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阅读下面的短文，从每小题所给的(A)、(B)、(C)和(D)选项中选出一个最佳答案。

　　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'd 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(易动感情的)”. 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(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 it, 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(折叠) 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.

1．The writer began to love her mother's desk ________.

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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 ________.

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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

3．The word “gulf” in the passage means ________.

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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

4．What did mother do with her daughter's letter asking for forgiveness?

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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 the best title of the passage?

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A．My Letter to Mother

B．Mother and Children

C．My Mother's Desk

D．Talks between Mother and Me

It all started when I was two years old. My parents didn’t get along and got divorced（离婚）. I hated that I couldn’t see both of my parents at the same time. So my dad, my younger sister, Alexis, and I went to live with my grandma and grandpa. We lived with them for almost six years. My mom, on the other hand, lived with her boyfriend Michael in Oklahoma. My life was really good, but when my mom called to check up on my sister and me, I cried myself to sleep. I missed her so much.

My life at my grandparents’ house was really nice. And then on Friday, May 15, 2002, my grandpa died of cancer. I cried for seven days straight. My dad and his new wife were worried about me. So they took me to the doctor and they said that I was too sad and that I needed to find something happy and healthy to do during the day.

I prayed（祈祷）to God every night saying that I was sorry for getting myself sick and I also prayed for him to take care of my grandpa. I still pray to this day. And now, at my mom’s house, she has a four-year-old girl, my half-sister, Macie. And I have my step-dad（继父）, Michael, there for me. I really like Michael. He’s really good to me and my sister. And at my dad’s house, I have two little brothers, Blake and Justin. Blake is two years old and Justin is ten months old. I have so much to be thankful for, but I’m still looking for more.

1. The writer had to leave her ________ when she was two years old.

A. father B. mother

C. grandpaD. grandma

【小题2 】The writer cried to sleep while her mother called to check up her because she _______.

A. hated her father B. hated her father’s new wife

C. missed her mother D. missed her grandpa

2.We can infer(推断) from the story that ______

A. The writer’s father and her mother didn’t treat her very well.

B. The writer wished that she could live both her father and mother.

C. The writer’s mother didn’t love her so she left her when she was only two.

D. The writer was taken to the hospital after her grandpa died. And the doctor asked her to take much medicine.

3.Half-sister means the writer and Macie have the same _________.

A. father but different mothers

B. mother but different fathers

C. grandmother but different grandfathers

D. grandfather but different grandmothers

4.How many brothers and sisters does the writer have?

A. 2B. 3

C. 4D. 5