五、完形填空。(2025·江苏南通崇川区期中)
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. They find it impossibly hard to ______1______ "I love you. "Giving 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). Some of it is exposed(显露) outside, but most of it disappears into 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. "From 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. 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.
(
D
)1. A. speak
B. talk
C. chat
D. say
(
C
)2. A. point
B. sound
C. voice
D. place
(
A
)3. A. surprise
B. worry
C. anger
D. sadness
(
B
)4. A. but
B. because
C. so
D. if
(
C
)5. A. flower
B. gift
C. thread
D. book
(
D
)6. A. outside
B. above
C. around
D. inside
(
A
)7. A. both
B. all
C. neither
D. none
(
C
)8. A. jump
B. run
C. walk
D. ride
(
B
)9. A. song
B. picture
C. story
D. family
(
A
)10. A. However
B. Otherwise
C. Instead
D. Also
(
B
)11. A. heard about
B. worried about
C. thought about
D. talked about
(
D
)12. A. books
B. truth
C. notes
D. eyes
(
C
)13. A. across
B. towards
C. through
D. past
(
D
)14. A. most difficult
B. easiest
C. most popular
D. smallest
(
D
)15. A. important
B. beautiful
C. romantic
D. strong
