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.

1.A. change                B. danger               C. disorder                   D. pain

2.A. small                    B. distant                      C. hard                         D. precious 

3.A. matched           B. replaced               C. controlled            D. cooperated

4.A. Certainly            B. Otherwise               C. However                  D. So

5.A. finding                  B. phoning                   C. touring                     D. interrupting

6.A. rolling                B. running                    C. walking                   D. jumping

7.A. corner                  B. bed                         C. man                        D. nurse

8.A. mother            B. story                C. error               D. dream

9.A. put                       B. support                    C. pass                         D. make 

10.A. save                        B. recycle                     C. donate                      D. separate

11.A. heart                       B. brain                        C. husband                   D. spirit                            

12.A. informed            B. warned                    C. congratulated           D. reminded

13.A. copy                       B. fit                           C. variation                  D. baby

14.A. give up                   B. carry out                 C. search after              D. put off

15.A. noticed                   B. predicted                  C. found                      D. declared

16.A. praying        B. begging            C. decorating           D. singing

17.A. belief                  B. love                         C. bond                        D. relief

18.A. funeral                B. operation                  C. performance             D. anniversary

19.A. passed away         B. woke up                  C. left behind                D. dressed up

20.A. active            B. alive               C. necessary                D. changeable

 

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