Question

I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it when 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 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 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(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.

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-page 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. after Mother died 

B. when she was a child

C. before she became a writer

D. when mother gave it to her

2.The passage shows that ________________________.

A. Mother was too serious about her daughter in words.

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

C. cared much about her daughter in words.

D. mother wrote to her daughter in careful words.

3.The word “gulf” in the passage means _____________.

A. deep understanding between the old and the young.

B. part of the sea going far in land .

C. free talks between mother and daughter.

D. different ideas between mother and daughter .

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

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

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

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

D. She had never received the letter.    

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.B

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：小时候起作者就喜欢母亲的桌子，母亲去世前把桌子留给作者，含蓄的表达了对作者的爱和对选择的工作的原谅。作者托物思人，以表达自己对母亲的怀念之情。

1.B细节理解题。根据短文开头的句子“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.”可知作者当时还是个小孩子，故答案选B。

2.B 细节理解题。根据短文But she lived “on the surface ”. 和全文内容可知，作者的母亲表面上很冷漠， 但心里充满了对作者的爱，正确答案是B。

3.D词意猜测题。从I was “too emotional”. But she lived “on the surface”. 可知此词是指两人之间不同的看法和观点，故答案选D。

4.A细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“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，母亲经常阅读女儿的来信直到去世。故答案为A。

5.C标题归纳题。文章的开头I’ve loved my mother’s desk…以及后面的Now the present of her desk told, as she’d never been able to…可知作者是托物思人，以表达自己对母亲的怀念之情，所以最佳标题应是C。

考点：故事类短文阅读。