Question

I loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it when mother sat doing letters. 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 get angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she loved me, and 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 went by 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 that she did forgive (原諒) me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer. It didn’t come.
It seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to her.
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 me that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work, though she had never been able to. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside… a photo of my father and a one-paper 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．when she was a child
C．before she became a writer	D．when mother gave it to her

【小題2】The passage shows that mother _______.

A．was too serious about everything her daughter had done

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

C．cared much about her daughter in words

D．wrote to her daughter in careful words

【小題3】The word“gulf”in the 4th paragraph 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

【小題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 her life.

D．She had never received the letter.

【小題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

【小題1】B
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】A
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：短文大意：這篇短文主要講述了一對母女之間的情感故事，母親是一位面冷心熱的人，而作者是一個易動感情的人，因此這對母女之間產生了分析。直到作者的母親去世后，作者才從母親的遺物中直到，其實母親早已原諒了自己。
【小題1】細節理解題。根據I loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it when mother sat doing letters. 描述，可知當作者還是一個小孩子的時候，他就愛上了母親的桌子，故選B。
【小題2】細節理解題。根據I never saw her get angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she loved me, and she showed it in action.及短文最后一句Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.描述，可見這位母親很愛自己的女兒，但是只是用行動表現了出來，故選B，母親是一位面冷心熱的人。
【小題3】詞義猜測題。聯系后一句I was “too emotional (易動感情的)”, but she lived“on the surface”.描述，可知在我們之間產生了分歧。故選D。
【小題4】推理判斷題。根據短文倒數第二段Folded (折疊) and refolded many times.描述，可知這封信被打開有折上了很多次，故選A。這封信她讀了一遍又一遍，一直到死。
【小題5】標題歸納題。閱讀短文可知，這篇短文主要是以母親寫作的小桌子為主線進行了敘述，介紹了這對母女之間的情感故事，故選C，母親的書桌。
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