【InJanuary2014,whenLuigiQuintos,54,heldhisnewborngrandson,Ayden,forthefirsttime,thebabyweighedjustoverapound.Aydenhadbeen(41)___twomonthspremature(早产的),anddoctorsthoughthe(42)___notmakeit】
In January 2014,when Luigi Quintos,54,held his newborn grandson,Ayden,for the first time,the baby weighed just over a pound.Ayden had been (41)___ two months premature (早产的),and doctors thought he(42)___ not make it.Shocked,Luigi turned to art to (43)___ himself.He had been drawing portraits of people off and on (44)___ grade school.
This time,Luigi(45)___ a portrait of Ayden with his parents-Luigi's son and daughter-in-law-gazing (46)___ at him."It was my way of making sure they'd always be together,"he says.
(47)___ five months in intensive care,Ayden pulled through.Inspired by the good news,Luigi set up a Facebook page,Priceless Images,(48)___he offered to draw portraits of other kids who were sick or had died."I thought my work might offer (49)___,"he said.
Within days,requests (50)___ his inbox(收件箱).Often,parents e-mail Luigi a photo of (51)___ child along with a description of his or her illness or how the child died.Sometimes they (52)___that the artist exclude (不包括) oxygen tubes and wires that appear in the (53)___,and one family asked for their child's eyes to be drawn open,an image they never got to see in (54)___ life.
Each drawing (55)___Luigi,who works as a courier driver in Salem,Oregon,a few hours.(56)___ he's done,he mails an 11-by-14-inch portrait to the parents and(57)___ a version of the drawing on his Facebook page.
(58)___,Luigi has completed 450portraits,with another 350on the (59)___ list.But Luigi doesn't mind the backlog (积压)."The drawings give families (60)___ they can hold on to,"he said.
41.A.deadB.missingC.homelessD.born42.A.mightB.mustC.shouldD.would43.A.calmB.comfortC.exciteD.save44.A.asB.beforeC.sinceD.for45.A.madeB.carveC