Question

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too luxurious for them to say. Sending flowers on Valentine’s Day is even more out of the question.

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt（被子）.

“Mom, I have a question to ask you.”

“What?” she replied, still doing her work.

“Is there love between you and Dad?”

My mother stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes. Then she said, “Susan, look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. Love is inside.”

I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. After they were back from the hospital, my mother helped him walk slowly on the beautiful country road every morning. My father had never been so gentle. But after two months he still couldn’t walk by himself. All of us were worried about him.

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

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

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. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。

1.Why does the writer NOT make sure whether there is love between her parents?

A. They don’t act in the romantic ways.

B. They never say, “I love you”.

C. They never send flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day.

D. All of the above.

2.When did the writer understand her mother’s answer?

A. After her father got sick seriously.

B. Before her father got sick seriously.

C. After her mother gave her father some flowers.

D. After her father gave her mother some flowers.

3.What does the underlined word “thread” mean in Chinese?

A.针 B.被子 C.线 D.爱

4.Why couldn’t her father walk by himself?

A. Because her father was seriously ill.

B. Because her father liked walking with his wife.

C. Because his father didn’t get good treatment（治疗）.

D. Because his father had a bad temper（脾气）.

5.What is the best title for the story?

A. Love Is Just a Thread B. Love Is Just a quilt

C. Love Is to Say“I love you” D. Love Is to Walk Together

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是作者怀疑自己的父母之间是否有爱存在，因为他们之间从来没有浪漫的举动，没有鲜花和礼物。但是他父亲生病之后，父母的表现让她知道了，爱是在内心里面的，就像做被子的线一样，让被子更结实更温暖。

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考点：人生哲理类短文阅读。