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. | 小题1: | | A．keep fit | B．rise early | C．earn money | D．collect money |
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| 小题2: | | A．magic | B．romantic | C．fantastic | D．attractive |
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| 小题3: | | A．simple | B．easy | C．relaxing | D．luxurious |
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| 小题4: | | A．the question | B．question | C．reach | D．control |
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| 小题5: | | A．feeling | B．love | C．quarrel | D．smile |
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| 小题6: | | A．raised | B．shook | C．nodded | D．bowed |
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| 小题7: | | A．hurt | B．injured | C．wounded | D．harmed |
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| 小题8: | | A．in great surprise | B．in a great embarrassment | | C．with deep depression | D．at extreme sorrow |
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| 小题9: | | A．happens | B．comes about | C．appears | D．occurs |
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| 小题10: | | A．warm and soft | B．hot and hard | C．thin and cool | D．strong and durable |
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| 小题11: | | A．somewhere and sometime | B．anywhere or anytime | | C．more or less | D．here and there |
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| 小题12: | | A．inside | B．outside | C．faraway | D．nearby |
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| 小题13: | | A．could believe | B．couldn’t understand | | C．wouldn’t recognize | D．might know |
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| 小题14: | | A．got sick | B．got stuck | C．threw up | D．became disabled |
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| 小题15: | | A．quite healthy | B．very pale | C．fairly red | D．much surprised |
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| 小题16: | | A．jump high | B．go hurriedly | C．run fast | D．walk slowly |
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| 小题17: | | A．think about | B．talk with | C．worry about | D．laugh at |
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| 小题18: | | A．Reading | B．Seeing | C．Saying | D．Writing |
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| 小题19: | | A．fresh roses | B．gold ring | C．sweet kisses | D．beautiful jewelry |
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| 小题20: | | A．a thread | B．a needle | C．the cloth | D．the cotton |
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