Question

I've loved my mother's desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of is mother sat writing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I thought that the act of writing must be a 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.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 cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter

B.mother was too serious about her daughter in words

C.mother 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 the young

B.different ideas between mother and daughter

C.free talks between mother and daughter

D.part of the sea going far in land

4.What's 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.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题本文是一篇记叙文。作者从小就喜欢母亲的书桌，她和母亲之间从未心与心的交谈，因此她们之间有代沟。成年后，作者给母亲写信希望她原谅她，但一直没有收到回信，但母亲在最后时刻把书桌留给了作者，使她深刻地感受到母亲虽然表面上很冷酷，可内心里却很体贴自己。短文表达了作者对母亲深情的爱和思念。

1.题意：作者 开始喜欢她母亲的桌子。考查细节理解题。根据第一句I've loved my mother's desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of is mother sat writing letters.，可知从小就喜欢，故选C。

2.题意：这篇文章表明了 。考查细节理解题。根据I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside a photo of my father and a one-paper 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.”这些细节，可以看出母亲表面上很冷酷，实际上内心很体贴自己的女儿。故选A。

3.题意：文中的单词"gulf"意思是 。考查词义理解和细节理解题。根据文中描述，作者和妈妈从未心与心的谈话，她们之间出现了分歧，可知选B。

4.题意：这篇文章最好的题目是什么？考查细节理解题。根据短文内容，妈妈的书桌是贯穿全文的一条线索，所以文章最好的题目是妈妈的书桌，可知选C。