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