Question

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to  26  in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the  27  ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too  28  for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of   29  .

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there  30  between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She  31 her head and continued to sew the quilt.

I was very worried because I thought I had  32  her. I was  33  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．Sometimes it  34  , but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt   35  . If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen     36  , but it’s really there. Love is  37 .”

I listened carefully but I  38  her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly  39  seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked  40 . It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father   41  on the country road．

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

“Susan, don’t  42  me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”  43  his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and  44 . But from this experience, I understand that love is just  45  in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

1.A. keep fit	B. rise early	C. earn money	D. collect money
2.A. magic	B. romantic	C. fantastic	D. attractive
3.A. simple	B. easy	C. relaxing	D. luxurious(奢侈)
4.A. the question	B. question	C. reach	D. control
5. A. feeling	B. love	C. quarrel	D. smile
6.A. raised	B. shook	C. lifted	D. bowed
7.A. hurt	B. injured	C. wounded	D. harmed
8. A. in great surprise	B. in a great embarrassment
C. with delight	D. in great astonishment
9.A. happens	B. comes about	C. appears	D. occurs
10.A. warm and soft	B. hot and hard
C. thin and cool	D. strong and durable (耐用的)
11. A. somewhere and sometime	B. anywhere or anytime
C. more or less	D. everyhere and everywhere
12.A. inside	B. outside	C. faraway	D. nearby
13. A. could believe	B. couldn’t understand
C. wouldn’t recognize	D. might know
14.A. got sick	B. got stuck	C. threw up	D. became disabled
15. A. quite healthy	B. very pale	C. fairly red	D. much surprised
16.A. jump high	B. go hurriedly	C. run fast	D. walk slowly
17.A. think about	B. talk with	C. worry about	D. laugh at
18.A. Reading	B. Listening	C. Speaking	D. Writing
19.A. fresh roses	B. gold ring	C. sweet kisses	D. beautiful jewelry
20.A. a thread	B. a needle	C. the cloth	D. the cotton

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.C

20.A

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