三、完型填空：（共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）
When I was young, I really doubted whether there was love between my parents. Every day they were busy earning money so that they could 31 the high tuition my brother and I needed. They didn’t 32 in the romantic ways that I read in books or saw on TV.
One day, Mom was sewing a quilt (被子). I 33 sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a 34
here,” I said after a while. “Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very 35 voice.
Mom stopped her work and raised her head with 36 in her eyes. She didn’t answer immediately. She bent her head and continued to sew the quilt. I was 37 if I had hurt her. I was in great embarrassment and I was at a loss what to do. But at last she said, very 38 , “Susan, look at this 39 . Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and lasting. If 40 is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen, but it’s really there. Love is 41 .”
I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until years later.
One day, Dad accidentally got 42 while on duty. Ever since then he could no longer 43
properly. Every morning and dusk Mom would help Dad walk slowly on the country road. Along the country road, there were beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The leaves were gently glistening 44 the sun shining upon them. All of these made up the most beautiful 45 in the world.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day. “Susan, don’t worry about me,” he said. “I just like walking with your mom and I like this kind of life.” Looking into his eyes, I 46 what
they meant.
The doctor had said that Dad would 47 in two months. But that day never came. He 48
away in peace.
49 I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this 50 , I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life, which makes life strong and warm … .
31. A. afford B. cost C. spend D. offer
32. A. go B. play C. act D. walk
33. A. happily B. silently C. secretly D. nervously
34. A. request B. problem C. message D. question
35. A. loud B. light C. low D. clear
36. A. surprise B. anger C. stress D. horror
37. A. amazed B. confused C. shocked D. ashamed
38. A. quickly B. excitedly C. bitterly D. gently
39. A. quilt B. needle C. thread D. sewing
40. A. belief B. work C. experience D. life
41. A. outside B. upside C. downside D. inside
42. A. tired B. drunk C. ill D. injured
43. A. talk B. walk C. work D. think
44. A. with B. as C. for D. by
45. A. signs B. symbols C. pictures D. reflections
46. A. read B. doubted C. translated D. recognized
47. A. retire B. recover C. regain D. remove
48. A. passed B. escaped C. faded D. turned
49. A. Again B. Once C. Then D. Before
50. A. incident B. account C. experience D. accident