30.A.watch puter C.car D.bike
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I' ll
never forget one summer day in 1975. On that day my __ 36 suddenly died because
of an unexplained illness at the age of 36. Later that afternoon, a police
officer 37 to my house to ask for
my father's permission ( 允许) for the hospital to 38
Mother' s valve ( 心脏瓣膜)
. I was greatly surprised. I ran into the house in tears. At 14 I just
couldn't understand why people would take apart(分解)
a person I 39 .. _40 my father told him, "Yes.
"
"How
can you let them do that to her?" I 41 him.
"
Linda," he said__42 ,
putting his arms around me, " the greatest present you can give is a part of 43 . Your mother and I decided long ago that
if we can make a person' s life ___ 44 after we die, our death will have
meaning. "
The lesson
my father taught me that day became one of the most __ 45 in my life.
Years
passed. I married and had a
family 46 my own. In 1996 my father became seriously ill.
With a
smile he told me that when he died, he wanted to donate( 捐赠)__47 was in good condition(状况) , especially his eyes.
My father
died and we donated __ 48 as he had wanted. Three days later, my
daughter said, " Mum, I' m so 49 of what you did for Grandpa. " At
that moment I realized that my father gave __ 50 his eyes. What he left behind sparkled( 闪烁) 'in my daughter' s eyes- pride.
