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’d said again, “it’s 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
They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易動感情的)”. 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. 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 it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told, 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(折疊) and refolded many times.
Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
小題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

小題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 everything her daughter had done

C．mother cared much about her daughter in words

D．mother wrote to her daughter in careful words

小題3:The word “gulf” in the passage means ____________.

A．deep understanding between the old and the young

B．different ideas between the mother and the daughter

C．free talks between mother daughter

D．part of the sea going far in land

小題4:What did mother do with her daughter’s letter?

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.

小題5:What is 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

小題1:C
小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:C

小題1:C。根據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. 可知作者當時還是個小孩子，故選C。
小題1:A。由But she lived “on the surface ”. 和全文內容可知，作者的母親表面上很冷漠，但心里充滿了對作者的愛，正確答案是A。
小題1:B。從I was “too emotional”. But she lived “on the surface”. 可知此詞是指兩人之間不同的看法和觀點，應選B。
小題1:D。根據…a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times. 可知應選D。
小題1:C。文章的開頭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，以表達自己對母親的懷念之情，所以最佳標題應是C。