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I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was a child. I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as my mother sat reading books. Standing by her chair, I thought that reading must be the most wonderful thing in the world.

A few years later, during her final illness, “The desk is for you,” she said to me. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers and a photo of my family.

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. She was never angry. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional”. But she didn’t say how she felt.

As years passed, I had my own family. I loved my daughter and thanked my mother for our happy family.

Now her desk told that she was pleased that I like reading very much. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.

1.When did the writer begin to love her mother’s desk?

A After her mother died.

B When she was a child.

C Before she became a teacher.

D When her mother gave it to her.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段第一句I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was a child.可知作者从小就喜欢母亲的办公桌，故选B。

2.What’s in the desk?

A A photo.

B Some papers.

C Some photos.

D A&B.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第二段第二句I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers and a photo of my family.可知里面有一些文件和一张家人的照片，故选D。

3.What’s the Chinese meaning of “gulf”?

A 分歧.

B 狼群.

C 聊天.

D 高尔夫.

解析：选A。词义猜测题。根据后面I was “too emotional”.可推断gulf意为：分歧，故选A。

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A The writer’s mother didn’t say how she felt.

B The writer’s mother wrote to her daughter in careful words.

C The writer’s mother cared much about her daughter in words.

D The writer’s mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据全文并结合第三段最后一句But she didn’t say how she felt.可知作者太容易情绪化，而妈妈不说她的感受，故选A。

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A My mother’s picture.

B Mother and I.

C My mother’s desk.

D Talks between mother and me.

解析：选C。主旨大意题。根据全文可知文章围绕“妈妈的书桌”展开，故选C。