【湖北省宜昌市2015年中考英语试题】完形填空：先通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项
中，选出一个最佳答案。共15小题，计15分。
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very ________trying to make money in order to ________ the high tuition（学费）for my brother and me. I never hear them say “I love you”, or see them send birthday________ to each other. My father has a bad temper（脾气）. When he’s very tired from work, it is ________for him to lose his temper.
One day, my mother was preparing dinner. I sat down________ her.
“Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while.
“What?” she replied, ________ doing her work.
“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low ________.
My mother stopped her work and ________her head with surprise in her eyes. She didn’t answer and went on cooking.
I was very worried ________I thought I had hurt her. I didn’t know what I should do.
A few days later, my father suddenly got sick ________. My mother had to stay with him in the ________ for a month. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk（黄昏）, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road. My father had never been so________. It seemed they were the most harmonious（和谐的）________.
“Dad, how are you ________now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t worry about me. To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom. I ________this kind of life.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

A．busy B．alone C．early D．fast

A．give B．receive C．cost D．pay

A．show B．presents C．fruit D．jokes

A．active B．painful C．easy D．funny

A．among B．across C．above D．beside

A．hardly B．really C．still D．already

A．direction B．voice C．condition D．sound

A．raised B．fell C．shook D．nodded

A．because B．though C．while D．unless

A．sadly B．shortly C．quickly D．seriously

A．home B．hospital C．trouble D．holiday

A．smart B．happy C．strong D．brave

A．visitor B．farmer C．couple D．friend

A．travelling B．living C．resting D．feeling

A．enjoy B．remember C．wait D．regret