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II.完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分） 

With arms spread wide and smiling with joy, Bobby and Margaret Valsechi meet for the first time. It's a(n)17which captures happiness so much that you can almost touch it. The story behind it, 18 ， is really sad. Just 23 months ago, Margaret's son Stephen 19 in an accident. With great sadness, she decided to 20 his organs for transplant(器官移植).It was a decision that was to  21  Bobby's life.

Born with a heart illness, Bobby 22to live a normal life. But he had become increasingly 23 over the past two years. In March 2010, Bobby was placed on the waiting list for a new heart. His condition got 24 so rapidly that he'd spent five months in hospital, waiting for the 25 . Without it, he had possibly only weeks to live. "While I was waiting for the transplant? it was a(n) 26 of excitement and fear," Bobby recalled. " 27 , the hospital got a possible heart and it turned out to be a good enough 28 ."

   29 Margaret's brave decision, now Bobby is able to live his life to the 30 Grateful for the second chance to 31， Bobby sent Marga?ret a letter expressing his thanks. To their joy, they did 32 with each other two weeks ago and everyone was moved at that moment. "I wanted her to 33 me and how well her son has made me," says Bobby. "I was nervous about meeting Margaret. But the moment I saw Margaret, I could see how 34 she was to meet me. To be able to thank her in person was wonderful. There are no words to 35  how special it was."

   "I never felt it was 36to have another person's heart beating in my body, because my body has accepted it happily. Now I feel I'm looking after it for someone else, and it's looking after me as well."

17.  A. honour        B.  place         C.  chance         D. moment

18.  A. besides        B.  at least      C.  as well         D. however

19.  A. died          B. escaped             C.  appeared       D. suffered

20.  A. sell           B.  check           C.  donate         D. take

21.  A. risk           B.  save            C.  gain            D. join

22.  A. aimed         B.  hated          C.  managed            D. pretended

23.  A. ill             B.  busy            C.  clever         D. free

24.  A. better           B. worse            C.  rarer          D. higher

25.  A. medicine         B.  doctor         C.  family           D. transplant

26.  A. exercise       B.  mixture        C.  light             D. dream

27.  A. Actually          B.  Fairly            C.  Luckily        D. Gradually

28.  A. organ          B.  tip             C.  treatment       D. match

29.  A. In spite of         B.  Thanks to      C.  Regardless of          D.  But for

30.  A. long            B.  old           C.  full             D. last

31.  A. live            B.  smile         C.  think            D. speak

32.  A. meet           B.  connect        C.  agree            D. work

33.  A. love            B.  see             C.  punish         D. admire

34.  A. anxious              B.  thankful         C.  happy          D. painful

35.  A. write              B.  draw           C.  imagine            D. describe

36.  A. strange           B.  common             C. interesting          D. easy

Answer 1

Margaret的兒子Stephen在一場車禍中喪生了 ，盡管悲痛欲絕，她依然決定把兒子的心臟捐獻給一名陌生患者Bobby。 H為她的善舉，一個年輕的生命得以延續。

17. D前面說到Bobby和Margaret第一次見面，因此這是一個令人髙興的時刻。

18.D雖然當時的見面很溫g，但是它背后的故事卻令人心碎。根據上下文可知， 此處是轉折關系，故用however,

19 A根據下文捐獻器官的情節可知，Margaret的兒子Stephen在車禍中喪生了。

20. C根據下文內容可知，盡管悲痛欲絕，Margaret決定把兒子的器官捐贈出去。

21. B根據下文內容可知，Stephen的器官移植給Bobby,挽救了他的生命。'

22. C雖然Bobby天生有心臟病，但是他一直盡力過著正常的生活。

23. A根據下文內容可知，Bobby住院，'J要新的心臟，故在過去的兩年中他的病情逐漸惡化。

24. B 根據該句中"…that he'd spent five months in hospital, waiting for the..."可知，Bobby的病情迅速惡化，不得不住進醫院，等待器官移植。

25.D -

26. B在等待移植的過程中Bobby既激動又害怕，心情復雜。

27. C醫院得到了一個捐贈的心臟，這對Bobby來說是幸運的。

28. D根據上下文語境可知，Stephen的器官很適合Bobby。 match合適，匹配。

29.B多虧有了 Margaret勇敢的決定，Bobby才得以重生，繼續生活。thanks to幸虧，多虧。

30. C通過移植Stephen的器官，Bobby以后就可以充分享受生活了。 to the full完全地，充分地。

31. A有了 Stephen的器官，Bobby得到了重生的機會。

32. A 根據文章開頭"With arms spread wide and smiling with joy, Bobby and Mar?garet Valsechi meet for the first time."可知,Bobby和Stephen的母親Margaret 終于在兩周前見面了。

33. B   Bobby想讓Stephen的母親Margaret看看擁有Stephen心臟的自己。

34. C   由上下文可知Margaret見到Bobby時很高興。

35. D能夠當面感謝Margaret對Bobby來說是非常興奮的，沒有任何語言能夠描述他當時的特別的心情。

36. A 根據該段的"...because my body has accepted it happily."可知，手術很成功， 因此Bobby對體內有別人的心臟并不感覺奇怪。