Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack．But without a heart transplant（移植）her life was in constant 21 ．
Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very 22 : finding a donor heart that 23 Maria’s blood type could take years． 24 , Carmen was determined to save her mother．She kept 25 hospitals all over the country．
Days stretched out．By Christmas, Maria had trouble 26 from one end of the room to the other．Carmen lost all hope．She fell into a 27 of the hospital, crying．
“Are you okay?” a man asked．
Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her 28 ．This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t 29 it through the night．Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind．He knew Cheryl had always wanted to 30 something from herself．Could her 31 go to Carmen’s mother?
After reviewing the data, doctors 32 Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect 33 for Carmen’s mother．They were able to 34 the transplant．
That cold night, when Cheryl was 35 dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door．She was 36 for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently．Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange 37 as they hugged and cried．
On New Year’s Eve, Carmen attended Cheryl’s 38 with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on．”
One day later, on New Year’s Day, Maria 39 with Cheryl’s heart．Yes, Cheryl’s loving
heart would go on, for it was 40 in another loving mother’s chest．
A．change B．danger C．disorder D．pain
A．small B．distant C．hard D．precious
A．matched B．replaced C．controlled D．cooperated
A．Certainly B．Otherwise C．However D．So
A．finding B．phoning C．touring D．interrupting
A．rolling B．running C．walking D．jumping
A．corner B．bed C．man D．nurse
A．mother B．story C．error D．dream
A．put B．support C．pass D．make
A．save B．recycle C．donate D．separate
A．heart B．brain C．husband D．spirit
A．informed B．warned C．congratulated D．reminded
A．copy B．fit C．variation D．baby
A．give up B．carry out C．search after D．put off
A．noticed B．predicted C．found D．declared
A．praying B．begging C．decorating D．singing
A．belief B．love C．bond D．relief
A．funeral B．operation C．performance D．anniversary
A．passed away B．woke up C．left behind D．dressed up
A．active B．alive C．necessary D．changeable
It's Saturday morning. Tony's sitting at thekitchen table, ____ with a piece of bread. He's noteven ____.Is he ill? No, but he does have a____.He has nothing to do because the Internet is down.
When he ____ up this morning, Tony wasfeeling ____.He jumped out of bed full of plans forthe weekend ____. It would be a weekend like any other — a great weekend. But that was ____ heturned on his computer and ____ he was unable togo online. Having no Internet changes everything.
Every weekend,Tony ____ goes online to email friends, read the ____ to keep up with what'shappening in the world and ____ a few online chessgames with his cousin Helen to finish the weekendoff. The perfect weekend - online!
Just as Tony is ____ how he can possibly havea normal weekend without the Internet, his mumwalks into the ____. "Cheer up,Tony. Don't ____ the Internet any more,OK?"Tony makes no ____ butsighs. "Go and play chess with Helen!" Tony's mum ____."Oh,yes! Helen lives just around ____.Wecan meet and play chess face to face for a ____. Maybethis weekend won't be so bad," Tony ____,as he walks to the phone. There is ____ without the Internetafter all.
A．cutting B．playing C．eating D．thinking
A．hungry B．generous C．equal D．confident
A．lifestyle B．problem C．pressure D．tradition
A．dialed B．rang C．stood D．woke
A．great B．peaceful C．urgent D．unusual
A．around B．above C．ahead D．away
A．after B．before C．until D．when
A．thought B．guessed C．surprised D．found
A．usually B．nearly C．especially D．already
A．disasters B．news C．reports D．documents
A．admire B．explore C．play D．involve
A．suffering B．wondering C．realizing D．supposing
A．living-room B．hall C．kitchen D．study
A．talk about B．care about C．think about D．look about
A．answer B．progress C．movement D．choice
A．requests B．cries C．solves D．suggests
A．edge B．distance C．corner D．end
A．challenge B．champion C．ceremony D．change
A．promotes B．smiles C．reacts D．continues
A．study B．task C．weekend D．life
The best gift I've received was from two youngboys. At that time, I didn't have a lot of money or ahuge home. As a single mom with three youngchildren of my own, life is so ____.
They were boys with dirty faces a bit older thanmy children, but they always ____ my yard. Itseemed that they were more than ____ to avoidstaying in their own homes, for reasons that I shallnot describe here.
I must feed my children who were ____ thirsty and hungry, so I ____ a lot of time baking so manyhealthy muffins(松饼). Thesetwo boys almost grewup in our yard,and they were ____ to pray with usbefore they would have a ____ with my family.
We would also ____ food,laughter, books andgames with them. And a while later, they ____. Ididn't know where they had gone and I oftenwondered what had __ in their lives, andmeanwhile I hoped for the ____.
During one of the darkest times in my personallife,no one came to visit me. I felt really lonely thesedays. I even wondered if God had ____ me. OnMother's Day,my children ____ home from school.We were sitting together talking when I heard a ____ on the door.
I went to answer it, and there ____ two clean-faced, tall, smiling boys holding two bundles ofbeautiful flowers I had ever seen. They said to me,"Do you ____ us? You used to feed us muffins!They were so ____. We wanted to come back andthank you and say Happy Mother's Day ____ youwere really like a ____ to us!"I was so moved that Icouldn't help crying, and ____ them again andagain.
A．unfair B．real C．interesting D．hard
A．visited B．repaired C．cleaned D．approached
A．ashamed B．nervous C．happy D．surprised
A．always B．already C．seldom D．still
A．spared B．saved C．spent D．wasted
A．upset B．anxious C．kind D．glad
A．meal B．rest C．drink D．bath
A．buy B．share C．collect D．pack
A．changed B．regretted C．refused D．disappeared
A．happened B．gone C．remained D．turned
A．excuse B．luck C．best D．fortunate
A．hugged B．forgotten C．blamed D．doubted
A．missed B．left C．called D．arrived
A．shock B．notice C．noise D．knock
A．stood B．lay C．existed D．followed
A．like B．remember C．support D．influence
A．awful B．expensive C．delicious D．salty
A．before B．if C．though D．because
A．teacher B．mom C．friend D．sister
A．invited B．touched C．praised D．thanked
For my daughter's 19th birthday, we bought hertickets to go and see Linkin Park, as they wereplaying in our city. We didn't really have the ____ but we knew how much this band meant to her.
The night before she was like a ____ atChristmas. Every so often she got up and came to ____ with us, because she couldn't ____. On the night of the ____ it was good to see her so ____ and excited,as
she and her boyfriend set off.
Needless to say when they ____ after midnight, with T-shirts and lots of pictures of the band, ____ her telling about how fantastic they had been, we knew the money had been well ____.This will be amemory she would ____ forget, and nor would we.
____ full of excitement from the night before, the following day they ____ to go shopping on the other side of the city. My husband and I ____,loving the fact that she had not ____ that quality as she grew up.
Later that day they returned, with faces full of happiness and warmth. They presented my husband and me with a ____ each. On each present were the words "Because you are the ____ mum/dad in the world". When we said our thank-yous and told her she didn't have to, we asked her ____ she had bought us gifts. Her ____ was simply "Just because Ilove you".
This wasn't something ____ from ourdaughter;she had always given us a gift when shewanted to express her ____, and each gift wasalways a welcome surprise. It could have beenanything,it wouldn't have mattered, and it was theact itself and the feelings behind it.
A．money B．time C．interest D．news
A．worker B．student C．kid D．parent
A．dance B．learn C．walk D．sit
A．speak B．sleep C．stand D．leave
A．concert B．holiday C．party D．travel
A．healthy B．happy C．pretty D．surprised
A．stayed B．left C．returned D．turned
A．worrying about B．caring for C．looking at D．listening to
A．lent B．earned C．saved D．spent
A．ever B．never C．often D．neither
A．Still B．Only C．Just D．Also
A．continued B．tried C．decided D．struggled
A．refused B．cried C．shouted D．laughed
A．kept B．lost C．realized D．discovered
A．gift B．prize C．ticket D．picture
A．richest B．oldest C．best D．cleverest
A．where B．how C．when D．why
A．way B．answer C．suggestion D．idea
A．important B．ordinary C．new D．valuable
A．feelings B．concerns C．understandings D．opinions
Recently divorced and unemployed, I was on myway downtown to do the rounds of the employmentoffices. I had no umbrella, for my old one had ____, and I could not ____ another one.
I sat down in the ____ and there against my seat was a(n) ____ silk umbrella with a silver handle. Ihad ____ seen anything so lovely. I examined thehandle and saw a carved ____. The usual procedure would have been to ____ the umbrella to theconductor,but an idea ____ to me. I decided to takeit with me and find the owner myself.
I got off the bus in a downpour and ____ opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I ____ a telephone book for the name on the umbrella. I called and a lady ____.
Yes, she said ____, that was her umbrella, which her parents, now dead, had given her as a birthday present. But, she ____, it had been stolen ____ her doorstep a month before.
She was so excited that I ____ I was looking fora job and went directly to her house. She took theumbrella,and her eyes were filled with ____. She wanted to give me a ____, but — though twenty dollars was all I had in the world — her happiness at regaining this ____ possession was beyond words and I believed accepting her money would have ____ something. We talked for a while and I left.
A week later, I got a job as a sales manager ____. It might be my kindness that paid off. But who knows?
A．brokenup B．goneaway C．fallen apart D．fadedaway
A．afford B．borrow C．find D．repair
A．office B．bus C．theatre D．train
A．ugly B．beautiful C．worn D．ancient
A．even B．always C．already D．never
A．design B．number C．name D．brand
A．turnin B．showoff C．openup D．carryaway
A．occurred B．ran C．struck D．happened
A．firmly B．suddenly C．casually D．thankfully
A．read B．searched C．got D．used
A．appeared B．replied C．answered D．screamed
A．insurprise B．inpanic C．insilence D．inanger
A．assumed B．added C．declared D．announced
A．from B．in C．beside D．of
A．mentioned B．forgot C．realized D．remembered
A．memory B．honour C．tears D．cry
A．gift B．position C．hug D．reward
A．expensive B．common C．rare D．special
A．bought B．ruined C．expressed D．enjoyed
A．immediately B．naturally C．hopefully D．unexpectedly
The Lions Club supports an Eye Bank inWashington and Idaho. The Eye Bank ____ over 400cornea transplants (角膜移植) each year. Frequentlydonated (捐赠) corneas from dead persons must bespecially packed and a volunteer is ____ to pick up thepackage and take it to the hospital as ____ as possible.One night, the program coordinator(协调员)was in great ____.She had a package on a bus to a ____ place andno one was willing to pick it up. She called the list ofemergency(紧急情况)volunteers,and all ____ to do it,as it was after ____.
Then she called a very ____ man. The upset mantold her that he had volunteered to be on the contactlist, ____ had made it clear that he was only free inthe afternoons and evenings before 8 p.m, and ingood ____ only. "It's 1 a.m. and it's snowing here, "he ____. At last, the coordinator persuaded him, but he said, "I'll do it just this time; please don't ____ call me again. "Then he got up, and as he was getting ____, his little son came out and asked to go along.
They drove in ____ through the snow for along time to the bus station, picked up the package,and drove ____ the hospital. On the trip back ____, the son asked what the package had been.Dad explained that it was tissue(人、动植物细胞的组织）from the eyes of someone who had ____. It wasgoing to help someone else ____ again. The boythought it over for a moment and said,"Dad, I neverknew you did such ____ things!"The next day, theman called the coordinator back. "You can call me ____ you need to," he said.
A．sells B．performs C．lends D．brings
A．taught B．forced C．advised D．required
A．quickly B．seriously C．calmly D．differently
A．happiness B．mistake C．trouble D．distance
A．famous B．faraway C．beautiful D．noisy
A．stopped B．decided C．loved D．refused
A．midnight B．morning C．noon D．afternoon
A．handsome B．strong C．sleepy D．determined
A．for B．so C．and D．but
A．room B．weather C．feeling D．state
A．thought B．laughed C．begged D．complained
A．ever B．never C．sometimes D．hardly
A．paid B．dressed C．hurt D．praised
A．progress B．research C．silence D．fun
A．to B．from C．around D．beyond
A．home B．school C．hospital D．bank
A．injured B．lost C．lived D．died
A．hear B．see C．speak D．read
A．important B．foolish C．useless D．interesting
A．whatever B．whichever C．wherever D．whenever