Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to __36__ in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the __37__ ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too __38__ for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of __39__.

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there __40__ between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She __41__ her head and continued to sew the quilt.

I was very worried because I thought I had _42_ her. I was _43__ 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 __44_, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt __45__. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen __46_, but it’s really there. Love is __47__.”

I listened carefully but I __48__ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly __49_ seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked __50 _. 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 __51__ on the country road．

“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.“Susan, don’t __52__ me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”__53__ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and __54__. But from this experience, I understand that love is just __55__ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

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

32．A．magic      B．romantic C．fantastic   D．a(chǎn)ttractive

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

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

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

36．A．raised      B．shook      C．nodded    D．bowed

37．A．hurt B．injured     C．wounded D．harmed

38．A．in great surprise      B．in a great embarrassment

       C．with deep depression      D．a(chǎn)t extreme sorrow

39．A．happens   B．comes about    C．a(chǎn)ppears    D．occurs

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

41．A．somewhere and sometime      B．a(chǎn)nywhere or anytime

       C．more or less           D．here and there

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

43．A．could believe    B．couldn’t understand  C．wouldn’t recognize   D．might know

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

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

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

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

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

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

50．A．a(chǎn) thread         B．a(chǎn) needle               C．the cloth         D．the cotton

31．C 。32．B 。33．D 。34．A 。35．B 。36．D。37．A 。38．B。39．C 。40．D 。41．B。42．A 。43．B 。44．A。45.B 。46．D。47．C。48．A 。49．C 。

50．A 。


解析:

31．C    由in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me可知是為了掙錢(qián)。

32．B    他們從未像我在書(shū)中讀到，或在電視中看到的那樣浪漫。

33．D    從上下得知，說(shuō)出“我愛(ài)你”是太難了，而不是太簡(jiǎn)單、容易、輕松。

34．A    out of the question是個(gè)固定短語(yǔ)，意為“亳無(wú)可能”；out of question“有可能”；out of reach (伸手)夠不著；out of control 失控。

35．B    根據(jù)上下文，此處指“你和爸爸之間有沒(méi)有愛(ài)情啊”。

36．D    因在縫被子，母親低下頭。

37．A    我擔(dān)心傷害了她。傷害感情用“hurt”。

38．B    我非常尷尬。

39．C    由下文的“disappear”得知此處是“appear”。句意為“蘇珊，看看這些線。有時(shí)候，你能看得見(jiàn)，但是大多數(shù)都隱藏在被子里�！�

40．D    這些線使被子堅(jiān)固耐用。

41．B    你不可能隨時(shí)隨地看到它，但是它卻實(shí)實(shí)在在地存在著。

42．A    由上句推出：愛(ài)是內(nèi)在的。

43．B    由下文until可知此處用否定式。以構(gòu)成not … until…的句式。句意為：我仔細(xì)地聽(tīng)著，卻無(wú)法明白她的話，直到來(lái)年的春天。

44．A    由My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month.可知父親突然得重病。get stuck困�。籺hrow up嘔吐；become disabled殘疾。

45．B    此處指“臉色，氣色”。句意為：當(dāng)他們從醫(yī)院回來(lái)的時(shí)候，都顯得非常蒼白。

46．D     (為了使父親身體康復(fù))，他們回來(lái)之后，每天的清晨或黃昏，母親都會(huì)攙扶著父親在鄉(xiāng)村的小路上漫步。

47．C    從上文Dad, how are you feeling now可知，此處有“擔(dān)心”之意。

48．A    英語(yǔ)中“看得出”習(xí)慣上不用see。句意為：從他的眼神里，我看得出他對(duì)母親的愛(ài)之深刻。

49．C    四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中A、B、D與前面提到的“鮮花、禮物”同類，只有C項(xiàng)不同類。句意為：我曾經(jīng)認(rèn)為愛(ài)情就是鮮花、禮物和甜蜜的親吻。

50．A    由全文可知，但是從那一刻起，我明白了，愛(ài)情就像是生活中被子里的一根線。

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