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