My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms

My husband and I insisted that our children were oldenough to clean their rooms and make their beds. But they thought   11 . My complaints, even self-justified（自有道理） 12  , were alwayslanding on   13   ears. Very often a whole hour’sscolding would end up with their   14   into tears.I felt very frustrated. I realized I needed to   15   mymethod of “mothering”.

One day when they were at school, I spent some timetidying their rooms. On their desks, in plain  16  , I leftthe cards: “Dear Bill(the other card was   17   toSarah), your room was messy this morning and I’m sure you like it clean. Love,the Room Fairy.”  18   arriving back, the children were   19  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 RoomFairy   20   

for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of aclean room and   21   asking them to play a certainviolin  22  . Each day, thank-you notes would be writtendifferently to keep the ideas   23  ．

         Sometimesthe Room Fairy would propose a little   24  : “If you canfinish your homework and go over your lessons before dinner, I’d like to watcha particular television program with you tonight.” Sometimes some coloredmarkers or other little items would be left in   25   ofwell-done jobs the day   26  .

  27   I can’t remember how long “the Room Fairy”continued leaving her love notes. When they were age appropriate, we usedvarious versions of Post-Its （贴条）. The bathroom mirrorbecame the   28   centre of our home. Appointments,notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans couldbe   29  .

We all benefited from and  30   theidea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I believethe true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent andenjoyable 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.droping D. bursting

5.A.addict B. adopt    C.access   D.adjust

6.A.sentence    B. words          C.speech D. sight

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

8.A.As     B.On C. In          D.At

9.A.more than  B. rather than C.lessthan            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.incredible            D. fresh

14.A.suggestion         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.Evenif 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

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【答案】

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

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