Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to  31  in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the 32 ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too 33 for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of 34.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there _35  between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She  36  her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had _37_ her. I was 38_ 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 __39_, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt _40__. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen _41 , but it’s really there. Love is 42_.”
I listened carefully but I __43_ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly _44 seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked __45_. 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 46__ on the country road．
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t _47  me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”_48_ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 49 . But from this experience, I understand that love is just _50_ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

A．keep fit B．rise early C．collect money D．earn money

A．romantic B．magic C．fantastic D．attractive

A．simple B．luxurious C．relaxing D．easy

A．question B．the question C．reach D．control

A．feeling B．quarrel C．love D．smile

A．bowed B．shook C．nodded D．raised

A．hurt B．injured C．wounded D．harmed

A．in great surprise B．with deep depression C．in a great embarrassment D．at extreme sorrow

A．happens B．comes about C．occurs D．appears

A．warm and soft B．hot and hard C．thin and cool D．strong and durable

A．more or less B．here and there C．somewhere and sometime D．anywhere or anytime

A．inside B．outside C．faraway D．nearby

A．could believe B．wouldn’t recognize C．couldn’t understand D．might know

A．got stuck B．got sick C．threw up D．became disabled

A．quite healthy B．fairly red C．very pale D．much surprised

A．walk slowly B．go hurriedly C．run fast D．jump high

A．think about B．worry about C．talk with D．laugh at

A．Saying B．Seeing C．Reading D．Writing

A．fresh roses B．gold ring C．beautiful jewelry D．sweet kisses

A．a needle B．a thread C．the cloth D．the cotton