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, “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. However, they never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional”. But she lived “on the surface”.

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.  I posted the letter and waited for her answer. But none came.

My hope turned to disappointment, 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 stopped 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 with that writing which 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 and refolded many times.

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 wrote her daughter in careful words

B. mother cared much about her daughter in words

C. mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done

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

3.The word “gulf” in the passage means________.

A. part of the sea going far in land

B. free talks between mother and daughter

C. different ideas between mother and daughter

D. deep understanding between the old and the young

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

A. She had never received the letter.

B. She read the letter again and again till she died.

C. For years, she often talked about the letter.

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

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. My letter to Mother

B. Mother and Me

C. My Mother’s Desk

D. Talks between Mother and Me

Answer

1. C

2. D

3. C

4. B

5. B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。本文以“母亲的写字台”为线索回忆母亲生前与自己的点点滴滴。托物思人，以表达自己对母亲的怀念之情。

1.推理判断题。由第一段“I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it…..”可知，自从我足够高可以看到母亲的写字台的上面时，我就已经喜欢上了她的写字台。所以判断出当作者是个孩子时，就开始喜欢上了她母亲的写字台。故C选项正确。

2.推理判断题。由第二段“But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. However, they never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional”. But she lived “on the surface”.”以及最后段“I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside----a photo of my father and a one-page letter folded and refolded many times.”可知，作为一个小女孩，我需要的是母女之间心与心之间的交流。我们之间的想法不同，我注重感情,但她只停留在表面上。母亲去世后，我仔细地清理桌子时，发现里面有一些文件——一张父亲的照片和一封一页纸的信，折叠再折叠好多次。所以通过以上这些，我们判断出母亲表面上很冷漠，但母亲对女儿的爱是深藏在母亲内心深处的。故D选项正确。

3.词义猜测题。由第三段“ I was “too emotional”. But she lived “on the surface”.”可知，我注重感情,但她只停留在表面上。所以猜测“gulf”指的是母女之间的想法不同。故C选项正确。

4.推理判断题。由最后一段“ I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside----a photo of my father and a one-page letter folded and refolded many times.可知，我仔细地清理桌子时，发现里面有一些文件——一张父亲的照片和一封一页纸的信，折叠再折叠好多次”。所以判断出母亲在去世之前，一遍又一遍地读着女儿写给自己的请求原谅的信。故B选项正确。

5.标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文以“母亲的写字台”为线索回忆母亲生前的点点滴滴，母亲表面冷漠几乎没有与作者进行心与心之间的交流，但在母亲去世之后，在母亲的桌子里发现了那封自己写给母亲的，但没有收到回复的恳求母亲原谅的信，这封信母亲了看了一遍又一遍直到她去世。这时作者才明白母亲对自己的爱。所以作者托物思人，以表达自己对母亲的怀念之情。所以短文都是围绕着“母亲与我”这个标题展开的。故B选项“母亲与我”是短文最好的标题。故B选项正确。