题目内容
As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to 16 a little pocket money.
One day I 17 at the door of an elderly woman and asked 18 she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in 19 and I showed her my worn 20 , which no longer kept me warm. She 21 me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be 22 now.” She then 23 a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a 24 job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to 25 new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to 26 me with your report card, and I will 27 you when I see you have worked hard and got some good marks. Now 28 your little hands and take out as much 29 as you can.”
I put my hands in the jar and grabbed (抓住) so much money that it was 30 for me to buy what I 31 needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she 32 . She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time I 33 her that I had an “A”.
I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighborhood. I will never forget the big 34 this wonderful lady made to my life with her 35 . This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.
16.A.save | B.give | C.earn | D.change |
17.A.knocked | B.turned | C.worked | D.looked |
18.A.how | B.when | C.why | D.if |
19.A.school | B.time | C.trouble | D.bed |
20.A.bag | B.coat | C.carpet | D.sofa |
21.A.allowed | B.forced | C.helped | D.stopped |
22.A.punished | B.tested | C.praised | D.paid |
23.A.set up | B.made up | C.took out | D.put away |
24.A.boring | B.new | C.good | D.terrible |
25.A.keep | B.buy | C.remove | D.make |
26.A.serve | B.forgive | C.welcome | D.visit |
27.A.recognize | B.reward | C.understand | D.protect |
28.A.put up | B.show up | C.reach out | D.turn out |
29.A.room | B.money | C.food | D.time |
30.A.enough | B.rare | C.simple | D.special |
31.A.slightly | B.gradually | C.naturally | D.badly |
32.A.promised | B.discovered | C.knew | D.admitted |
33.A.asked | B.showed | C.required | D.wrote |
34.A.decision | B.progress | C.mistake | D.difference |
35.A.courage | B.honesty | C.kindness | D.happiness |
CADAB ADCCB DBCBA DABDC
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(学问). 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 anger, 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. 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(原谅)me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. 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 in, and I could stop 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 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. Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you chose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
【小题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. |
A.Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter. |
B.Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done. |
C.Mother cared much about her daughter in words. |
D.Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words. |
A.deep understanding between the old and the young. |
B.different ideas between the mother and the daughter. |
C.free talks between mother and daughter. |
D.part of the sea going far in land. |
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. |
A.My Letter to Mother. | B.Mother and Children. |
C.My Mother’s Desk. | D.Talks between Mother and Me. |