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Sometimes, I wonder whether there is any love between my parents. Every day they are busy trying to money. They don’t act romantic the way couples do in books or on TV. They never say, “I love you.” It’s not their .
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt (缝被子). I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while.
“What?” she asked, still working.
“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her a very low voice.
She stopped her work and her head. Then she bowed her head and went on sewing.
I thought I had hurt her. At last I heard my mother say: “Susan, look at this thread (线). Sometimes it , but most of the time it disappears in the quilt. It makes the quilt . If life is a quilt, then love should be a . It can hardly be seen anywhere, but it’s really there.”
I listened carefully but I didn’t understand her the next spring. My father suddenly got sick. My mother had to stay with him in the for a month.
After they got back, she helped my father walk slowly down the road every day. My father had never been so weak.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t worry about me,” he said gently.“I just like with your mom.“
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. Now, I know that love is the thread that holds a family together.
1.A. have B. make C. put D. spend
2.A. question B. style C. kind D. life
3.A. on B. under C. in D. by
4.A. nodded B. shook C. lowered D. raised
5.A. appears B. comes C. turns D. happens
6.A. big B. wide C. thick D. strong
7.A. flower B. thread C. gift D. kiss
8.A. until B. because C. when D. unless
9.A. school B. park C. bank D. hospital
10.A. talking B. walking C. watching D. looking
The foreigner enjoyed herself during her stay in our city.
A.had a great time B.liked herself
C. dressed herself D.had a long time
This song reminds me of my childhood and I like it very much.
A.tells me of B. makes me think of
C.allows me to forget D.asks me to show
I wonder if I can managed to get a job with a high salary.
A.ask B.said C. guess D.want to know
I haven’t heard from him for a long time. what happened to him?
A.called him B.listened to him
C. heard his voice D.got a letter from
Mrs. Smith often goes to visit those AIDS patients in hospitals to cheer up.
A. her B. them C. him D. they