Question

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too difficult for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even impossible. What’s more, my father is always angry. When he’s very tired from the hard work, it is easy for him to be angry.

One day, my mother was sewing (缝) a quilt. I silently sat down beside her and looked at her.

“Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while.

“What?” she replied, still doing her work.

“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.

My mother stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes. She didn’t answer at once and continued to sew the quilt. I was very worried because I thought I had hurt her. I was embarrassed and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:

“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread(线). Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable(耐用的). If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. Love is inside.”

I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very weak. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and in the evening, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road. My father had never been so gentle. The doctor had said my father would get well in two months. But after two months he still couldn’t walk by himself. Both of us were worried about him.

“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.

“Susan, don’t worry about me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

1.Why did the writer doubt whether there is love between her parents?

A. Because they don’t send flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day.

B. Because they hardly say “I Love you” to each other.

C. Because her father has a bad temper and he is often not so gentle to his wife.

D. All of above.

2.What did the writer’s mother do when she heard her daughter’s question?

A. She felt embarrassed and didn’t say anything.

B. She didn’t answer at once and went on sewing the quilt.

C. She felt hurt by her daughter’s question and refused to answer it.

D. She was busy sewing the quilt and didn’t hear the question.

3. From the article, we know that_____________________________________.

A. Love means flowers, gifts and sweet kisses

B. We must often show our love to the ones we love in the romantic ways

C. We don’t need to do anything to show our love to others

D. Sometimes love can’t been seen, but actually it’s just there

4.Choose the best title for this article?

A. Love between My Parents    B. Love Is Just a Thread

C. Love and Life               D. Whether There Is Love

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章通过一个温情的故事把爱比喻成缝被子的线，时隐时现，并不是一直表现在外。文章告诉我们真正的爱是相濡以沫，平平淡淡。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中Every day they are busy trying to make money in order to pay for my brother's education and mine. They don't act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV.可知该选D。

2.She didn’t answer at once and continued to sew the quilt.故选B

3.根据第四段末It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it's really there."可知该选D。

4. from this experience, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.可知该选B。

考点：日常生活类阅读。