【OnceIthoughtlovemeantflowers，giftsandsweetkisses．ButIneverhearmyparentssay"Iloveyou"toeachother．Evenonsomespecialdayssendingflowersbetweenthemishardlyeverseen．SometimesIreallydoubtwhetherthereisl】

　　OnceIthoughtlovemeantflowers，giftsandsweetkisses．ButIneverhearmyparentssay"Iloveyou"toeachother．Evenonsomespecialdayssendingflowersbetweenthemishardlyeverseen．SometimesIreallydoubtwhetherthereislovebetweenthem．Everydaytheyareverybusytryingtomakemoneyformyschooling．

　　Oneday，mymotherwassewingaquilt（缝被子）．Isilentlysatbesideher．

　　"Mum，istherelovebetweenyouandDad？"Iaskedinaverylowvoice．

　　Withsurpriseinhereyes，shestoppedherworkforawhile．Thenshesaid，"Susan，lookatthisthread（线）．Itcanhardlybeseen，butit'sreallythere．Itmakesthequiltstrong．Iflifeisaquilt，loveshouldbeathread．Loveisinside．"

　　Icouldn'tunderstandheruntilthenextspring．Atthattime，myfathersuddenlygotsickseriously．Mymotherhadtostaywithhiminthehospitalforamonth．

　　Aftertheywereback，mymotherhelpedmyfatherwalkslowlyonthecountryroadeveryday．Theyweresokindtoeachotheranditseemedtheywerethehappiestcouple．

　　Aftertwomonthsmyfatherstillcouldn'twalkbyhimself．

　　"Dad，howareyoufeelingnow？"Iaskedhimoneday．

　　"Susan，don'tworryaboutme．"hesaid．"Ijustlikewalkingwithyourmum．Ilikethiskindoflife．"Readinghiseyes，Iknewhelovesmymotherdeeply．

　　NowIunderstandthatloveisjustathreadinthequiltofourlife．Loveisinside，makinglifestrongandwarm．

　　36．Whydoesthewriterdoubttheloveofherparents？___

　　A．Becausetheyhardlymeeteachother．

　　B．Becausetheyhardlyspeaktoeachother．

　　C．Becausetheyoftenarguewitheachother．

　　D．Becausetheyhardlyexpresstheirlove．

　　37．Susan'fatherstayedinhospitalfor___．

　　A．oneday

　　B．onemonth

　　C．twomonths

　　D．threemonths

　　38．Susancametounderstandhermother___．

　　A．whilehermotherwassewingaquilt　

　　B．beforeherfatherwasinhospital

　　C．afterherfatherwasseriouslysick

　　D．whenshewassittingbesidehermother

　　39．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage？___

　　A．Loveisthere，nomatterwhetheryousayi