My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their beds. But they thought 11 . My complaints, even self-justified（自有道理） 12 , were always landing on 13 ears. Very often a whole hour’s scolding would end up with their 14 into tears. I felt very frustrated. I realized I needed to 15 my method of “mothering”. One day when they were at school, I spent some time tidying their rooms. On their desks, in plain 16 , I left the cards: “Dear Bill(the other card was 17 to Sarah), 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 Room Fairy 20 for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of a clean room and 21 asking them to play a certain violin 22 . Each day, thank-you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas 23 ． Sometimes the Room Fairy would propose a little 24 : “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 25 of well-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 used various versions of Post-Its （贴条）. The bathroom mirror became the 28 centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be 29 . We all benefited from and 30 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．
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小题1:A
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:B
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:D
小题18:D
小题19:B
小题20:A
题目分析：作者通过the Room Fairy 的便条教育孩子要保持房间整洁和努力学习，并一直保持这种习惯，作者和孩子都从中受益了。
小题1:副词辨析。A.differently不同地，B.positive积极的，C.negative消极的，D. same同样的，根据上下文的意思可知孩子的想法和我们的不一样。认为他们不会自己整理。选A。
小题2:上下文串联。A.shouting叫喊，B. crying哭，C. persuading说服，D. beating击败，这里的shouting是指我让孩子做家务的叫声与上文的complaints相一致，我的抱怨和喊叫孩子们根本不理会，最后只会让孩子们流泪。选A
小题3:形容词辨析。A. side负面的，B. neither 两者都不，C.deaf 聋的，D. either也不，根据句意可知孩子们对我的抱怨根本不理睬，充耳不闻。选C。
小题4:考查固定结构。A.crying哭，B.bringing带来，C.droping掉落，D. bursting爆发，burst into tears突然哭起来。选D.
小题5:考查固定词组。A.addict上瘾，B. adopt收养，采纳，C.access获得，D. adjust调整…是指我得调整我做妈妈的方法了。选D。
小题6:考查名词辨析。A.sentence句子； B. words句子，话语，C. speech发言； D. sight视力，风景；结合句意可知我在卡片上留下了话。选B。
小题7:考查动词辨析。A.sent送，B. addressed地址，写信，C.delivered发表，D. read读， address给...)写(信),这里是指我另外一封信写给了Sarah。选B
小题8:介词辨析。A.As做为，B.On在…上面，C. In在…里面，D. At在…地方， Upon…一…就…;根据句意可知B正确。孩子们一回家就非常兴奋。选B
小题9:考查固定用法。A.more than多于，非常，B. rather than而不是，C.less than少于， D. other than 除了，More than+形容词 非常…句意：孩子们一回家就非常兴奋。选A。
小题10:固定搭配。A.asking问，B. praying祈祷，C. waiting等待，D. expecting期待，Wait for…等待…选C。
小题11:考查副词辨析。A温和地；B友好地；C礼貌地；D粗暴地；C项与我以前的方法形成对比。温和的请他们演奏一曲小提琴曲，选A。
小题12:名词辨析。A.music音乐，B. piece片，这里的piece指(艺术)作品;曲,篇，C.song歌曲， D. tone曲调，一首小提琴曲子，a certain violin piece，选B。
小题13:形容词辨析。A尊重的；B无聊的；C难以相信的；D新鲜的。这里是指每天都有新鲜的想法。选D。
小题14:上下文串联。A.suggestion建议，B. question问题，C.challenge挑战，D. advice建议，根据下文可知都是一些有难度的工作。那么应该是challenge指有挑战性的工作。选C。
小题15:固定词组。A.response回复，B. answer回答，C.praise表扬，D. honor荣誉， In praise of表扬…选C。
小题16:固定词组. A.ahead前面，B. before在…前，C. over越过，D. ago在…前， the day before前天。选B
小题17:考查副词辨析。A.though虽然，B. Even so即使这样，C.Even if即使，D. Actually实际上，根据句意可知;实际上我也记不得the Room Fairy继续给他们写了多久的便条。选D.
小题18:考查上下文串联。A.memory 记忆，B. main主要，C. life生活， D. reminder提示物，这里是指浴室的玻璃上成了贴纸条的提醒墙。下文40空后面也有这个词。选D
小题19:考查动词辨析。A.sent送，B. posted邮寄，贴，C.struck敲打，D. hanged悬挂，这里是指各种各样的内容都可以贴上去。选B。
小题20:考查动词辨析。A.appreciated欣赏，B. learned学习，C. shared分享，D thanked感谢，
我们都很欣赏这种分享提示的方法，appreciated欣赏，后面接sth，thank后面接sb。选A。
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