Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. They are very busy working to  1  the family. They don’t act in the  2  ways that I read in books or I see on TV. 3  flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more  4 .
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt(床罩). I  5  sat down beside her and looked at her. “Mom, is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a  6  voice.
My mother stopped and raised her head with  7 in her eyes. She didn’t answer immediately. Then she  8  her head and continued to sew the quilt. At last my mother said:
“Susan,” she said, “Look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of it  9  in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and  10 . If life is a quilt, then love should be a  11 .It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. Love is  12 .”
The next spring, my father suddenly got sick seriously. When they returned from the hospital, mother looked rather pale and it seemed  13 of them had had a serious illness. Every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father  14  slowly on the country road. My father had never been so  15. Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The sun gently glistened through the leaves. All of these  16  the most beautiful picture in the world.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day. He said gently. “ 17 , I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.”  ___18  his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
 19  I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this  20 ,I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
1. A. hold                       B. support                      C. live on                      D. keep
2. A. romantic          B. friendly                            C. lovely                D. active
3. A. Taking             B. Passing                      C. Buying               D. Sending
4. A. no problem                                              B. out of question         
C. out of the question                             D. in question
5. A. silently            B. eagerly                      C. peaceful             D. anxiously
6. A. loud                       B. low                           C. gentle                D. tender
7. A. interest            B. fear                           C. excitement          D. surprise
8. A. bowed             B. raised                        C. hang                  D. lower
9. A. lost                 B. turned out                  C. disappeared               D. came up
10. A. cold              B. lasting                       C. long                   D. comfortable
11. A. needle            B. cloth                          C. thread                D. sheet
12. A. in the quilt     B. out of the quilt       C. outside               D. inside
13. A. either            B. both                          C. neither                      D. every
14. A. walk              B. run                            C. stand                  D. exercise
15. A. rude                   B. polite                       C. gentle                D. careful
16. A. came up              B. turned up                 C. called up            D. made up
17. A. In other words     B. To tell the truth     C. In my opinion    D. On the contrary
18. A. Seeing           B. Reading                            C. Watching            D. Observing
19. A. Once                  B. Though                    C. When                D. Unless
20. A. process          B. way                           C. matter               D. experience