Question

My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their beds. But they thought . My complaints, even self-justified（自有道理） , were always landing on ears. Very often a whole hour’s scolding would end with their into tears. I felt very annoyed. I realized I needed to my method of “mothering”.

One day when they were at school, I spent some time tidying their rooms. On their desks, in simple , I left the cards: “Dear Bill(the other card was to Sarah), your room was messy this morning and I’m sure you like it clean. Love, the Room Fairy(小精灵).” arriving back, the children were excited to receive the little note from the Room Fairy. The next day, their rooms were fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from the Room Fairy for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of a clean room and asking them to play a certain violin . Each day, thank-you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas ．

Sometimes the Room Fairy would offer a little : “If you can finish your homework and go over your lessons before dinner, I’d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight.” Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left

in of well-done jobs the day .

I can’t remember how long “the Room Fairy” continued leaving her love notes. When they were age appropriate, we used various versions of Post-Its （贴条）. The bathroom mirror became the centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be .

We all benefited from and the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication．

1.A.differently B.positive C.negative D. same

2.A.shouting B. crying C. persuading D. beating

3.A. side B. neither C.deaf D. either

4.A.crying B.bringing C.dropping D. bursting

5.A.addict B. adopt C.access D. adjust

6.A.sentence B. words C. speech D. sight

7.A.sent B. written C.delivered D. read

8.A.As B.On C. In D. At

9.A.more than B. rather than C.less than D. other than

10.A.asking B. praying C. waiting D. expecting

11.A.gently B. friendly C.politely D. toughly

12.A.music B. piece C.song D. tone

13.A.respectable B.uninteresting C. unbelievable D. fresh

14.A.problem B. question C.challenge D. advice

15.A.response B. answer C.praise D. honor

16.A.ahead B. before C. over D. ago

17.A.though B. Even so C.Even if D. Actually

18.A.memory B. main C. life D. reminder

19.A.sent B. posted C.struck D. hanged

20.A.appreciated B. learned C. shared D. thanked

Answer 1

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.C

16.B

17.D

18.D

19.B

20.A

【解析】

试题分析: 本文讲述了聪明的妈妈化身为“小精灵”，在教育年幼的孩子成长时换了一种与孩子的交流方法，取得了意想不到的效果！

1.】A考查细节理解；由上文I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their beds得知我认为孩子们到了可以自己打扫房间和整理床铺的年龄了。而but转折，暗示孩子们却不以为然。But they thought differently句意：但是孩子们却想得不一样。故选A

2. self-justified shouting句意：甚至自有道理地叫喊。故选A

3. always landing on deaf ears句意：（我的话）总是当做耳边风。故选C

4. into tears突然大哭;流泪; Very often a whole hour’s scolding would end with their bursting into tears句意：往往一个小时的责骂会以他们突然大哭结束。其他选项均不合适。故选D

5. B. adopt采用，采取；C.access接近，进入; D. adjust改变…以）适应，调整；I needed to adjust my method of “mothering”.句意：我需要调整我做妈妈的方式了。Adjust最符合文意。故选D

6. simple words, I left the cards…句意：我在卡片上留下了简短的话语……sentence句子过于客观，没有对文字内容的强调。故选B

7. to… 给......写(信) 。the other card was written to Sarah句意：另外一封卡片是写给Sarah的。故选B

8. arriving back句意：一回到家里的时候。on在这里可以和upon互换，可以理解为as soon as， the moment， the instant， no sooner.故选B

9. than+形容词”等于“很”或“非常”的意思。the children were more than excited to receive the little note from the Room Fairy.句意：孩子们非常高兴收到小精灵的留言。其他选项不能替代More than此种表意。故选A

10. praying祈祷；C. waiting等待；D. expecting期待； there was another note from the Room Fairy waiting for them句意：另一张小精灵的留言将会等待他们。Waiting表意最为符合。故选C

11. friendly友好地；C.politely温和地；D. toughly粗暴地；后文得知是要求孩子们去演奏小提琴，这里应为一个礼貌地请求。故选A

12. piece; piece作名词有文章，音乐作品的意思。violin piece即为小提琴曲。asking them to play a certain violin piece句意：要求他们演奏某一小提琴曲目。故选B

13. respectable尊重的；B. uninteresting无聊的；C . unbelievable难以相信的；D . fresh新鲜的。to keep the ideas fresh这里是指每天都有新鲜的想法。故选D

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15. praise of… 表扬……Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in praise of well-done jobs句意：有时候一些水彩和其他小项目都会被给予表扬做得好。故选C

16. B. before先前，从前；C. over结束; 再; D. ago以前;过去的; ago表示“从现在起的若干时间以前”,意思是“距今……以前”,需和过去时或过去进行时连用.before泛指“从过去起的若干时间以前”,意思是 “距过去某时……以前”“与其……（毋宁）”,常和完成时连用,尤其在间接引语。the day before前天。故选B

17. I can’t remember how long “the Room Fairy” continued leaving her love notes句意：实际上我也不记得小精灵爱的留言持续了多久。actually实际上，其余选项表意牵强，不符合使用习惯。故选D

18. 提醒…的东西;（告知该做某事的）通知单;提示信The bathroom mirror became the reminder centre of our home句意：洗浴室的镜子成为我们家的通信中心了。这里是指浴室的玻璃上成了贴纸条的提醒墙。下文也有这个词。故选D

19. B. posted张贴，宣布；C.struck击打，攻击；D. hanged悬挂，装饰; Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be posted .约会，亲戚串门，课程表和计划的改变都可以被张贴上去。句意：故选

20. learned学习，得知；C. shared分配;分开; D. thanked感谢，谢谢。We all benefited from and appreciated the idea…句意：我们都喜欢这个主意并从中受益……这里Appreciate还有一层喜欢的意思，比thanked更加贴切。故选A

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