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. For them, “I love you” is too luxurious（奢侈的） to say. Even sending flowers to each other on special days is ______. And my father got angry easily.

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt(缝被子). I silently sat beside her and ______ at her. “Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very ______ voice. My mother stopped her work and looked at me ______. She didn’t answer my question at once.

I was very worried because I thought I had hurt her. But ______ I heard my mother say the following words.

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

I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her ______ the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly got sick ______. My mother had to stay with him ______ for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very ______. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road. My father had ______ been so gentle. It seemed that they were the most harmonious(和谐的) couple. The sun gently shines through the leaves. All of these ______ the most beautiful picture in the world.

The doctor had said my father would recover in two months. But after two months he still couldn’t walk by himself. All 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 ______, I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

______ 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.A.impossible B.enjoyable C.fashionable D.acceptable

2.A.shouted B.cried C.looked D.laughed

3.A.exciting B.low C.strange D.happy

4.A.in fear B.in need C.in danger D.in surprise

5.A.at first B.at then C.at last D.at times

6.A.appears B.disappears C.comes D.shows

7.A.money B.friend C.love D.family

8.A.until B.to C.after D.during

9.A.easily B.sadly C.heavily D.seriously

10.A.at home B.in the hospital C.in hospital D.in the country

11.A.pale B.strong C.sad D.happy

12.A.always B.never C.sometimes D.usually

13.A.made up B.looked up C.gave up D.put up

14.A.lie B.reason C.truth D.result

15.A.Once B.And C.Then D.So

Answer 1