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

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

3. 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)備讓孩子們淚流滿面。burst into tears是固定結(jié)構(gòu)，意為“突然大哭起來”。故選C。

4. 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. 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. distance 距離B. words話語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. sent送B. read讀 C. delivered發(fā)表D. addressed給…….寫(信)。文中指我另外一張卡片是寫給Sarah的。be addressed to sb.寫給某人。故選D。

8. As 做為B. At在…地方C. In 在…里面 D. Upon一…就，一回來。句意：孩子們一回家就非常興奮。故選D。

9.

10.

11. 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，并溫柔的請他們演奏一首小提琴。故選C。

12.

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

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20. 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。

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