Love Is Just a Thread
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   　36　 tuition for my brother and me. They don't 　37　 in the romantic ways that I read in books or  I see on TV. My father has a bad temper; it's easy for him to lose his temper.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I 　38　 sat down beside her and looked at her.
“Is there any 　39　 between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.
My mother stopped her work and raised her head with 　40　 in her eyes. She didn't answer immediately. Then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt.
　41　 at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said 　42　.“Look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable(耐用的).If life is a
　43　,then love should be a thread. It can 　44　 be seen anywhere or anytime, but it's really there. Love is 　45　.”
I listened carefully but I couldn't understand her until the next 　46　.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 　47　,every day in the morning and dusk(黄昏),my mother helped my father walk 　48　 on the country road. My father had never been so 　49　.Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The sun gently shone through the leaves. All of these 　50　 the most beautiful picture in the world. The doctor had said my father would 　51　 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 　52　 with your mom. I like this kind of life.”　53　 from his eyes, I knew he loved my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this 　54　,I understand that love is just a 　55　 in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
36. A. expensive     B. low     C. cheap  D. high
37. A. play     B. talk     C. act      D. perform
38. A. silently B. carefully    C. certainly     D. happily
39. A. money  B. love    C. time    D. distance
40. A. surprise       B. pride   C. disappointment  D. satisfaction
41. A. So B. But     C. And    D. For
42. A. sadly    B. excitedly    C. regretfully  D. thoughtfully
43. A. trouble B. pleasure     C. quilt   D. cloth
44. A. hardly  B. often   C. always       D. ever
45. A. valuable       B. inside  C. true    D. priceless
46. A. winter  B. autumn      C. summer      D. spring
47. A. free      B. back   C. fine    D. ready
48. A. continuously       B. worriedly   C. constantly   D. slowly
49. A. gently   B. perfect       C. pleased       D. thankful
50. A. put up  B. took up      C. made up     D. set up
51. A. run       B. recover      C. Stand  D. work
52. A. walking       B. living  C. sitting D. chatting
53. A. Examining   B. Seeing       C. Noticing     D. Reading
54. A. practice       B. observation C. experience  D. activity
55. A. thread   B. thing   C. jewel  D. light