三、完形填空
Sometimes I'm really not sure whether there is love between my parents. They
don't act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too luxurious（奢侈的）for them to 1. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine's Day is even more impossible. And my father is easy to get angry.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt（被子）. I silently sat down beside her and looked at her.
“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low 2.
My mother stopped her work and raised her head with 3 in her eyes. She didn't answer immediately.
I was very worried 4 I thought I had hurt her. But at last I heard my mother say the following words.
“Lily,” she said, “look at this thread（线）. Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable（耐用的）. If life is a quilt, then love should be a 5. It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it's really there. Love is 6.”
I listened carefully but I couldn't understand her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, 7 of them looked very pale（苍白的）.
After they were back, every day in the morning and evening, my mother helped my father 8 slowly on the country road. My father had never been so gentle. It seemed that it was their most harmonious period. The sun gently shone among the leaves. All of these made up the most beautiful 9 in the world.
The doctor had said my father would get well in two months. 10, after two months he still couldn't walk by himself. All of us 11 him.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Lily, don't worry about me,” he said gently with a smile on his face. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mum.” Reading his 12, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that love means a lot. It's about the simple things they do for each other every day. It's about the way they support each other 13 difficult times. It's about the way they take care of our family. I realize that love doesn't have to be flashy or romantic to be real. Sometimes, the most meaningful love is found in the 14 acts of kindness. It's just like a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life 15 and warm.
()1. A. speak B. talk
C. chat D. say
()2. A. point B. sound
C. voice D. place
()3. A. surprise B. worry
C. anger D. sadness
()4. A. but B. because
C. so D. if
()5. A. flower B. gift
C. thread D. book
()6. A. outside B. above
C. around D. inside
()7. A. both B. all
C. neither D. none
()8. A. jump B. run
C. walk D. ride
()9. A. song B. picture
C. story D. family
()10. A. However B. Otherwise
C. Instead D. Also
()11. A. heard about
B. worried about
C. thought about
D. talked about
()12. A. books B. truth
C. notes D. eyes
()13. A. across B. towards
C. through D. past
()14. A. most difficult
B. easiest
C. most popular
D. smallest
()15. A. important B. beautiful
C. romantic D. strong

1.D 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.C 6.D 7.A 8.C 9.B 10.A 11.B 12.D 13.C 14.D 15.D

1. 考查动词词义辨析，say强调说的内容，此处指表达“I love you”这句话，故选D；2. 考查固定搭配，in a low voice是固定短语，意为“低声地”，故选C；3. 考查名词词义辨析，妈妈被问及和爸爸之间是否有爱，眼中带着惊讶，故选A；4. 考查连词，前后句是因果关系，用because连接，故选B；5. 考查名词词义辨析，妈妈将爱比作线，呼应前文提到的thread，故选C；6. 考查副词，根据前文线藏在被子里，可知爱“在里面”，故选D；7. 考查代词，指代父母两人，用both表示“两者都”，故选A；8. 考查动词词义辨析，爸爸生病后妈妈帮他慢慢行走，故选C；9. 考查名词词义辨析，这些温馨的场景构成了世界上最美的画，故选B；10. 考查副词，前后是转折关系，however表转折，意为“然而”，故选A；11. 考查动词短语，爸爸两个月还没康复，我们都担心他，worried about符合语境，故选B；12. 考查名词，从爸爸的眼睛里能看出他对妈妈的深爱，故选D；13. 考查介词，through difficult times意为“度过困难时期”，故选C；14. 考查形容词最高级，最有意义的爱藏在最小的善举中，故选D；15. 考查形容词，爱让生活变得坚强又温暖，呼应前文线让被子耐用的比喻，故选D。