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

I was reading these interesting stories behind a group of great logos in the world. Personally Nike is my favorite one it’s so simple. And I liked the stories behind them,which made me forget all other things. McDonald’s,Apple and Mercedes Benz own great logos as well,and they are among my very favorites.

Nike

In the Greek myth,Nike is the goddess of victory and the source of inspiration for soldiers. This logo represents the wing in the famous statue of the Greek goddess. Nike’s logo was designed by Carolyn Davidson in 1971 for$35,and was registered as a trademark in 1995.

McDonald’S

The logo was designed in 1962 by Jim Schindler like the arch-shaped signs on the side of the company’s then a walk-up hamburger stand. Later on,the two golden arches were combined together to form the M. The McDonald’s name was added to the logo in 1968.

Apple

There are different stories behind Apple’s logo. The first logo was a reference to the religious story of Adam and Eve,in which the apple represented the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. One year later,the second logo was designed in 1977 by Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne,and it described Sir Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree. This logo didn’t stay long. One year later it was replaced almost immediately by Rob Janoff’s“rainbow apple”,a rain bow-colored silhouette(轮廓)of an apple with a bite taken out of it. And then the rainbow-colored apple was replaced by the one-colored logo in 1998.It has not been changed so far.

Mercedes Benz

The Mercedes Benz logo,which was originally created by Gottlieb Daimlar in 1909,consists of a simple description of a three-pointed star that represents its rule of the land,the sea and the air. The company was founded by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach. Mercedes is the name of Maybach’s elder daughter,while Benz came as a result of a combination with Benz&Cie. and DMG.

68. What does the author think of the stories of the great logos?

A. They are boring.                  B. They are out of date.

C. They are attractive.               D. They are practical.

69.What does Nike’s logo stand for?

A. The goddess of victory.               B. The source of inspiration for soldiers.

C. The statue of the Greek goddess.      D. The wing of the Greek goddess.

70.We can learn that Apple’s present logo is ______.

A. the religious story of Adam and Eve   B. a bitten apple with only one color

C. Newton’s sitting under an apple tree D. the rainbow-colored bitten apple

71.Which of the following time orders describes the births of the great logos?

    A. Mercedes Benz—McDonald’s—Nike—Apple

    B. Nike一McDonald’s—Apple—Mercedes Benz

    C. McDonald’s—Apple—Nike—Mercedes Benz

D. Nike—Mercedes Benz—McDonald’s—Apple

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