Question

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to __36__ in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the __37__ ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too __38__ for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of __39__.

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there __40__ between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She __41__ her head and continued to sew the quilt.

I was very worried because I thought I had _42_ her. I was _43__ 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 __44_, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt __45__. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen __46_, but it’s really there. Love is __47__.”

I listened carefully but I __48__ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly __49_ seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked __50 _. 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 __51__ on the country road．

“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.“Susan, don’t __52__ me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”__53__ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and __54__. But from this experience, I understand that love is just __55__ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

31．A．keep fit              B．rise early                    C．earn money          D．collect fortune

32．A．magic                B．romantic                    C．fantastic                 D．attractive

33．A．simple                B．easy                          C．relaxing                 D．luxurious

34．A．the question        B．question                    C．reach                     D．control

35．A．feeling               B．love                          C．quarrel                   D．smile

36．A．raised                 B．shook                        C．nodded                  D．bowed

37．A．hurt                   B．injured                      C．wounded                D．harmed

38．A．in great surprise                                         B．in a great embarrassment

       C．with deep depression                                  D．at extreme sorrow

39．A．happens              B．comes about               C．appears                  D．occurs

40．A．warm and soft     B．hot and hard              C．thin and cool      D．strong and durable

41．A．somewhere and sometime                           B．anywhere or anytime

       C．more or less                                              D．here and there

42．A．inside                 B．outside                      C．faraway                 D．nearby

43．A．could believe    B．couldn’t understand  C．wouldn’t recognize   D．might know

44．A．got sick              B．got stuck                   C．threw up                 D．became disabled

45．A．quite healthy       B．very pale                   C．fairly red                D．much surprised

46．A．jump high          B．go hurriedly               C．run fast                  D．walk slowly

47．A．think about         B．talk with                    C．worry about         D．laugh at

48．A．Reading             B．Seeing                       C．Saying                   D．Writing

49．A．fresh roses         B．gold ring                  C．sweet kisses         D．beautiful jewelry

50．A．a thread         B．a needle               C．the cloth         D．the cotton

Answer 1

31．C    32．B    33．D    34．A    35．B    36．D    37．A    38．B  39．C    40．D    41．B    42．A    43．B   44．A   45．B    46．D    47．C   

48．A   49．C   50．A   

解析:

31．由in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me可知是为了挣钱。

32．他们从未像我在书中读到，或在电视中看到的那样浪漫。

33．从上下得知，说出“我爱你”是太难了，而不是太简单、容易、轻松。

34． out of the question是个固定短语，意为“亳无可能”；out of question“有可能”；out of reach (伸手)够不着；out of control 失控。

35．根据上下文，此处指“你和爸爸之间有没有爱情啊”。

36．因在缝被子，母亲低下头。

37．我担心伤害了她。伤害感情用“hurt”。

38．我非常尴尬。

39．由下文的“disappear”得知此处是“appear”。句意为“苏珊，看看这些线。有时候，你能看得见，但是大多数都隐藏在被子里。”

40．这些线使被子坚固耐用。

41．你不可能随时随地看到它，但是它却实实在在地存在着。

42．由上句推出：爱是内在的。

43．由下文until可知此处用否定式。以构成not … until…的句式。句意为：我仔细地听着，却无法明白她的话，直到来年的春天。

44．由My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month.可知父亲突然得重病。get stuck困住；throw up呕吐；become disabled残疾。

45．此处指“脸色，气色”。句意为：当他们从医院回来的时候，都显得非常苍白。

46． (为了使父亲身体康复)，他们回来之后，每天的清晨或黄昏，母亲都会搀扶着父亲在乡村的小路上漫步。

47．从上文Dad, how are you feeling now可知，此处有“担心”之意。

48．英语中“看得出”习惯上不用see。句意为：从他的眼神里，我看得出他对母亲的爱之深刻。

49．四个选项中A、B、D与前面提到的“鲜花、礼物”同类，只有C项不同类。句意为：我曾经认为爱情就是鲜花、礼物和甜蜜的亲吻。

50．由全文可知，但是从那一刻起，我明白了，爱情就像是生活中被子里的一根线。