第四节 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents.They are very busy working to __26_ the family.They don’t act in the _27__ ways that I read in books or I see on TV.__28__ flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more _29__.One day，my mother was sewing a quilt(床罩).I __30__ sat down beside her and looked at her.“Mom，is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a __31__ voice. My mother stopped and raised her head with __32 _ in her eyes.She didn’t answer immediately.Then she __33__ 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 it __34__ in the quilt.The thread really makes the quilt strong and __35__.If life is a quilt，then love should be a __36__.It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime，but it’s really there.Love is __37__.”

The next spring，my father suddenly got sick seriously.When they returned from the hospital，mother looked rather pale and it seemed __38__ of them had a serious illness.Every day in the morning and dusk，my mother helped my father __39__ slowly on the country road.My father had never been so 40__.Along the country road，there were many beautiful flowers，green grass and trees.The sun gently glistened through the leaves.All of these __41__ the most beautiful picture in the world.

“Dad，how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day. He said gently.“__42__，I just like walking with your mom.I like this kind of life.” _43__ his eyes，I know he loves my mother deeply._44__ I thought love meant flowers，gifts and sweet kisses.But from this __45__，I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life.Love is inside，making life strong and warm.

26.A.hold B.support C.live on D.keep

27.A.romantic B.friendly C.lovely D.active

28.A.Taking B.Passing C.Buying D.Sending

29.A.no problem B.out of question C.out of the question D in question

30.A.silently B.eagerly C.peaceful D.anxiously

31.A.loud B.low C.gentle D.tender

32.A.interest B.fear C.excitement D.surprise

33.A.bowed B.raised C.hang D.lowered

34.A.lost B.turned out C.disappeared D.came up

35.A.warm B.lasting C.long D.comfortable

36.A.needle B.cloth C.thread D.sheet

37.A.in the quilt B.out of the quilt C.outside D.inside

38.A.either B.both C.neither D.every

39.A.walk B.run C.stand D.exercise

40.A.rude B.polite C.gentle D.careful

41.A.came up B.turned up C.called up D.made up

42.A.In other words B.To tell the truth C.In my opinion D.On the contrary

43.A.Seeing B.Reading C.Watching D.Observing

44.A.Once B.Though C.When D.Unless

45.A.process B.way C.matter D.experience