Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my pa

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. They are very busy working to  1  the family. They don’t act in the  2  ways that I read in books or I see on TV. 3  flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more  4 .
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt(床罩). I  5  sat down beside her and looked at her. “Mom, is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a  6  voice.
My mother stopped and raised her head with  7 in her eyes. She didn’t answer immediately. Then she  8  her head and continued to sew the quilt. At last my mother said:
“Susan,” she said, “Look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of it  9  in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and  10 . If life is a quilt, then love should be a  11 .It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. Love is  12 .”
The next spring, my father suddenly got sick seriously. When they returned from the hospital, mother looked rather pale and it seemed  13 of them had had a serious illness. Every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father  14  slowly on the country road. My father had never been so  15 . Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The sun gently glistened through the leaves. All of these  16  the most beautiful picture in the world.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day. He said gently. “ 17 , I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.”  ___18  his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
 19  I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this  20 ,I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
1. A. hold                       B. support                      C. live on                      D. keep
2. A. romantic          B. friendly                            C. lovely                D. active
3. A. Taking             B. Passing                      C. Buying               D. Sending
4. A. no problem                                              B. out of question         
C. out of the question                             D. in question
5. A. silently            B. eagerly                      C. peaceful             D. anxiously
6. A. loud                       B. low                           C. gentle                D. tender
7. A. interest            B. fear                           C. excitement          D. surprise
8. A. bowed             B. raised                        C. hang                  D. lower
9. A. lost                 B. turned out                  C. disappeared               D. came up
10. A. cold              B. lasting                       C. long                   D. comfortable
11. A. needle            B. cloth                          C. thread                D. sheet
12. A. in the quilt     B. out of the quilt       C. outside               D. inside
13. A. either            B. both                          C. neither                      D. every
14. A. walk              B. run                            C. stand                  D. exercise
15. A. rude                   B. polite                       C. gentle                D. careful
16. A. came up              B. turned up                 C.

1-5 BADCA 6-10 BDACB 11-15 CDBAC 16-20 DBBAD

1.   support family 是固定短语。
2.   romantic 浪漫的本句是说她的父母并不浪漫。
3. send—to送—给---
4.  out of the question不可能; A 项no problem 没问题。
5. 此处语境，沉默。
6.   speak in a low voice 低声说;C项轻轻地;D项温柔的。
7.   surprise 根据上下文应选此项。
8.   bow one’s head低头,垂首;D项为形容词。     
9.   disappear消失。
10.   lasting 持久的,耐久的;与前文的strong 对应。
11.   由前文可知。
12.   由后文可知。
13.   因为是指的夫妻两人,故选B项。
14. 上下文意思。
15. 温和符合本文对父亲此时的做法。
16.   make up 组成;A项表(问题)提出;B项表示“出现或开大(煤气等)”。
17.   to tell the truth说实话;A项表示“换句话说”;C项表示“在某人看来”;D项表“相反”。
18.  read one’s eye表示“从某人的眼神中猜测”,是固定搭配.类似的短语如:read one’s mind/thought。
19.    once表从前。
20.  表“经历”;A项表“过程”;B项表“道路,方式：;C项表“事情”。