文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。文章通过一个温情的故事描述了父母之间的爱。母亲把爱比喻成缝被子的线,时隐时现,并不是一直表现在外。文章告诉我们真正的爱是相濡以沫,平平淡淡。
Sometimes I really doubt 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. In their opinion, “I love you” is too luxurious (奢侈的) for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of the question. And my father has a bad temper (脾气).
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 voice.
My mother stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes. She didn’t answer immediately.
I was very worried because 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). Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable (耐用的). If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. Love is inside.”
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, they both looked very pale.
After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk (黄昏), my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road. My father had never been so gentle. It seemed that it was their most harmonious (和谐的) period. The sun gently glistened (闪耀) among the leaves. All of these made up the most beautiful picture in the world.
The doctor had said my father would recover (恢复) 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 him one day.
“Lily, don’t worry about me,” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mum.” Reading his eyes, 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 is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
4. Why does Lily sometimes doubt that there is no real love between her parents?
A.Because they are very busy earning money. |
B.Because they don’t have enough money for love. |
C.Because her father is easy to lose his temper to her mother. |
D.Because she doesn’t see the thread in the quilt. |
5. Which of the following is similar to the underlined phrase “out of the question” in Paragraph 1?
A.Possible. | B.Impossible. | C.Necessary. | D.Unnecessary. |
6. What made her father change so greatly?
A.The quilt story from her mother. | B.One-month stay in the hospital. |
C.The beautiful scenery of the country road. | D.The sickness her father suddenly got. |
7. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.We should understand our parents however old they are. |
B.Love is hidden in the life, but it really influences our life. |
C.We really need love because it makes our life harmonious. |
D.Love is so important to everyone that we must love everyone. |