Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents．Every day they are very busy trying to __1__ in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me．They don't act in the  __2__ ways that I read in books or I see on TV．In their opinion, "I love you" is too _3__ for them to say．Sending flowers to each other on Valentine's Day is even more out of __4__．One day, my mother was sewing a quilt．I sat down beside her．"Mom, I have a question to ask you．Is there _5__ between you and Dad?" I asked her in a very low voice．She didn't answer immediately．She __6__ her head and continued to sew the quilt．

I was very worried because I thought I had __7__ her．I was in a great __8__ 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 __9__, but most of it disappears in the quilt．The thread really makes the quilt __10__．If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen __11_, but it's really there．Love is __12__．"

I listened carefully but I couldn't __13__ her until the next spring．At that time, my father suddenly got __14__ seriously．My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month．When they returned from the hospital, they both looked _15__．It seemed both of them had a serious illness．After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father  __16__ slowly on the country road．

"Dad, how are you feeling now?" I asked him one day．

"Susan, don't __17__ about me．" he said gently．"To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom．" __18__ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply．

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and __19__．But from this experience, I understand that love is just __20__ 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．the question         B．question             C．reach                 D．control

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．surprise               B．embarrassment    C．depression         D．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 sometime                     B．anywhere or anytime

       C．more or less                                       D．here and there

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

13．A．believe                B．understand           C．recognize            D．know

14．A． sick                 B．stuck                  C． up                     D．disabled

15．A．healthy              B．pale                   C．red                     D．surprised

16．A．jump                  B．ride                   C．run                    D．walk

17．A．think                 B．talk                     C．worry                D．concern

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

19．A．roses                  B．ring                     C．kisses                 D．jewelry

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

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   1   tuition （学费） for my brother and me. They don’t   2   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 （缝被子）. I   3   sat down beside her and looked at her.

“Is there any love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very   4   voice.

My mother stopped her work and raised her head with   5   in her eyes. She didn’t answer immediately. Then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt.   6   at last I heard my mother say the following words:

“Susan,” she said   7  . “Look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of time it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable （耐用的）. If life is a quilt, then love should be a   8  . It can   9   be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. Love is   10  .”

I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until the next  11  . 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   12  , every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father walk   13   on the country road. My father had never been so   14  . Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The sun softly shone through the leaves. All of these   15   the most beautiful picture in the world. The doctor had said my father would   16   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 kindly. “To tell you the truth, I just like   17   with your mom. I like this kind of life.”   18   his eyes, I knew he loved my mother deeply.

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this   19  , I understand that love is just a   20   in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

1．A．expensive                 B．low                        C．cheap                            D．high

2．A．play                         B．talk                         C．act                         D．perform

3．A．silently                     B．carefully                 C．certainly                 D．happily

4．A．anxious                    B．low                        C．eager                      D．curious

5．A．surprise                    B．pride                       C．disappointment        D．satisfaction

6．A．So                           B．But                         C．And                        D．For

7．A．sadly                        B．excitedly                 C．regretfully               D．thoughtfully

8．A．trouble                     B．pleasure                  C．thread                     D．cloth

9．A．hardly                   B．often                      C．always                    D．ever

10．A．valuable                  B．inside               C．true                        D．priceless

11．A．winter                    B．autumn                   C．summer                  D．spring

12．A．free                        B．back                       C．fine                        D．ready

13．A．continuously           B．worriedly                C．constantly               D．slowly

14．A．gently                     B．perfect                    C．pleased                   D．thankful

15．A．put up                    B．took up                   C．made up                 D．set up

16．A．run                         B．recover                   C．stand                      D．work

17．A．walking                  B．living               C．sitting                     D．chatting

18．A．Examining        B．Seeing                    C．Noticing                 D．Reading

19．A．practice                  B．observation             C．experience                     D．activity

20．A．thread                     B．treasure                  C．jewel                      D．light

You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another 1  At the start they only fight with their hands, but soon they begin 2 one another over the heads with chairs. It goes on until one of the men crashes （猛撞） through a window, and 3  thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead!

    Of course, he isn’t really 4 .With any luck he isn’t even hurt. Why? 5 the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast-moving trains, who crash cars or even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for 6 . These men are 7  “stuntmen” （特技演员）. That is to 8 , they perform “tricks”.

There are two sides to their work. They 9  do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall 10  a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground 11  on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress （垫子）. 12 , when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the “glass” is made of  13  .

Although their work depends on tricks of this kind, it calls for a 14  degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman’s success depends on exact 15  . For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle screen, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.

    Naturally stuntmen are 16 paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously hurt, and sometimes 17  A Norwegian stuntmen, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff （悬崖） a thousand feet high. His parachute （降落伞）  18  to open, and he was killed.

In spite of （不管） all the risks, this is 19  a profession for “men only”. Men no longer dress up 20 women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. Nowadays there are “stunt girls” too!

1. A．hardly                 B．slowly               C．hard                           D．lightly

2. A．hitting                  B．delivering            C．shouting                 D．firing

3. A．falls                  B．stands             C．sleeps                   D．sits

4. A．hurt                  B．weak            C．angry                   D．dead

5. A．For                  B．Because             C．Since                   D．Unless

6. A．work                B．fun                C．a living                    D interest

7. A．called                 B．chosen              C．considered                 D．made

8. A．speak                 B．say                C．talk                     D．tell

9. A．carefully              B．sadly                C．actually                 D．suddenly

10. A．out from             B．out                 C．outside                    D．from

11. A．but                 B．while               C．or                       D．and

12. A．Therefore             B．Again               C．Yet                      D．Still

13. A．wood               B．paper               C．sticks                          D．sugar

14. A．low                 B．usual                C．high                        D．common

15. A．skill                 B．training               C．timing                    D．practicing

16. A．high                B．well                C．fairly                   D．poorly

17. A．killed                 B．broken            C．wounded                 D．hurt

18. A．ought               B．had                 C．failed                   D．used

19. A．always               B．no longer           C．even                       D．only

20. A．by                  B．with               C．as                          D．through

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 to pay the high tuition for us．They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV．“ I love you” is too luxurious for them to say ．Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of the question．My father is easy to lose his temper, especially when he’s very tired from the hard work.

     One day, my mother was sewing a quilt．I silently sat beside her and asked her if there was love between them．“ What?” she replied, still doing her work．My mother stopped her work and raised her head with surprise．She didn’t answer immediately．Then she bowed her head and continued sewing the quilt．I was in a great embarrassment and I didn’t know what to do．But at last I heard my mother say the following words: “ Look at this thread．Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt．The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable．If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there．Love is inside.” I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until the next spring.

      My father suddenly got sick seriously．My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month．When they returned from the hospital, they both seemed as if they had a serious illness．Every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road．It seemed they were the most harmonious couple．There were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees, and the sun gently glistened（闪亮） through the leaves．All of these made up the most beautiful picture in the world．When we were worrying about him, he said gently: “ I really like walking with your mom．I like this kind of life.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

       Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses．But from this experience, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life．Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

60．Why does the author sometimes doubt that there is real love between her parents?

       A．Because they are very busy earning money for the high tuition.

       B．Because they don’t act in the romantic ways.

       C．Because her father is easy to lose his temper to her mother

       D．Because “ I love you” is too luxurious for them to say

61．Which of the following explanations is similar to the underlined phrase “ out of the question” in Paragraph One?

       A．possible                                          B．impossible     

      C．out of question                                 D．unnecessary

62．What can we learn from her mother’s answer about love?

      A．Love should be seen anywhere.

      B．Love should be seen anytime.

      C．Love should be a thread.

      D．Love is really existing everywhere and anytime even though we can’t feel it.

63．What made her father change so greatly?

      A．The real love.

      B．The thread of the quilt.

      C．The beautiful scenery of the country road.

      D．All the other members of the family.

64．What’s the main idea of the text?

      A．We should understand our parents.

      B．Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

      C．Love is really very important to anyone.

      D．Love should be outside, and can be seen everywhere.

When I was young, I really doubted whether there was love between my parents. Every day they were busy earning money so that they could   41  the high tuition my brother and I needed. They didn’t   42  in the romantic ways that I read in books or saw on TV.

One day, Mom was sewing a quilt（被子）. I  43 sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a  44  here,” I said after a while. “Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very　45 voice.

Mom stopped her work and raised her head with   46  in her eyes. She didn’t answer immediately. She bent her head and continued to sew the quilt. I was   47  if I had hurt her. I was in great embarrassment and I was at a loss what to do. But at last she said, very   48  , “Susan, look at this   49 . Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and lasting. If   50  is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen, but it’s really there.   51  is inside.”

I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until years later.

One day, Dad accidentally got　  52  while on duty. Ever since then he could no longer　  53　properly. Every morning and dusk Mom would help Dad walk slowly on the country road. Along the country road, there were beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The leaves were gently glistening（发光）   54  the sun shining upon them. All of these made up the most beautiful   55  in the world.

“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day. “Susan, don’t worry about me,” he said gently. “I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.” Looking into his eyes, I  56　what they meant.

The doctor had said Dad would   57 in two months. But that day never came. He   58 away in peace.

59 I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this   60 , I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life, which makes life strong and warm…

1.                A．afford          B．cost            C．spend    D．offer

2.                A．go             B．live            C．act  D．walk

3.                A．happily         B．silently         C．secretly  D．nervously

4.                A．request        B．problem        C．message  D．question

5.                A．loud           B．light           C．low  D．clear

6.                A．surprise        B．anger          C．stress    D．horror

7.                A．amazed         B．confused        C．shocked  D．ashamed

8.                A．quickly         B．excitedly        C．bitterly   D．gently

9.                A．quilt           B．needle         C．thread   D．sewing

10.               A．belief          B．work           C．experience D．life

11.               A．Warmth        B．Thread         C．Cotton    D．Love

12.               A．tired           B．drunk          C．ill    D．injured

13.               A．talk            B．walk           C．work D．think

14.               A．with           B．as             C．for   D．by

15.               A．signs           B．symbols        C．pictures   D．reflections

16.               A．read           B．doubted        C．translated  D．recognized

17.               A．retire          B．recover        C．regain D．remove

18.               A．passed         B．escaped        C．faded D．turned

19.               A．Again          B．Once          C．Then D．Later

20.               A．word          B．account        C．experience D．accident