Question

Love Is Just a Thread

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the  ?　36　? tuition for my brother and me. They don't ?　37　? in the romantic ways that I read in books or  I see on TV. My father has a bad temper; it's easy for him to lose his temper.?

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I ?　38　? sat down beside her and looked at her.

“Is there any ?　39　? between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.

My mother stopped her work and raised her head with ?　40　? in her eyes. She didn't answer immediately. Then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt.

?　41　? at last I heard my mother say the following words:?

“Susan,” she said ?　42　?.“Look at this thread. 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

?　43　?,then love should be a thread. It can ?　44　? be seen anywhere or ?anytime, but it's really there. Love is ?　45　?.”?

I listened carefully but I couldn't understand her until the next ?　46　?.At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. After they were ?　47　?,every day in the morning and dusk(黄昏),my mother helped my father walk ?　48　? on the country road. My father had never been so ?　49　?.Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The sun gently shone through the leaves. All of these ?　50　? the most beautiful picture in the world. The doctor had said my father would ?　51　? in two months. But after two months he still couldn't walk alone. We were all worried.?

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

“Susan,”he said gently.“To tell you the truth, I just like ?　52　? with your mom. I like this kind of life.” ?　53　? from his eyes, I knew he loved my mother deeply.

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this ?　54　?,I understand that love is just a ?　55　? in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

36. A. expensive    B. low     C. cheap  D. high

37. A. play     B. talk     C. act      D. perform

38. A. silently B. carefully    C. certainly     D. happily

39. A. money  B. love    C. time    D. distance

40. A. surprise       B. pride   C. disappointment  D. satisfaction

41. A. So       B. But     C. And    D. For

42. A. sadly    B. excitedly    C. regretfully  D. thoughtfully

43. A. trouble B. pleasure     C. quilt   D. cloth

44. A. hardly  B. often   C. always       D. ever?

45. A. valuable      B. inside  C. true    D. priceless

46. A. winter  B. autumn      C. summer      D. spring

47. A. free      B. back   C. fine    D. ready?

48. A. continuously       B. worriedly   C. constantly   D. slowly?

49. A. gently  B. perfect       C. pleased       D. thankful

50. A. put up  B. took up      C. made up     D. set up?

51. A. run      B. recover      C. Stand  D. work

52. A. walking       B. living  C. sitting D. chatting?

53. A. Examining   B. Seeing       C. Noticing     D. Reading

54. A. practice       B. observation C. experience  D. activity?

55. A. thread  B. thing   C. jewel  D. light

Answer 1

36-40 DCABA 41-45 BDCAB 46-50 DBDAC 51-55 BADCA

解析:

36.D　根据该句句意及全文情景可知，父母忙于工作，为了挣钱付“我”和弟弟的高额学费。

37.C　在生活中父母的举止行为没有一点像“我”在书本、电视上看到的浪漫的样子。?

38.A　根据下文情景，作者默不作声地坐在妈妈的身边，看着妈妈做缝纫。?

39.B　文章首句以及下文妈妈的回答已有?暗示?。?

40.A　听到儿子的问话，母亲感到十分吃惊。?

41.B　此处为转折意义。但最后“我”还是听到母亲说了下面的话。?

42.D　从下文母亲所说的这段话语可知，母亲是经过“思虑”后才说出的这段话语。?

43.C　推断母亲的话可知，生活就像一条被子，爱就像一根线。?

44.A　在生活中，我们不能随时随地看到爱，但它确实就在生活中。?

45.B　根据母亲“爱与生活”的比喻可知，爱就在生活中。此处inside指“在生活中”。?

46.D　根据下文“Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The sun gently shone through the leave.”可知，“那时”应该是“第二年的春季”。?

47.B　从医院回家以后。?

48.D　由于父亲身体虚弱，母亲扶着父亲沿着乡村小路慢慢地走。?

49.A　从文章第一段“父亲容易发脾气”可知，父亲以前从来没有如此温和过。?

50.C　make up意为“组成、构成”。所有这一切组成了世界上最美的图画。?

51.B　医生说父亲两个月后就能恢复到正常状态，可他还是不能独自走路。?

52.A　根据上文“母亲每天扶着父亲走，两个月后父亲装着仍然不能独自走路”可知，父亲喜欢每天跟母亲一起散步。?

53.D　reading from在此意为“从……可以?看出”?。?

54.C　通过父亲生病这次经历，“我”明白了父母之间深厚的爱。?

55.A　根据上文所说的“爱和生活与线和被子”之间的关系，可以推断出“爱就是生活中的一根线，爱就在其中，它使得生活稳固、温暖”。