A．helped B．looked up C．embarrassed D．couldn't E．until F．silence G．a(chǎn)ppears H．low I．the most beautiful J．looked at K．Hardly L．can't

Sometimes I really wonder whether there is love between my parents．Every day they are very busy making money．They don't act in the romantic ways that I read about in books or I see on TV．In their opinion，"I love you"is too much to say．
One day，my mother was sewing a quilt（縫被子）．I quietly sat down beside her and（1）

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her．"Mom，I have a question for you，"I said，breaking the（2）

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．
"What？"she asked，still doing her work．
"Is there love between you and Dad？"I asked her in a very（3）

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voice．
She stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes．But then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt．I was very（4）

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then because I thought I had hurt her．
It seemed like a very long time before my mother started to speak again．"Susan，"she said thoughtfully．"look at this thread（線）．Sometimes it（5）

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，but most of it disappears（消失）in the quilt．The thread makes the quilt strong and durable．If life is a quilt，then love should be a thread．It can（6）

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be seen anywhere or anytime，but it's really there．Love is inside（在里面）．"
I listened carefully but I didn't understand（7）

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the next spring．My father had a stroke（中風(fēng)）and（8）

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walk by himself anymore．After that，my mother（9）

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my father walk outside every day．Along the country road，there were many beautiful flowers and trees．The sun gently glistened through leaves．They two，hand in hand，walked slowly．To me，that was（10）

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picture in the world-that's a picture of love．
They still don't say"I love you"to each other．But I know they have deep love for each other．I used to think love meant flowers and sweet kisses．But actually，love is just a thread in the quilt．