Question

根据短文内容．完成下列句子．每空一词。(每小题2分．共lo分)

     When we got to the hospital, we found Dad still coughed a lot, but his smile was as sure as ever. It was another attack of pneumonia(肺炎). My husband and I stayed with him for the weekend, but we had to go back to our jobs on Monday. Local relatives would help Dad get home from the hospital and look after him. But I wanted to let him know that we also cared about him. even when we weren't with him.

     Then I remembered a family tradition when our children were small. Before leaving their grandparents' home after a visit, each child would write a love note to their grandparents. For days, their grandparents would smile as they read these notes of love.

     So when I cleaned Dad's kitchen and made the bed for him, I wrote some notes. Some were like this, "Dad, I put the food in the fridge. " Some expressed my love, "Dad, I hope you will sleep well in your new bed. " Most notes were put downstairs where he would stay for several weeks when he was ill. But I put one note upstairs under his pillow(枕头), "Dad, if yon have found this note, you must be feeling better. We are so glad!"

    "These notes helped improve his health. Several weeks later, in one of our regular phone calls, I asked Dad how he was doing. He said, "Pretty good. I just found your note under my pillow upstairs!

1.The writer's father was         and was sent to ____________.

2.The writer            to her job after she stayed with her father for the __________.

3.It was a family                for the children to write love           to their grandparents.

4.The writer did the         thing as her children to         about her father.

5.A few weeks later, when the writer heard her father's        , she knew he felt much _________.

Answer

1.ill/sick, hospital

2.returned, weekend

3.tradition, notes

4.same, care

5.words/answer/reply, better

【解析】这篇短文中的作者由于没有时间亲自照顾自己的父亲，就按照自己家族的传统，给父亲留了一张表达爱意的小便条，让父亲体会到自己对他的爱意，更快地恢复了健康。

1.根据第一段When we got to the hospital, we found Dad still coughed a lot, 描述，可知作者的父亲生病住院了，故填 ill/sick生病的, hospital医院。

2.根据第一段My husband and I stayed with him for the weekend, but we had to go back to our jobs on Monday.描述，可知在和他的父亲一起度过周末后，他不得不回去工作。结合语境可知本句描述的是过去动作，故用过去时态。填returned,返回； weekend 周末。

3.根据短文第二段描述，可知孩子们给爷爷奶奶写表达爱意的便条是一个家族传统。结合语境可知填tradition, 传统；notes注释，说明，便条。

4.根据第三段描述，可知这个作者做了和孩子们一样的事情来关心她的父亲。结合语境可知填same, 相同的；care关心。

5.根据短文最后一段描述，可知几周后，作者收到了父亲的回信，知道他感觉好多了。结合语境可知填words/answer/reply,回信，回复； better更好的。