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, pen, and white paper, I decided that the act of
1 must be the most
2 thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother
3 different things for my sister and brother. “But the
4 ”, she said, “is for Elizabeth”.
I never saw her angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she
5 me, she showed it in action. But
6 a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks
7 mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf (深渊) opened between us. I was “too emotional”.
8 she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed and I graduated from college, I loved my mother and I wrote to her in
9 words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did
10 me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer.
11 came. My hope turned to
12 , then little interest, finally, peace --- it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the
13 had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could
14 trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the
15 of her desk told me, as she’d
16 been able to, that she was
17 that writing was my chosen work. I
18 the desk carefully and found some papers
19 --- 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
20 that speaks louder than words.
| 小题1: | | A．speaking | B．writing | C．looking | D．listening |
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| 小题2: | | A．wonderful | B．tiring | C．funny | D．productive |
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| 小题3: | | A．bought | B．gave | C．designed | D．kept |
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| 小题4: | | A．pen | B．paper | C．chair | D．desk |
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| 小题5: | | A．loved | B．disliked | C．appreciated | D．sympathized |
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| 小题7: | | A．with | B．among | C．beside | D．between |
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| 小题9: | | A．careful | B．active | C．thankful | D．serious |
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| 小题10: | | A．ignore | B．accept | C．forgive | D．dislike |
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| 小题11: | | A．No one | B．None | C．Something | D．Neither |
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| 小题12: | | A．surprise | B．joy | C．disappointment | D．happiness |
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| 小题13: | | A．ideas | B．information | C．news | D．Letter |
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| 小题14: | | A．stand | B．stop | C．continue | D．practice |
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| 小题15: | | A．present | B．appearance | C．shape | D．sight |
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| 小题16: | | A．always | B．ever | C．never | D．often |
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| 小题17: | | A．sorry | B．encouraged | C．regretful | D．pleased |
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| 小题18: | | A．moved | B．cleaned | C．fixed | D．emptied |
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| 小题19: | | A．inside | B．outside | C．below | D．above |
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| 小题20: | | A．gesture | B．method | C．action | D．way |
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