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I was holding her hand when the man in the white coat came in. ______ both sets of X-rays, he said seriously: Her lungs were filling up with fluid(液体). This meant that ______ I would need to consult with specialists, and stop whatever was ______ into my mother’s lungs.

____, this doctor seemed to have another plan. He began speaking to me about “the quality of life.” He gave me a list of my mother’s ______ and then concluded that they added up to the ______ of her life. I had heard the phrase “We can make her ______” too many times. Now I was more ______ than hurt when doctors wanted to kill my mother.

My mother couldn’t walk, talk or swallow after her stroke, but nursing her was not ______. Whenever I asked her if her diseases were too hard on her, she just ______ her head. She was conveying to me her love and understanding beyond ______. And not just to me.

A young nurse stopped me just before the doctor appeared: “You know, I ______ my new job to your mother: She ______ me to learn to drive, so I would be not ______ buses and I could get to the hospital to work.”

So, I couldn’t help questioning the doctor’s ______ of quality of life. How did he arrive at the ______ that my mother should die? Was he making a(n) ______ calculation, that to keep a bedridden(卧床不起的) person alive was costly? He certainly did not “calculate” her endless love, the way it ______ everyone who came in contact with her. If human life is ______ to cost-benefit analyses, all forms of caring for any reason other than self-interest will be ______. Can we do better?

1.A. Looking up    B. Holding up    C. Setting up    D. Drawing up

2.A. immediately    B. occasionally    C. eventually    D. recently

3.A. stealing    B. marching    C. rushing    D. storming

4.A. Therefore    B. Moreover    C. However    D. Otherwise

5.A. vices    B. strengths    C. sacrifices    D. disabilities

6.A. whole    B. peak    C. future    D. end

7.A. unbearable    B. moveable    C. unconscious    D. comfortable

8.A. relieved    B. excited    C. disappointed    D. ashamed

9.A. tiring    B. easy    C. casual    D. pleasant

10.A. nodded    B. hung    C. shook    D. lifted

11.A. reach    B. words    C. belief    D. hope

12.A. relate    B. owe    C. lose    D. submit

13.A. forced    B. encouraged    C. intended    D. ordered

14.A. at the mercy of    B. at a loss for    C. in favor of    D. in charge of

15.A. framework    B. instruction    C. warning    D. measure

16.A. precise    B. rough    C. arithmetic    D. economic

17.A. conclusion    B. agreement    C. consensus    D. answer

18.A. transmitted    B. transferred    C. transformed    D. transported

19.A. admitted    B. reduced    C. sentenced    D. committed

20.A. included    B. robbed    C. excluded    D. confirmed

Raising a child can be _______, but it is well worth it.

A. over the moon    B. a piece of cake

C. on its last legs    D. a Herculean task

Many of us have concerns about the challenges facing future generations as our global population _______ and the earth’s natural resources decrease.

A. extends    B. declines

C. swells    D. varies

If she _______ make such a simple wish as not to be teased for disability last Christmas, Amy would still feel lonely now.

A. had dared not    B. hadn’t dared to

C. dared not    D. didn’t dare to

On November 11, Alibaba sold more than 210 billion yuan ___________ goods on its e-commerce platforms Taobao.com and TMall, making headlines all over the world.

A. sum of    B. value for

C. worth of    D. profit for