阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案写在答题卡上。
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to __21__ in order to pay the high tuition(学费) for my brother and me. They don’t act in the __22__ ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too __23__ for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of __24__.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt（缝被子）. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there __25__ between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She __26__ her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had _27_ her. I was _28__ 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(线)．Sometimes it __29_, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt __30__and durable（耐用的）. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen __31_, but it’s really there. Love is __32__.”
I listened carefully but I couldn’t__33__ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly __34_ seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very __35 _. 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 __36__ on the country road．
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t __37__ me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”__38__ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and __39__. But from this experience, I understand that love is just __40__ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
A. keep fit B. rise early C. earn money D. collect money
A. ordinary B. romantic C. funny D. common
A. simple B. easy C. relaxing D. luxurious（奢侈）
A. the question B. question C. reach D. control
A. feeling B. love C. quarrel D. smile
A. raised B. shook C. nodded D. bowed
A. hurt B. injured C. wounded D. harmed
A. surprised B. embarrassed（难堪）C. sad D. regretted
A. happens B. comes about C. appears D. occurs
A. warm B. cool C. beautiful D. strong
A. somewhere and sometime B. anywhere or anytime
C. more or less D. here and there
A. inside B. outside C. faraway D. nearby
A. believe B. understand C. recognize D. realize
A. got sick B. got stuck C. got angry D. became weak
A. healthy B. pale C. excited D. fit
A. jump high B. go hurriedly C. run fast D. walk slowly
A. think about B. talk with C. worry about D. laugh at
A. Reading B. Seeing C. Saying D. Writing
A. fresh roses B. gold ring C. sweet kisses D. beautiful jewelry
A. a thread B. a needle C. the cloth D. the cotton