We’ll all have a heart that is already accurately showing us how true things are.
Carmen’s mother Maria had just
1 a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant（移植）her life was in constant
2 .
Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very
3 : finding a donor heart that matched Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept
4 hospitals all over the country.
Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble walking from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a corner of the hospital,
__5 .
“Are you okay?” a man asked.
Carmen sobbed（哭泣）as she told the stranger her
6 . 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
7 it through the night.
8 , an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to donate（捐献）something from herself.
After reviewing the data, doctors
9 Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for Carmen’s mother. They were able to
10 the transplant.
That cold night, when Cheryl was
11 dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was
12 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
13 Cheryl’s funeral（葬礼）with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”
One day later, on New Year’s Day, Maria
14 with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was
15 in another loving mother’s chest.| 小题1: | | A．survived | B．suffered | C．died | D．made |
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| 小题2: | | A．change | B．danger | C．disorder | D．pain |
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| 小题3: | | A．unlikely | B．big | C．slim | D．likely |
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| 小题4: | | A．finding | B．interrupting | C．touring | D．phoning |
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| 小题5: | | A．crying | B．sleeping | C．doubting | D．thinking |
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| 小题6: | | A．idea | B．story | C．thought | D．accident |
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| 小题7: | | A．put | B．support | C．make | D．pass |
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| 小题8: | | A．Hurriedly | B．Devotionally | C． Calmly | D．Suddenly |
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| 小题9: | | A．informed | B．warned | C．congratulated | D．reminded |
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| 小题10: | | A．give up | B．carry out | C．search after | D．put off |
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| 小题11: | | A．noticed | B．predicted | C．declared | D．left |
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| 小题12: | | A．singing | B．begging | C．decorating | D．praying |
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| 小题13: | | A．attended | B．joined | C．visited | D．passed |
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| 小题14: | | A．passed away | B．woke up | C．left behind | D．dressed up |
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| 小题15: | | A．active | B．necessary | C．alive | D．lively |
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