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

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

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

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

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

A．feeling B．love C．quarrel D．smile

A．raised B．Shook C．nodded D．bowed

A．hurt B．Injured C．wounded D．harmed

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

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

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

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

A．inside B．outside C．faraway D．nearby

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

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

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

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

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

A．Reading B．Seeing C．Saying D．Writing

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

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