Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to 36 money. They don’t act romantic the way couples do in books and on TV. They never say, “I love you .” It’s not their 37 .
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you.” I said after a while. “ What ”? She asked, still working. “Is there 38 between you and Dad? ” I asked her 39 a very low voice. She stopped her work and 40 her head. Then she bowed (低下) her head and went on sewing. I thought I had 41 her. At last I heard my mother say: “Susan, Look at this thread. Sometimes it 42 , but most of time it disappears in the quilt. It makes the quilt 43 . If life is a quilt, then love should be a 44 . It can hardly be seen anywhere, 45 it’s really there.”
I listened carefully but I didn’t understand her 46 the next spring. My father suddenly got sick. My mother had to stay with him in the 47 for a month. After they got back, she helped my father walk slowly on the country road every day. My father had never been so weak. “ Dad, how are you feeling now ? ” I asked him one day. “Susan, don’t worry about me.” he said gently. “ I just like 48 with your mom.”
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. Now I know that love is the thread that holds a family together.
36. A. have B. make C. put D. spend
37. A. question B. style C. kind D. life
38. A. love B. money C. friendship D. relationship
39. A. on B. under C. in D. by
40. A. nodded B. shook C. lowered D. raised
41. A. harm B. hit C. hurt D. injure
42. A. appears B. comes C. turn D. happens
43. A. big B. wide C. thick D. strong
44. A. flower. B. thread C. gift D. kiss
45. A. and B. for C. but D. so
46. A. until B. because C. when D. unless
47. A. school B. park C. bank D. hospital
48. A. talking B. walking C. watching D. looking