第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We arrived at the hospital to find Dad was very weak, but his smile was as  36  as ever. It was another attack of pneumonia（肺炎）. My hushand and I stayed with him for the  37  but had to return to our jobs on Monday. Local  38  would help Dad get home from the hospital and look after him.   39 I longed to be able to let him know that we cared too, even when we weren’t with him.
Then I remembered a   40  tradition（传统）when our children were small When  41 their grandparents’ home after a visit, each child would write a love note to their grandparents. They  __42__ notes in the cereal（麦片）box, under a hairbrush, next to the  43   or even in the microwave（微波炉）. For days, their grandparents would  44  as they discovered these reminders of our love.
45  as I tidied Dad‘s kichen and   46   up a bed for him downstairs in the living room, I wrote some notes. Some were  47 , “Dad, I put the food in the fridge so it wouldn’t go bad.” Some expressed my love, “Dad, I   48  you will sleep well in your new  49 .” Most notes were down-stairs where he would stay for several weeks until he  50  strength, but one note I hid upstairs under his pillow, “Dad, if you have found this  51 , you must be feeling better. We are so glad!”
Just like his  52   strengthened him physically, these “emotional vitamins” would   53__   his spiritual health. Several weeks later, in one of our  54  phone calls, I asked Dad how he was
__55__. He said, “Pretty good ! I just found your note under my pillow upstairs!”
36. A. sure             B. weak       C. happy     D. wild
37. A. day             B. month       C. night      D. weekend
38. A. doctors         B. friends            C. relatives  D. classmates
39. A. But             B. Therefore    C. Besides   D. Though
40. A. city             B. nation       C. family    D. village
41. A. moving         B. entering      C. arriving  D. leaving
42. A. wrote          B. hid          C. mixed     D. stuck
43. A. curtain         B. chair        C. phone     D. window
44. A. find             B. smile       C. regret     D. miss
45. A. Because              B. However     C. While     D. So
46. A. dressed         B. made       C. cleaned   D. ticked
47. A. practical             B. funny       C. uninteresting       D. true
48. A. wish            B. demand       C. hope       D. suggest
49. A. home           B. bed          C. house     D. hospital
50. A. experienced     B. discovered   C. regained D. grew
51. A. word           B. letter        C. note          D. place
52. A. doctors         B. food        C. operation       D. medicines
53. A. change         B. improve      C. cure          D. harm
54. A. regular         B. usual        C. long          D. special
55. A. hving          B. going       C. finding   D. Doing