Question

I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it when Mother sat doing letters. 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 get angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she loved me, and 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 went by, 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 that she did forgive (原谅) me.

    I posted the letter and waited for her answer, but it didn’t come. I wondered if the letter had even got to her. 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 had never been able to. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside … a photo of my father and a one-paper 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. when she was a child

B. when mother gave it to her

C. after mother died

D. before she became a writer

2.The passage shows that           .

A. the mother wrote to her daughter in careful words

B. the mother cared much about her daughter in words

C. the mother was cold on the surface but kind inside to her daughter

D. the mother was strict with her daughter

3. What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness？

A. She often talked about the letter.

B. She had never received the letter.

C. She read the letter again and again until she died.

D. She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in her life.

4. What’s the best title for the passage？

A. My Letter to Mother 

B. Talks Between Mother and Me

C. My Mother’s Desk 

D. Mother and Children

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章是通过一张书桌阐述妈妈对我的爱很深沉。

1.细节题。根据第一段第一行since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it可知从小就喜欢妈妈的书桌。故选A。

2.推理题。通读全文可知妈妈表面冷漠，内心火热。她把作者喜欢的桌子留给作者，但是什么都没有多说。收到作者的那封信，也什么没有说。故选C。

3.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.这封信被一再地折叠，说明妈妈经常看。故选C。

4.A主旨大意题。文章是通过一张书桌阐述妈妈对我的爱。故选A。

【名师点睛】

所谓细节题，是指原文提到了某事物、现象或理论，题干针对原文具体叙述本身发问。一般包括直接理解题（在原文中可直接找到答案，常用who, what, when, where, why和how等提问。）语义转化题（需要将题目信息与原文相关信息进行语义上的转换，两者存在表达上的差异，有时需要进行加工或整理后方能得出结论）、数字计算题、排列顺序题、图表图画题等。抓住文段中的事实和细节是做好该题型的关键，也是做好其它类型问题的基础。5.细节题。根据第一段第一行since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it可知从小就喜欢妈妈的书桌。故选A。

考点：考查日常生活类阅读