Question

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

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 wrote to her daughter in careful words

D．Mother wrote to her daughter in careless words

3.The underlined word “gulf” in the passage means_______.

A．deep understanding between the old and 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 did Mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness?

A．She had never received the letter.

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

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

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

5.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

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

【解析】

试题分析:这是一篇记叙文。妈妈对孩子的爱总是放在行动上。

1.C 细节理解题。根据第一段“I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it.”可知，当我才刚刚够得着坐在上面的时候，我就爱上了妈妈的桌子。由此判断“我”还小。选C。

2.A推理判断题。根据最后一段““In any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.””可知妈妈是一个外表冷酷，内心善良的人，她喜欢用行动表达自己的爱。故选A。

3.B 词义猜测题。根据“I was “too emotional ”. But she lived “on the surface ”.”可知这是我们之间观点不同，表现不同。故选B。

4.D细节理解题。根据第七段的最后一句“a photo of my father and a one-paper letter, folded and refolded many times. It was my letter.”可知妈妈其实把这封信读了又读。故选D。

5.C 主旨大意题。这篇文章主要写妈妈用自己的实际行动表达对孩子的爱，文章最后那封看了又看的信是全文的亮点所在，突出了主题妈妈无声的爱。故选C。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读