题目内容：

完形填空，通读下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very ______ trying to make money in order to ______ the high tuition(学费)for my brother and me. I never hear them say “ I love you”, or see them send birthday ______ to each other. My father has a bad temper(脾气). When he’s very tired from work, it is ______ for him to lose his temper.

One day, my mother was preparing dinner. I sat down ______ her.

“Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while.

“What?” she replied, ______ doing her work.

“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low ______.

My mother stopped her work and ______ her head with surprise in her eyes. She didn’t answer and  went on cooking.

I was very worried ______ I thought I had hurt her. I didn’t know what I should do. A few days later, my father suddenly got sick ______.My mother had to stay with him in the ______ for a month. After  they were back, every day in the morning and dusk(黄昏), my mother helped my father walk slowly on the countr road. My father had never been so ______. It seemed they were the most harmonious(和谐的) ______.

“Dad, how are you ______ now?” I asked him one day.

“Susan, don’t worry about me. To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.  I ______ this kind of life.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

1.A. busy            B. alone           C. early             D. fast

2.A. give            B. receive          C. cost             D. pay

3.A. show          B. presents         C. fruit             D. jokes

4.A. active          B. painful         C. easy            D. funny

5.A. among          B. across           C. above            D. beside

6.A. hardly          B. really          C. still            D. already

7.A. direction      B. voice            C. condition         D. sound

8.A. raised          B. fell            C. shook            D. nodded

9.A. because       B. though          C. while           D. unless

10.A. sadly        B. shortly          C. quickly           D. seriously

11.A. home          B. hospital        C. trouble           D. holiday

12.A. smart         B. happy            C. strong            D. brave

13.A. visitor        B. farmer           C. couple            D. friend

14.A. travelling     B. living           C. resting           D. feeling

15.A. enjoy         B. remember         C. wait              D. regret