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.
31．A．keep fit B．rise early C．earn money D．collect fortune
32．A．magic B．romantic C．fantastic D．attractive
33．A．simple B．easy C．relaxing D．luxurious
34．A．the question B．question C．reach D．control
35．A．feeling B．love C．quarrel D．smile
36．A．raised B．shook C．nodded D．bowed
37．A．hurt B．injured C．wounded D．harmed
38．A．in great surprise B．in a great embarrassment
C．with deep depression D．at extreme sorrow
39．A．happens B．comes about C．appears D．occurs
40．A．warm and soft B．hot and hard C．thin and cool D．strong and durable
41．A．somewhere and sometime B．anywhere or anytime
C．more or less D．here and there
42．A．inside B．outside C．faraway D．nearby
43．A．could believe B．couldn’t understand C．wouldn’t recognize D．might know
44．A．got sick B．got stuck C．threw up D．became disabled
45．A．quite healthy B．very pale C．fairly red D．much surprised
46．A．jump high B．go hurriedly C．run fast D．walk slowly
47．A．think about B．talk with C．worry about D．laugh at
48．A．Reading B．Seeing C．Saying D．Writing
49．A．fresh roses B．gold ring C．sweet kisses D．beautiful jewelry
50．A．a thread B．a needle C．the cloth D．the cotton
