Sometimes I really doubt (懷疑) whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are busy trying to make money in order to pay for my brother's education and mine. They don't act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. For them, “I love you” is too difficult to say. Even sending flowers to each other on some special days is hardly ever seen.
One day, my mother was repairing a quilt. I silently sat beside her and looked at her. “Mom, may I ask you a question?” I said. “What?” she replied, still doing her work. “Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. My mother stopped her work and looked at me in surprise. She didn't answer my question at once. Then, she bowed her head and continued to do her work.
I was afraid that I had hurt her feelings. I felt so embarrassed that I didn't know what to do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“ Look at this thread (線). Sometimes it appears, but most of the time, it hides in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it's really there."
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, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road. My father had never been so gentle. The doctor had said my father would recover 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. "Susan, don't worry about me." he said gently. "To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life." 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.
小題1:Why does the writer doubt the love of her parents?

A．Because they hardly meet each other.

B．Because they hardly speak to each other.

C．Because they often argue with each other.

D．Because they hardly express their love.

小題2:How did the writer feel after she asked her mom the question?

A．Embarrassed.

B．Excited.

C．Angry.

D．Bored.

小題3:What does the underlined word "durable" mean in Chinese?

A．好看的

B．廉價(jià)的

C．耐用的

D．.昂貴的

小題4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The writer understood her mum’s words at once.

B．After two months from the hospital, Susan’s father could walk by himself.

C．The writer’s parents didn’t love each other.

D．Love is there, no matter whether you say it or not

小題5:What's the best title for the passage?

A．My Parents	B．Love is Just a Thread
C．How to Find Love	D．Where to Find Love

Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.
When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn't get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him. 
His only friend was a dog named Tiger. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn't know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one's heart like a knife.
One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” she said kindly, smiling.
A special feeling came to him. These were the first kind words he had ever heard. He watched her until she went far away, and then he whistled to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.
“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy” he repeated the woman's words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog!” Tiger raised its ears as if it understood.
“Unum! Even a dog likes it!” he said. “Well, Tiger, I won't say unkind words to you any more.” Tiger waved its tail happily.
The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw nothing but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had a new life.
After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power it has!"
小題1:The boy repeated the words “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” because       .

A．he was thinking about the words

B．he didn't understand the words

C．he wanted to talk to his dog

D．he liked talking to himself

小題2:What made the boy start his new life?

A．The people laughing at him.

B．The kind words spoken to him.

C．The hard life.

D．His lovely dog.

小題3:He was feeling        when he whistled to his dog.

A．funny

B．sad

C．lonely

D．excited

小題4:Which of the following is Right according to the passage?

A．He never took good care of his friend, Tiger.

B．He usually had many friends around him.

C．He helped a young lady when her bag dropped.

D．He often washed his dirty face in lake.

小題5:What's the best title of this passage?

A．A Dog and a Boy	B．A Poor Boy's Childhood
C．A Businessman and a Boy	D．The Power of Kindness