Question

用括号内所给的动词适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词

  I  1  (1ove)my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough  2  (see)above the top of it as Mother sat doing letters．Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle，pens，and white paper, I decided that the act of   3  (write)must be the most wonderful thing in the world．

   Years later, during her final illness，Mother    4  (keep)different things for my sister and brother．“But the desk”，she said，“is for Elizabeth”．

   I never saw her angry , never saw her    5   (cry)．I knew she loved me，she showed it in action．But as a young girl．1 wanted heart—to—heart talks between mother and daughter．

  They never happened．And a gulf opened between us．1 was “too emotional”(感情易激动的)．But she lived “on the surface(表面)”

  As years passed I had my own family．I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family．I wrote to her in careful words and asked her  6  (1et)me know in any way she chose that she did forgive(原谅)me．

  I posted the letter and waited for her answer．None came．

  My hope turned to disappointment(失望)，then little interest，finally, peace—it seemed that nothing happened．I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother．I only knew that I   7 (write)it，and I could stop    8    (try)to make her into someone she was not．

    Now the present of her desk told me，as she’d never been able to，that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work，I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside 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 choose，Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words．

1．           2．           3．            4．            

5．           6．           7．            8．            

Answer 1

1．have loved    2．to see       3．writing      4．kept

5．cry          6．to let        7.had written     8．trying