Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the
16 tuition(学费) for my brother and me. They don’t
17 in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. My father has a bad temper（脾气）; it’s easy for him to lose his temper.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt(缝被子). I
18 sat down beside her and looked at her.
“Is there any
19 between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.My mother stopped her work and raised her head with
20 in her eyes. She didn’t answer immediately. Then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt. 21 at last I heard my mother say the following words:“Susan,” she said
22 , “Look at this thread（线）. Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable（耐用）. If life is a
23 , then love should be a thread. It can
24 be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. Love is
25.
I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until the next
26 . 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
27, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father walk
28 on the country road. My father had never been so
29 . Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The sun gently shone through the leaves. All of these
30 the most beautiful picture in the world. The doctor had said my father would
31 in two months. But after two months he still couldn’t walk alone. We were all worried.“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day. “Susan,” he said gently, “to tell you the truth, I just like
32 with your mom. I like this kind of life.”
33 his eyes, I knew he loved my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this
34 , I understand that love is just a
35 in the quilt of out life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.| 小题1: | | A．expensive | B．low | C．cheap | D．high |
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| 小题2: | | A．play | B．talk | C．act | D．perform |
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| 小题3: | | A．silently | B．carefully | C．certainly | D．happily |
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| 小题4: | | A．money | B．love | C．time | D．distance |
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| 小题5: | | A．surprise | B．pride | C．disappointment | D．satisfaction |
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| 小题7: | | A．sadly | B．excitedly | C．regretfully | D．thoughtfully |
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| 小题8: | | A．trouble | B．pleasure | C．quilt | D．cloth |
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| 小题9: | | A．hardly | B．often | C．always | D．ever |
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| 小题10: | | A．valuable | B．inside | C．true | D．priceless |
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| 小题11: | | A．winter | B．autumn | C．summer | D．spring |
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| 小题12: | | A．free | B．back | C．fine | D．ready |
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| 小题13: | | A．continuously | B．worriedly | C．constantly | D．slowly |
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| 小题14: | | A．gentle | B．perfect | C．pleased | D．thankful |
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| 小题15: | | A．put up | B．took up | C．made up | D．set up |
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| 小题16: | | A．run | B．recover | C．stand | D．work |
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| 小题17: | | A．walking | B．living | C．sitting | D．chatting |
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| 小题18: | | A．Examining | B．Seeing | C．Noticing | D．Reading |
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| 小题19: | | A．practice | B．observation | C．experience | D．activity |
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| 小题20: | | A．thread | B．thing | C．jewel | D．light |
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