When I was young, I really doubted whether there was love between my parents. Every day they were busy earning money so that they could __34__  the high tuition my brother and I needed. They didn't act in the romantic ways that I read in books or saw on TV.

       One day, Mom was sewing(缝) a quilt. I silently sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a __35__  here,” I said after a while. “Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very __36__ voice.

       Mom stopped her work and raised her head with __37__  in her eyes. She didn't answer immediately. She bent her head and continued to sew the quilt. I was confused if I had hurt her. I was in great embarrassment and I was at a loss what to do. But at last she said, very __38__ , “Susan, look at this __39__. Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and lasting. If  __40__ is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen, but it's really there. __41__  is inside.”

    I listened carefully but I couldn't understand her until years later.

       One day, Dad accidentally got__42__ while on duty. Ever since then he could no longer__43__ properly. Every morning and dusk Mom would help Dad walk slowly on the country road. Along the country road, there were beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The leaves were gently glistening __44__  the sun shining upon them. All of these made up the most beautiful  __45__  in the world.

   “Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day. “Susan, don't worry about me,” he said gently. “I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.” Looking into his eyes, I__46__ what they meant.

   The doctor had said Dad would __47__in two months. But that day never came. He __48__ away in peace.

   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, which makes life strong and warm...

34.A.afford       B.cost         C.spend             D.offer

35.A.request    B.problem      C.message            D.question

36.A.loud                B.light         C.low              D.clear

37.A.surprise  B.anger             C.stress             D.horror

38.A.quickly     B.excitedly     C.bitterly            D.gently

39.A.quilt                B.needle        C.thread            D.sewing

40. A.belief       B.work             C.experience     D.life

41. A.Warmth     B.Thread       C.Cotton            D.Love

42.A.tired                B.drunk         C.ill                    D.injured

43.A.talk          B.walk         C.work               D.think

44.A.with          B.as            C.for               D.by

45.A.signs        B.symbols      C.pictures          D.reflections

46.A.read                B.doubted     C.translated       D.recognized

47.A.retire        B.recover      C.regain            D.remove

48.A.passed    B.escaped     C.faded             D.Turned

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