Question

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.

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

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

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

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

5.A. feeling B. love C. quarrel D. smile

6.A. raised B. Shook C. nodded D. bowed

7.A. hurt B. Injured C. wounded D. harmed

8.A. in great surprise B. in a great embarrassmentC. with deep depression D. at extreme sorrow

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

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

11.A. somewhere and sometimeB. anywhere or anytimeC. more or less D. here and there

12.A. inside B. outside C. faraway D. nearby

13.A. could believe B. couldn’t understandC. wouldn’t recognizeD. might know

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

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

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

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

18.A. Reading B. Seeing C. Saying D. Writing

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

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

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.C

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过讲述作者从父母平淡生活中发现爱情的故事，阐述了真正的爱不是鲜花礼物，而是存在于日常生活中一件件小事的道理。

1. order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me，可知作者的父母是为了给孩子付高额的学费而拼命赚钱。故选C。

2. love you”，可知此处应选B，父母从不玩浪漫。

3. love you”这句话对于他们来说是奢侈，故选D

4.

5.

6. the quilt可知母亲正在缝被子，所以姿势应该是低下头，故选D

7. 后面接her，所以应该选不及物动词，而此处是感情上受伤，故选A

8. didn’t know what I should do可知作者非常尴尬，故选B

9. C出现D发生，根据后文most of it disappears可知此处应选对应的appears，故选才C

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15. seemed both of them had had a serious illness.可知，父母的脸色都十分病态，故选B

16.

17.

18.

19. gifts，故选C

20.

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