Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. So, I really 36 whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy 37 to earn money to pay the high schooling for me. They don't act in the 38 ways that I read in books or I see on TV, and sending flowers to each other on Valentine's Day is even 39 .
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I asked her if there was 40 between them. She paused her work and raised her head with 41 . Then she bowed her head and 42 sewing the quilt. I was very 43 because I thought I had hurt her. But after a few minutes she said, “Look at this thread. Sometimes it 44 ,but most of the time it disappears in the quilt. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can 45 be seen anywhere or anytime, but it's really there, and makes the quilt 46 ”. I listened carefully but I couldn't understand her 47 the next spring.
My mother suddenly got sick seriously and had to stay in hospital for a one-month treatment. Every morning and dusk after she 48 from the hospital, my father 49 my mother walking slowly on the country road. There were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees, and the sun gently glistened 50 the leaves. All of these 51 the most beautiful picture in the world. 52 their eyes, I know they love each other deeply. From this experience, I 53 that love was just a 54 in the quilt of our life. Love is 55 , making life strong and warm.
36. A. believe B. hesitate C. ignore D. doubt
37. A. keeping B. willing C. trying D. learning
38. A. magic B. romantic C. formal D. special
39. A. unsuitable B. impolite C. uneasy D. impossible
40. A. difference B. love C. similarity D. fight
41. A. surprise B. anger C. smile D. calm
42. A. finished B. forgot C. continued D. considered
43. A. excited B. worried C. shocked D. disappointed
44. A. exists B. works C. appears D. breaks
45. A. hardly B. easily C. simply D. usually
46. A. long-lasting B. long-dated C. long-suffering D. long-winded
47. A. after B. before C. until D. since
48. A. returned B. escaped C. remained D. heard
49. A. led B. let C. made D. helped
50. A. from B. through C. across D. throughout
51. A. made with B. made into C. made up D. made of
52. A. Reading B. Watching C. Seeing D. Checking
53. A. expected B. realized C. noticed D. admitted
54. A. material B. design C. color D. thread
55. A. everywhere B. inside C. anywhere D. outside