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【題目】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 shouting, were always landing on ears. Very often a whole hour’s scolding would end with their into tears, I felt very frustrated. I realized I needed to my method of “mothering”.

One day when they were at school, I spent some time their rooms. On their desks, in plain , 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.” 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 propose a little : “If you can finish your homework and 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 posted.

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. indifferently B. gratefully C. doubtfully D. otherwise

【2】A. side B. deaf C. neither D. either

【3】A. crying B. breaking C. bursting D. bumping

【4】A. adjust B. adopt C. access D. addict

【5】A. clearing B. tidying C. emptying D. searching

【6】A. distance B. words C. speech D. sight

【7】A. sent B. read C. delivered D. addressed

【8】A. As B. At C. In D. Upon

【9】A. more than B. rather than C. no more than D. other than

【10】A. asking B. waiting C. praying D. expecting

【11】A. politely B. happily C. gently D. toughly

【12】A. music B. song C. piece D. tone

【13】A. respectable B. uninteresting C. incredible D. fresh

【14】A. challenge B. question C. suggestion D. advice

【15】A. go with B. look up C. go over D. look into

【16】A. response B. answer C. praise D. honor

【17】A. ahead B. before C. over D. ago

【18】A. Actually B. Even so C. Even if D. Though

【19】A. life B. main C. memory D. reminder

【20】A. learned B. appreciated C. shared D. thanked

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【6】B

【7】D

【8】D

【9】A

【10】B

【11】C

【12】C

【13】D

【14】A

【15】C

【16】C

【17】B

【18】A

【19】D

【20】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講了，聰明的媽媽換了一種與孩子的交流方法，取得了意想不到的效果！作者通過(guò)the Room Fairy 的便條教育孩子要保持房間整潔和努力學(xué)習(xí)，并一直保持這種習(xí)慣，作者和孩子都從中受益了。

【1】考查副詞。A. indifferently漠不關(guān)心地B. gratefully感激地C. doubtfully懷疑地D. otherwise另外地，不同地。根據(jù)上下文的意思可知孩子的想法和我們的不一樣。故選D。

【2】考查名詞。A. side邊B. deaf聾 C. neither 也不D. either也，landing on deaf ears 不予理睬。根據(jù)句意可知孩子們對(duì)我的抱怨根本不理睬，充耳不聞。 故選B。

【3】考查動(dòng)詞。A. crying 哭B. breaking 打破C. bursting爆發(fā)D. bumping撞。句意：經(jīng)常是一個(gè)小時(shí)的責(zé)備讓孩子們淚流滿(mǎn)面。burst into tears是固定結(jié)構(gòu)，意為“突然大哭起來(lái)”。故選C。

【4】考查動(dòng)詞。A. adjust 調(diào)整B. adopt 收養(yǎng)C. access 接近 D. addict有癮。前面的這些失敗讓我很沮喪，于是想到了要調(diào)整我的方法。故選A。

【5】考查動(dòng)詞。A. clearing清理B. tidying整理C. emptying倒空D. searching搜尋。句意：我花了一些時(shí)間整理他們的房間。 故選B。

【6】考查名詞。A. distance 距離B. words話語(yǔ)C. speech演講D. sight視野。結(jié)合句意可知我在卡片上留下了話。故選B。

【7】考查動(dòng)詞。A. sent送B. read讀 C. delivered發(fā)表D. addressed給…….寫(xiě)(信)。文中指我另外一張卡片是寫(xiě)給Sarah的。be addressed to sb.寫(xiě)給某人。故選D。

【8】考查介詞。A. As 做為B. At在…地方C. In 在…里面 D. Upon一…就，一回來(lái)。句意：孩子們一回家就非常興奮。故選D。

【9】考查詞組。A. more than不僅僅，非常B. rather than而不是C. no more than僅僅 D. other than除了，more than+形容詞，意為“非�！�。句意：孩子們一回家就非常興奮。故選A。

【10】考查動(dòng)詞。A. asking 問(wèn)B. waiting 等C. praying祈禱D. expecting盼望。句意：還有一張the Room Fairy的便條在等著他們。故選B。

【11】考查副詞。A. politely 禮貌B. happily高興C. gently溫柔地D. toughly困難地。便條上感謝他們把房間整理的干凈，并溫柔的請(qǐng)他們演奏一首小提琴。故選C。

【12】考查名詞。A. music音樂(lè)B. song 歌曲C. piece片D. tone語(yǔ)調(diào)，music不能和a連用，這不是小提琴歌曲，而是一首曲子，這里的piece指(藝術(shù))作品；曲，篇。故選C。

【13】考查形容詞。A. respectable值得尊敬的B. uninteresting無(wú)趣的C. incredible難以想象的D. fresh新鮮的。句意：每天這個(gè)便條寫(xiě)得都不一樣，這樣可以保持這種想法新鮮感。故選D。

【14】考查名詞。A. challenge挑戰(zhàn)B. question 問(wèn)題C. suggestion建議D. advice建議。句意：有時(shí)the Room Fairy的想法有挑戰(zhàn)性。故選A。

【15】考查詞組。A. go with 匹配B. look up查詢(xún)C. go over 復(fù)習(xí)D.look into調(diào)查，go over the lesson復(fù)習(xí)功課。故選C。

【16】考查名詞。A. response 回復(fù)B. answer 回答C. praise 表?yè)P(yáng)D. honor榮幸。句意：有時(shí)候會(huì)有一些彩色的記號(hào)或者是其他一些小東西給他們，為了表?yè)P(yáng)他們前一天做得很好的工作，in praise of表?yè)P(yáng)。故選C。

【17】考查副詞。A. ahead 前面B. before之前C. over越過(guò) D. ago之前，the day before指前面一天，這里指前面一天孩子完成的工作。故選B。

【18】考查副詞。A. Actually實(shí)際上B. Even so甚至這樣C. Even if 即使D. Though雖然。句意：實(shí)際上，我不記得the Room Fairy繼續(xù)給他們寫(xiě)了多久的便條。故選A。

【19】考查名詞。A. life生活B. main主要C. memory記憶D. reminder提示。句意：浴室的鏡子成為我們家的提示中心。故選D。

【20】考查動(dòng)詞。A. learned學(xué)習(xí)B. appreciated欣賞C. shared分享 D. thanked感謝。句意：我們都很

欣賞這種分享提示的方法，appreciated欣賞，后面接sth，thank后面接sb。故選B。