Love Is Just a Thread
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy __1__ to earn money in order to pay the high tuition for me. They don't act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their __2 _, “I love you” is too luxurious for them to say.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I silently sat down beside her.
“Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while.
“What?” she replied, still doing her work.
“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low __3__.
My mother stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes. She didn't answer immediately.
I was very worried because I thought I __4__ her. But at last I heard my mother say the following words: “Susan, look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. It really __35__the quilt strong. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it's really there. ”
I listened carefully but I couldn't understand her __6__the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they __7__, they both looked very pale.
After they were back, every day, my mother helped my father __8__slowly on the country road. It seemed they were the most harmonious couple. Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don't worry about me.” he said gently. “ _9__you the truth, I just 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__10__, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm…
( )1.A.tryB.to tryC.tryingD.tries
( )2.A.idea B.opinionC.thinkD.attitude
( )3.A.voiceB.soundC.noiseD.doubt
( )4.A.hurts B.had hurtC.to hurtD.am hurting
( )5.A.letB.letsC.makeD.makes
( )6.A.in B.beforeC.untilD.during
( )7.A.come back B.return backC.came D.returned
( )8.A.comeB.walkC.comesD.walks
( )9.A.To tellB.TellingC.TellD.I tell
( )10.A.timeB.thingC.experienceD.story
参考答案
1-5 CBABD 6-10 CDBAC
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