题目内容：

完形填空（每小题1分，满分15分）

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入短文空白处的最佳选项。

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