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 ______.  

　　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 forgiveness?  

　　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?   

　　A. My letter to Mother                    B. Mother and Children  

　　C. My mother’s Desk                      D. Talks between Mother and Me  

　　【答案及解析】 

　　1. 選C。根據(jù)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。 

　　2. 選A。由But she lived “on the surface ”. 和全文內(nèi)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。 

　　3. 選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。 

　　4. 選D。根據(jù)…a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times. 可知應選D。 

　　5. 選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，所以標題應是C。