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.

A. keep fit        

B. rise early

C. collect money

D. earn money

A. romantic       

B. magic  

C. fantastic

D. attractive

A. simple

B. luxurious

C. relaxing

D. easy

A. question

B. control

C. reach

D. the question

A. feeling

B. quarrel

C. love

D. smile

A. bowed

B. shook

C. nodded

D. raised

A. harmed

B. injured

C. wounded

D. hurt

A. in great surprise

C. in a great embarrassment

B. with deep depression

D. at extreme sorrow

A. appears

B. comes about

C. happens

D. occurs

A. warm and soft

B. strong and durable

C. thin and cool

D. hot and hard

A. somewhere and sometime

C. anywhere or anytime

B. more or less

D. here and there

A. outside

B. inside

C. faraway

D. nearby

A.couldn’t understand

C. wouldn’t recognize

B. might know

D. could believe 

A. threw up       

B. got stuck

C. got sick

D. became disabled

A. much surprised

B.quite healthy

C. fairly red

D. very pale 

A. jump high      

B. walk slowly

C. run fast

D. go hurriedly

A. think about       

B. talk with

C. laugh at

D. worry about

A. Saying

B. Seeing  

C. Reading 

D. Writing

A. fresh r oses     

B. gold ring

C. sweet kisses

D. beautiful jewelry

A. a needle

B. a thread

C. the cloth

D. the cotton

Scholars and researchers have tried to discover what personality characteristics go along with success in intercultural experiences. Their findings have often been unclear or incomplete. But three characteristics stand out in their reports: patience, a sense of humor, and the awareness of being unclear.
Patience, of course, is the ability to keep calm even when things do not go as one wants them to, or hopes they will, or has even been sure they will. Impatience sometimes brings improvements in relations with other people, but usually it does not.
A person with a sense of humor is less likely to take things too seriously and more ready to see the humor in his own reactions than a humorless person. The value of a sense of humor really needs to be paid more attention to.
The awareness of being unclear is a more difficult concept than patience or a sense of humor. Foreigners often find themselves in situations that are unclear to the newcomers. That is, they do not know what is happening in the situation. Perhaps they do not understand the local language well enough, or they do not know how some system or organization works, or they can’t be sure of different people’s roles in what is going on. “It’s like I just got here from the moon,” a Chinese graduate student who newly arrived in the United States said, “things are just so different here.”
【小题1】The passage mainly tells us             .

A.that it’s not easy to travel abroad
B.that humor is very important in communication
C.of some characteristics in dealing with foreigners
D.of three main ways useful for communicating with foreigners
【小题2】According to the passage, what characteristic should be most focused on?
A.Patience.B.The awareness of being unclear.
C.The sense of humor.D.Understanding each other.
【小题3】“The awareness of being unclear” refers to           .
A.knowing the meaning of an exact situation
B.not stating clearly what happens
C.realizing the possible misunderstanding in a situation
D.being aware of the unclear situation
【小题4】According to the writer, the Chinese students is           .
A.a hard-working studentB.recently back from the moon
C.interested in the study of moonD.not used to the culture in America
【小题5】Which of the following can best sum up the passage?
A.It is necessary to learn the language before you go to the country.
B.Americans are used to the culture of other countries.
C.One needs many characteristics to live in a foreign country.
D.To live in a foreign land one should get fully prepared.[

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