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(小精靈).” 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 （貼條）. 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】

試題分析: 本文講述了聰明的媽媽化身為“小精靈”，在教育年幼的孩子成長時換了一種與孩子的交流方法，取得了意想不到的效果！

1.】A考查細節理解；由上文I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their beds得知我認為孩子們到了可以自己打掃房間和整理床鋪的年齡了。而but轉折，暗示孩子們卻不以為然。But they thought differently句意：但是孩子們卻想得不一樣。故選A

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

3. always landing on deaf ears句意：（我的話）總是當做耳邊風。故選C

4. into tears突然大哭;流淚; Very often a whole hour’s scolding would end with their bursting into tears句意：往往一個小時的責罵會以他們突然大哭結束。其他選項均不合適。故選D

5. B. adopt采用，采取；C.access接近，進入; D. adjust改變…以）適應，調整；I needed to adjust my method of “mothering”.句意：我需要調整我做媽媽的方式了。Adjust最符合文意。故選D

6. simple words, I left the cards…句意：我在卡片上留下了簡短的話語……sentence句子過于客觀，沒有對文字內容的強調。故選B

7. to… 給......寫(信) 。the other card was written to Sarah句意：另外一封卡片是寫給Sarah的。故選B

8. arriving back句意：一回到家里的時候。on在這里可以和upon互換，可以理解為as soon as， the moment， the instant， no sooner.故選B

9. than+形容詞”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：孩子們非常高興收到小精靈的留言。其他選項不能替代More than此種表意。故選A

10. praying祈禱；C. waiting等待；D. expecting期待； there was another note from the Room Fairy waiting for them句意：另一張小精靈的留言將會等待他們。Waiting表意最為符合。故選C

11. friendly友好地；C.politely溫和地；D. toughly粗暴地；后文得知是要求孩子們去演奏小提琴，這里應為一個禮貌地請求。故選A

12. piece; piece作名詞有文章，音樂作品的意思。violin piece即為小提琴曲。asking them to play a certain violin piece句意：要求他們演奏某一小提琴曲目。故選B

13. respectable尊重的；B. uninteresting無聊的；C . unbelievable難以相信的；D . fresh新鮮的。to keep the ideas fresh這里是指每天都有新鮮的想法。故選D

14.

15. praise of… 表揚……Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in praise of well-done jobs句意：有時候一些水彩和其他小項目都會被給予表揚做得好。故選C

16. B. before先前，從前；C. over結束; 再; D. ago以前;過去的; ago表示“從現在起的若干時間以前”,意思是“距今……以前”,需和過去時或過去進行時連用.before泛指“從過去起的若干時間以前”,意思是 “距過去某時……以前”“與其……（毋寧）”,常和完成時連用,尤其在間接引語。the day before前天。故選B

17. I can’t remember how long “the Room Fairy” continued leaving her love notes句意：實際上我也不記得小精靈愛的留言持續了多久。actually實際上，其余選項表意牽強，不符合使用習慣。故選D

18. 提醒…的東西;（告知該做某事的）通知單;提示信The bathroom mirror became the reminder centre of our home句意：洗浴室的鏡子成為我們家的通信中心了。這里是指浴室的玻璃上成了貼紙條的提醒墻。下文也有這個詞。故選D

19. B. posted張貼，宣布；C.struck擊打，攻擊；D. hanged懸掛，裝飾; Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be posted .約會，親戚串門，課程表和計劃的改變都可以被張貼上去。句意：故選

20. learned學習，得知；C. shared分配;分開; D. thanked感謝，謝謝。We all benefited from and appreciated the idea…句意：我們都喜歡這個主意并從中受益……這里Appreciate還有一層喜歡的意思，比thanked更加貼切。故選A

考點：考查家庭教育類記敘文閱讀