Question

 

Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant her life was in constant    1   . 

Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very small: finding a donor heart that    2   Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept    3   hospitals all over the country.

Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble    4   from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a    5   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    6   it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to    7   something from herself. Could her

8   go to Carmen’s mother?

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 attended Cheryl’s    13   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.

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

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

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

4. A. leaving          B. taking           C. walking          D. Carrying

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

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

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

8. A. heart         B. mind         C. organ                D. spirit

9. A. informed      B. introduced       C. congratulated        D. reminded

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

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

12.A. praying          B. begging        C. thinking            D. expecting

13. A. funeral          B. operation        C. conference           D. anniversary

14.A. passed away       B. woke up      C. left behind      D. went on

15. A. active           B. alive          C. conveyed      D. Transformed

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.A

14.B

15.B

 

【答案】 

【解析】

試題分析：

1.A. change改變, 變化B. danger危險, 風險C. disorder混亂, 凌亂D. pain痛苦

固定短語：in danger 處于危險狀況 由語境可知：如果沒有心臟移植手術的話，她的生命會長期處于危險狀態。

2.A. matched相配B. replaced取代, 代替C. controlled受約束的D. cooperated合作; 配合 由語境可知：是要找到和瑪利亞血型相匹配的人

3.A. finding發現B. phoning打電話C. hoping希望, 期望D. interrupting打斷

由語境可知：為了救母親，卡門用電話打遍了全國上下所有的醫院。

4.A. leaving把…留下; 遺忘  B. taking帶(去), 攜帶C. walking走, 步行D. carrying運送, 搬運，由語境可知，到圣誕節的時候，瑪利亞走路已經變得非常困難了

5.A. corner角, 角落B. bed 床C. man男人 人 D. nurse護士

  由語境可知，卡門面對病痛的母親無能無力，躲在醫院的一角，放聲痛哭起來了。

6.A. put放; 置B. support支撐; 撐扶 C. pass 經過    通過; 批準D. make做; 制造 

固定短語：make it through成功渡過 由語境知：名喚弗蘭克的男子的妻子患了腦病，熬不過今晚了

7.A. save儲蓄, 貯存B. recycle回收利用C. donate捐贈, 贈送D. separate分開, 隔離

由語境可知：男子知道自己的妻子一直想重新利用自己身上的東西去幫助別人

8.A. heart內心 心, 心臟B. mind 想法, 感覺C. organ器官D. spirit精神, 心靈

由上下文串聯可知，男子在想自己的妻子介意去找卡門的母親嗎

9.A. informed告訴, 通知 B. introduced介紹, 引見 C. congratulated祝賀D. reminded使想起

由語境可知，校對了數據后，醫生們通知弗蘭克說他妻子的心臟竟奇跡般地和卡門母親的心臟十分匹配。

10.A. give up放棄; 認輸 B. carry out 執行; 貫徹C. search after追求尋找D. put off延期

由上下文串聯可知，醫生可以幫助卡門的母親實施心臟移植手術。

11.A. noticed注意 B. predicted預言; 預測   C. found找到, 發現D. declared宣布, 宣告

固定句型：declare sb---宣布某人怎么了  由語境可知：在那個寒冷的晚上，醫生宣布了謝麗爾死亡的消息。

12.A. praying祈禱B. begging乞討, 乞求C. thinking想, 思索D. expecting預料; 預期

由語境可知，好心的瑪利亞和往常一樣一直在為弗蘭克的家庭祈禱。

13.A. funeral葬禮, 喪禮B. operation操作    手術C. conference會議 D. anniversary周年紀念

由語境可知，在新年的除夕夜上，卡門同弗蘭克家庭一起參加了謝麗爾的葬禮

14.A. passed away去世   停止B. woke up醒來C. left behind留下; 丟棄D. went on向前走繼續

由語境可知，一天之后，也就是在新年除夕夜的晚上，瑪麗也因為用了謝麗爾的心臟而蘇醒了

15.A. active活潑的 起作用B. alive 活著的C. conveyed運輸;表達, 轉達D. Transformed改變

由上下文串聯可知，謝麗爾的愛心心臟將一直繼續，因為它仍然在另一個愛心媽媽的胸膛里跳動

考點：考察人物故事類

點評：文章主要講述了一個感人的故事，故事里的謝麗爾在臨死之前仍想著別人，用自己的心臟換取了別人的生命，旨在告訴人們要甘愿付出，甘心奉獻，不求回報。在解答此類文體時，考生應將自己的情感融入到文章中去，用心去讀。同時，在做題時要多注意固定搭配，平時加強對此類文體的訓練。