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n TV. __3__ flowers to each other on Valentine39。s Day is even more __4__. One day, my mother was sewing a quilt(被子 ). I __5__ sat down beside her and looked at her. “Mom, is there love between you and Dad ? ” I asked her in a __ 6__ voice. My mother stopped and raised her head with __7__ in her eyes. She didn39。t answer immediately. Then she __8__ her head and continued to sew the quilt. At last my mother said: “Susan , ” she said, “Look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of the time it __9__ in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and __10__. If life is a quilt, then love should be a __11__. It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it39。s really there. Love is __12__.” The next spring, my father suddenly got sick seriously. When they returned from the hospital, mother looked rather pale and it seemed __13__ of them had had a serious illness. Every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father __14__ slowly on the country road. My father had never been so __15__. Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The sun gently glistened through the leaves. All of these __16__ the most beautiful picture in the world. “Dad, how are you feeling now ? ” I asked him one day. He said gently, “__ 17__, I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.” __ 18__ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply. __19__ I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this __20__, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm. 1. A. hold B. support C. live on D. keep 2. A. romantic B. friendly C. lovely D. active 3. A. Taking B. Passing C. Buying D. Sending 4. A. no problem B. out of question C. out of the question D. in question 5. A. silently B. eagerly C. peaceful D. anxiously 6. A. loud B. low C. gentle D. tender 7. A. interest B. fear C. excitement D. surprise 8. A. bowed B. raised C. hang D. lower 9. A. loses B. turns out C. disappears D. es up 10. A.