Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy making money for my schooling.

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt(缝被子). I silently sat beside her.

“Mum, is there love between you and Dad?” I asked in a very low voice.

With surprise in her eyes, she stopped her work for a while. Then she said, “Susan, look at this thread(线). It can hardly be seen, but it’s really there. It makes the quilt strong and durable. If life is a quilt, love should be a thread. Love is inside. ”

I couldn’t understand her until the next spring. 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 back, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road every day. They were so kind to each other and it seemed they were the happiest couple.

After two months, my father still couldn't walk by himself.

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

“Susan, don’t worry about me,” he said. “I just like walking with your mum. I like this kind of life. ” Reading his eyes, I knew he loves my mother deeply.

Now I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

1.Why are Susan’s parents busy trying to make money?

A.To send Susan to school. B.To go to see the doctor.

C.To buy a strong quilt. D.To show their love.

2.What does the underlined word “durable” mean in Chinese? .

A.好看的 B.廉价的 C.耐用的 D.昂贵的

3.Susan came to understand her mother .

A.while her mother was sewing a quilt B.before her father was in hospital

C.when she was sitting beside her mother D.after her father was seriously sick

4.What can we know from the passage?

A.Susan’s father is very lazy. B.Susan’s mother is a nurse.

C.Susan’s parents love each other. D.Susan doesn’t like her father.

5.Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?

A.How to make a quilt strong B.Love is just a thread

C.Walking on the country road D.A seriously sick father

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some grapes.

It was very hot, and there wasn’t a house or a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a grape on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dripped another grape and once again. His son picked it up and put it in his mouth.

And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the grapes and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the grapes, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you had bent down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the grapes, always remember the lesson: A person who does not worry about the little things will find that he can not do the great things.”

1.The horseshoe was picked up by .

A.The father B.the son C.nobody D.the shop assistant

2.The father bought some after he sold the horseshoe.

A.pennies B.grapes C.trees D.water

3.Thomas picked up the grapes and ate them because .

A.his father wanted him to eat them

B.he liked them

C.he was thirsty

D.he wanted to sell them

4.The father dropped the grapes one by one because he wanted .

A.his son to eat them all

B.to teach his son a lesson

C.to make fun of his son

D.to show his love

5.From the passage, we can learn with .

A.if we want to eat grapes, we must pick up a horseshoe

B.a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us much money

C.we should worry about small things before we do the great things

D.It’s important to pick up a horseshoe on the road

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