I’m always not sure whether my parents love each other or not. Every day they are very busy making money so that they can    a good life for my sister and me. They don’t act in the usual ways that I read in books or I see on TV. Also, they never send    to each other on Feb, 14.
One day, my mother was sewing* a quilt. I quietly sat down beside her.

“Is there love      you and Dad?” asked I.
With a little surprise in her eyes, my mother stopped to raise her head and       me. She said      for long time. At last I heard my mother’s voice:
“Jane,” she said, “Look at this thread*.      sometimes it appears, most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and lasting. If life is a quilt, then        should be a thread. It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there, and       disappears.”
I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her      the next spring, when my father suddenly got    seriously. My mother had to look after him in the hospital for a month. When they      home, every day in the morning and evening, my mother helped my father walk slowly. They often walked without a word. And after two months, my father still couldn’t walk by      . All of us were worried about him very much.
“Dad,    are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Jane,nothing serious. To tell you the truth, I just like      with your mom. I like this kind of life,even if I cannot walk anymore.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant good presents and sweet kisses. But now, I understand that love is just like a thread in the quilt. Love is inside, making our    nice and warm.

小题1:	A．offer B．provide C．give D．take

小题2:	A．money B．books C．gifts D．love

小题3:	A．for B．among C．between D．with

小题4:	A．looked up B．looked at C．looked after D．looked for

小题5:	A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything

小题6:	A．Because B．But C．Although D．So

小题7:	A．Dad B．Mom C．family D．love

小题8:	A．always B．hardly C．often D．never

小题9:	A．unless B．for C．before D．until

小题10:

A．sick B．angry C．right D．down

小题11:

A．left B．returned C．missed D．stayed

小题12:

A．himself B．herself C．themselves D．ourselves

小题13:

A．what B．how C．when D．where

小题14:

A．talking B．walking C．reading D．eating

小题15:

A．mind B．heart C．life D．quilt

This is a true story in Guyana. One day, a child took some silver paper from a cigarette box. He rolled it into a tiny ball and pushed it up his nose. He couldn’t get it out again. He ran crying to his mother. His mother couldn’t get the paper out, either. A week later the paper was still in his nose. His nose began to have a bad smell.
So his mother took his child to the hospital. The doctor looked up his nose. She put a tiny steel rod（钢棒） into his nose and felt the paper. She said she would have to cut his nose to get the paper out.
The child’s mother came home looking sad. She didn’t want her child to have his nose cut. He was a handsome boy and the cut would make him ugly.
Next day, the child’s mother took him to her friend Sidney. Sidney lived in a house with an old woman called May. She asked to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose. He closed his eyes.
“Yes, I can see it,” May said. “It will be out soon!”
As she spoke, she shook black pepper on the child’s nose. He gave a mighty sneeze and the paper flew out. His mother was surprised. May told her to take the boy to the sea for a swim. She said the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.
So the child didn’t have to go to the hospital and gave his nose cut.
小题1:How did the silver ball go into the boy’s nose?

A．His mother put it into his nose.

B．The boy himself pushed the ball up his nose.

C．The silver ball rolled into his nose itself.

D．The passage didn’t tell us.

小题2: Why did the boy’s nose have a bad smell?

A．The ball stayed in his nose for too long.

B．The boy didn't like to wash his nose.

C．His nose is cut and gave a bad smell.

D．Because he had a running nose.

小题3: In the last paragraph, the underlined word mighty means _____________.

A．有力的

B．可能的

C．好笑的.

D．坚硬的

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses (吻). So, I really doubt (怀疑) whether (是否) there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to make money to pay the schooling for me. They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV, and sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even impossible.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt (被子). I asked her if there was love between them. She stopped her work and looked up with surprise. Then she bowed (弯下) her head and continued sewing the quilt. I was very worried because I thought I hurt her. But after a few minutes she said, “Look at this thread (线). Sometimes it appears, but most of the time it disappears in the quilt. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly (几乎不) be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there, and makes the quilt long-lasting.” I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until the next spring.
My mother suddenly got sick seriously and had to stay in the hospital for a one-month treatment. Every morning and dusk (黄昏) after she returned from the hospital, my father helped my mother walk slowly on the country road. There were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees, and the sun gently shone them through the leaves. All of these made up the most beautiful picture in the world. Reading their eyes, I knew they loved each other deeply. From this experience, I realized that love was just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
小题1:The writer thought his parents’ life was not          .

A．romantic

B．great

C．meaningful

D．true

小题2:Valentine’s Day may be a day for          .

A．parents

B．lovers

C．classmates

D．friends

小题3:What do the sentences in the third paragraph show?

A．There is beautiful scenery (风景) everywhere in the world.

B．There is true life anywhere in the world.

C．There is no love without beautiful flowers.

D．There is really love between the writer’s parents.

小题4:What is the best title of this passage?

A．Love should appear every day.

B．Love means flowers.

C．Love is just the thread of a quilt.

D．True love.

小题5:The writer did not understand their parents’ love until________.

A．the next summer

B．his mother was dead

C．his mother was seriously ill

D．he himself grew up