析同上题。选A

10.考查动词：A. asking 问B. waiting 等C. praying祈祷D. expecting盼望还有一张the Room Fairy的便条在等着他们。选 B

11.考查副词：A. politely 礼貌B. happily高兴C. gently温柔地D. toughly困难地，便条上感谢他们把房间整理的干净，并温柔的请他们演奏一首小提琴。选C

12.考查名词：A. music音乐B. song 歌曲C. piece片D. tone语调，music不能和a连用，这不是小提琴歌曲，而是一首曲子。选C

13.考查形容词：A. respectable值得尊敬的B. uninteresting无趣的C. incredible难以想象的D. fresh新鲜的。每天这个便条写得都不一样，这样可以保持这种想法新鲜感。选D

14.考查名词：A. challenge挑战B. question 问题C. suggestion建议D. advice建议，有时the Room Fairy的想法有挑战性。选A

15.考查词组：A. go with 匹配B. look up查询C. go over 复习D.look into调查，go over the lesson复习功课。选C

16.考查名词：A. response 回复B. answer 回答C. praise 表扬D. honor荣幸词组：in praise of表扬。选C

17.考查副词：A. ahead 前面B. before之前C. over越过 D. ago之前，the day before指前面一天。选B

18.考查副词：A. Actually实际上B. Even so甚至这样C. Even if 即使D. Though虽然，实际上，我不记得the Room Fairy继续给他们写了多久的便条。选A

19.考查名词：A. life生活B. main主要C. memory记忆D. reminder提示，浴室的镜子成为我们家的提示中心。选D

20.考查动词：A. learned学习B. appreciated欣赏C. shared分享 D. thanked感谢，我们都很欣赏这种分享提示的方法，appreciated欣赏，后面接sth，thank后面接sb。选B

考点：考查故事类短文