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完形填空

浏览全文，掌握其大意；然后从各题所给的A, B, C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卷上将相应选项涂黑。

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

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

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

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

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

“Susan, don’t   ________  me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”  ________ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

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

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

2.A. romantic  B. magic        C. fantastic     D. attractive

3.A. simple   B. easy          C. relaxing      D. luxurious（奢侈的）

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

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

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

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

8.A. in great surprise B. in a great embarrassmentC. with deep depression  D. at extreme sorrow

9.A. appears   B. comes about C. happens        D. occurs

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

11.A. somewhere and sometime  B. more or lessC. anywhere or anytime   D. here and there

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

13.A. could believe B. couldn’t understandC. wouldn’t recognize D. might know

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

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

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

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

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

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

20.A. the cotton    B. a needle    C. the cloth     D. a thread