Sometimes I really wonder {#blank#}1{#/blank#} there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) money. They don't act in the romantic ways that I read about in books or I see on TV. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} their opinion, "I love you" is too much to say.

    One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I quietly sat down beside her and looked at her.

    "Mom, I have a question for you," I said, breaking the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (silent).

    "What?" she asked, still doing her work.

    "Is there love between you and Dad?" I asked her in a very low voice.

    She stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes. But then she continued to sew the quilt. I was very embarrassed because I thought I had hurt her.

    It seemed like {#blank#}5{#/blank#} very long time before my mother started to speak again. "Susan," she said thoughtfully, "look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread makes the quilt strong. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (hard) be seen anywhere or anytime, but it's really there. Love is inside."

    I listened carefully but I didn't understand before the next spring. My father had a stroke (中风) and couldn't walk by {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (he) any more. After that, my mother helped my father walk outside every day. Along the country road, there were many beautiful {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (tree). They two, hand in hand, walked slowly. To me, that was {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (beautiful) 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 {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (mean) flowers and sweet kisses. But actually, love is just a thread in the quilt.

    Do you enjoy eat nuts? Have you ever tired Chinese torreya nuts(香榧)? Zhuji is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（广泛地）known for this special kind of nuts. Most of the Chinese torreya trees are grown in the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} （东部） of Zhuji. Every autumn, the nuts are picked by the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （当地的）people and then sent for {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （加工）.Not everyone gets the ________（秘诀）of frying(炒制) the nuts. Only the experienced workers can make it. People in Zhuji take ________（骄傲）in the Chinese torreya nuts, .and the nuts are usually {#blank#}7{#/blank#} （放置）out to treat {#blank#}8{#/blank#} ( 亲属 ) and friends. Nowadays, more and more people fall in love with the nuts. And it {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (创造) good business for Zhuji. . What a great {#blank#}10{#/blank#} （影响）the Chinese torreya nuts have on Zhuji!

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    Mrs. Wilson, the wife of a rich man,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} （invite）some of her friends to lunch. She was trying a new way to cook fish and she was very pleased with {#blank#}2{#/blank#} （her） when the fish was ready. As the fish was very hot, she put it near the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （open） window to cool for a few minutes. Five minutes later, when she came back for it, she was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （surprise）to find the neighbor's cat at the fish. She was in time to stop the cat{#blank#}5{#/blank#} it was too late. That afternoon every one enjoyed the fish. They talked and laughed {#blank#}6{#/blank#}four o'clock.

    After the guests left, Mrs. Wilson felt tired {#blank#}7{#/blank#} happy. She was sitting down in a chair near the window when she saw the neighbor's cat dead in her garden. She was sure the fish was bad. What {#blank#}8{#/blank#} （will） happen to her friends? She at once telephoned the family doctor for help. The doctor asked each guest {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （meet）him. Once again Mrs. Wilson was alone in her chair still tired but no longer happy. Just then the telephone rang. It was her neighbor, “Oh, Mrs. Wilson,” he cried.” My cat is dead. She was killed{#blank#}10{#/blank#}someone in a car and put in your garden….”