Question

Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant her life was in constant   36     . 

         Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very small: finding a donor heart that   37      Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept   38    hospitals all over the country.

         Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble   39  from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a corner of the hospital, crying.

“Are you okay?” a man asked.

Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her story. 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   40   it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to   41   something from herself. Could her heart  go to Carmen’s mother?

After reviewing the data, doctors   42    Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for Carmen’s mother. They were able to   43    the transplant.

That cold night, when Cheryl was declared dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was   44  for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange bond as they hugged and cried.

On New Year’s Eve, Carmen attended Cheryl’s   45  with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”

One day later, on New Year’s Day, Maria   46  with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was   47   in another loving mother’s chest.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.A

11.B

12.B

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