Question

Dad was lying in the hospital weakly, but his smile was as sure as ever . It was another attack of lung illness. My husband and I stayed with him for the weekend but had to return to our jobs on Monday. Local relatives would help Dad get home from hospital and look after him. But I longed to be able to let him know that we cared about him too, even when we weren't with him.

Then I remembered a family tradition when our children were small. When leaving our grandparents’ home after a visit, each child would write a love note to their grandparents. We hid notes in a box, under a hairbrush or next to the phone or even in the microwave oven. For days, our grandparents would smile as they discovered these reminders of our love.

So as I tidied Dad’s kitchen and made up a bed for him downstairs in the living room, I wrote some notes. Some were practical, "Dad, I put the food in the fridge so it wouldn't spoil". Some expressed my love, “Dad, I hope you will sleep well in your new bed.” Most notes were downstairs where he would stay for several weeks until he recovered strength, but one note I hid upstairs under his pillow, "Dad, if you have found this note, you must be feeling better. We are so glad!"

Just like his medicine strengthened him physically, these "emotional vitamins" would improve his spiritual 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.We can infer from the text that the writer's father_______.

A. had suffered from the same illness before.

B. lived with his relatives

C. asked her to return to work

D. got home from hospital alone

2.The children hid notes in their grandparents' home in order to_______

A. follow a family tradition

B. play jokes on their grandparents

C. show their gifts to their grandparents

D. make their grandparents feel pleasantly surprised

3.Follow the family tradition, the author                 .

A. She called her father regularly.

B. She wrote some notes to her father .

C. She bought all kinds of vitamins to her father.

D. She hid some notes upstairs under her father's pillow.

4.Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. The writer believed that a family tradition was not good.

B. The writer enjoyed talking with her father.

C. The writer tried to comfort her father with love.

D. The writer thanked her children for looking after her father.

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析: 爸爸生病住院了，我和丈夫以及热心的邻居们轮流照顾他。我们不仅要在身体上，还在精神上给予温暖。我家有在家里藏上温馨提示的小纸条的传统。这对于刚出院回家的父亲效果很好。

1.A。推理判断题。由“Dad was lying in the hospital weakly, but his smile was as sure as ever . It was another attack of lung illness.”可知，父亲又一次肺病的感染，但他一如既往地笑着。因此可以看出父亲这不是第一次患肺病。故选A。

2.D。推理判断题。由“For days, our grandparents would smile as they discovered these reminders of our love.“可知，我们把纸条藏起来是为了让祖父母发现的时候能给他们带来惊喜。故选D。

3.B。细节理解题。从文章倒数第二段中可以看到我想到儿时的记忆，给父亲也写了很多的爱心小纸条，包括在冰箱里的，在枕头下面的等等。故选B。

4.But I longed to be able to let him know that we cared about him too, even when we weren't with him.”以及最后一段可知，我希望通过“精神上的安慰”来表达我对爸爸的关爱。故选C。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。