Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to _ _36_ _ in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the _ _37_ _ ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too _ _38_ _ for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of _ _39_ _. One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there _ _40_ _ between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She _ _41_ _ her head and continued to sew the quilt. I was very worried because I thought I had _42 _ her. I was _ 43_ _ 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 _ _44 _, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt _ _45_ _. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen _ _46 _, but it’s really there. Love is _ _47_ _.” I listened carefully but I _ _48_ _ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly __49_ seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked _ _50 _. 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 _ _51_ _ on the country road． “Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.“Susan, don’t _ _52_ _ me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”_ _53_ _ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply. Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and _ _54_ _. But from this experience, I understand that love is just _ _55_ _ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm. 31．A．keep fit              B．rise early                    C．earn money         D．collect fortune 32．A．magic                B．romantic                    C．fantastic                 D．attractive 33．A．simple                B．easy                          C．relaxing                 D．luxurious 34．A．the question        B．question                    C．reach                     D．control 35．A．feeling               B．love                          C．quarrel                   D．smile 36．A．raised                 B．shook                        C．nodded                  D．bowed 37．A．hurt                   B．injured                      C．wounded                D．harmed 38．A．in great surprise                                         B．in a great embarrassment C．with deep depression                                  D．at extreme sorrow 39．A．happens              B．comes about               C．appears                  D．occurs 40．A．warm and soft     B．hot and hard              C．thin and cool      D．strong and durable 41．A．somewhere and sometime                           B．anywhere or anytime C．more or less                                              D．here and there 42．A．inside                 B．outside                      C．faraway                D．nearby 43．A．could believe    B．couldn’t understand  C．wouldn’t recognize   D．might know 44．A．got sick              B．got stuck                   C．threw up                 D．became disabled 45．A．quite healthy       B．very pale                   C．fairly red                D．much surprised 46．A．jump high          B．go hurriedly               C．run fast                  D．walk slowly 47．A．think about         B．talk with                    C．worry about        D．laugh at 48．A．Reading             B．Seeing                       C．Saying                   D．Writing 49．A．fresh roses        B．gold ring                 C．sweet kisses        D．beautiful jewelry 50．A．a thread        B．a needle              C．the cloth         D．the cotton