Question

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are busy earning money. They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. My father has a bad temper. When he’s tired from the hard work, it is easy for him to lose his temper.

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt (縫被子).

“Mom, may I ask you a question?” I said.

“What?” “Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.

My mother stopped her work and raised her head in surprise. She didn’t answer immediately. Then she continued to sew the quilt.

I was very worried because I thought I had hurt her. But at last I heard my mother say the following words: “Susan, look at the thread (線). Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. It makes the quilt strong. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen, but it’s really there. Love is inside.”

I couldn’t understand her until the next spring. My dad got sick suddenly. My mum had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned, they both looked very pale. It seemed both of them had a serious illness.

After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road. The doctor had said my father would recover in two months. But after two months he still couldn’t walk by himself. All of us were worried about him.

“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked.

“Susan, don’t worry about me,” he said gently. “I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.” Looking at his eyes, I knew he loves my mother deeply.

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But now, I understand that love is just like the thread. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

1.At first the writer thought there was no love between her parents because of the following

EXCEPT ________.

A. they were always busy working

B. they didn’t act in a romantic way

C. her father became angry easily

D. they always expressed their feelings as they liked

2.The writer felt worried because ________.

A. her mum was angry with her

B. her mum didn’t know how to answer the question

C. she thought she hurt her mum’s heart

D. her mum’s answer was hard to understand

3. From the underlined sentence, we know that ________.

A. the writer’s dad nearly lost his life

B. the writer’s mum was seriously ill that day

C. the writer’s mum didn’t want to stay with the writer’s dad

D. the writer’s mum was worried about the writer’s dad so much

4.What can we learn from the writer’s dad’s words?

A. He had a special love to the writer’s mum.

B. He wouldn’t recover from his illness.

C. He wouldn’t care about his illness.

D. He didn’t like walking with the writer’s mum.

5.Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Love is the feeling in the deep heart.

B. The writer still can’t understand her parents now.

C. We should express our love to our family members.

D. The old people’s love is less than young people’s love.

Answer 1