Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the  ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too  for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of .One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there  between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She  her head and continued to sew the quilt.

  I was very worried because I thought I had  her. I was  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 , but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt . If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen , but it’s really there. Love is.” I listened carefully but I  her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly  seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked. 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  on the country road．

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

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

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

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.

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.

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1．5分，共30分）

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．

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

43．A．in great surprise             B．with deep depression

       C．in a great embarrassment D．at extreme sorrow

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

45．A．warm and soft         B．strong and durable

       C．thin and cool           D．hot and hard

46．A．somewhere and sometime       B．more or less

       C．anywhere or anytime       D．here and there

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

48．A．couldn’t understand B．might know

       C．wouldn’t recognize        D．could believe 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1．5分，共30分）

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．

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

43．A．in great surprise                   B．with deep depression

       C．in a great embarrassment          D．at extreme sorrow

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

45．A．warm and soft                      B．strong and durable

       C．thin and cool                        D．hot and hard

46．A．somewhere and sometime            B．more or less

       C．anywhere or anytime                D．here and there

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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