题目内容：

完形填空（共20小题：每小题1分，满分20分）

The Healing

Jim and his wife, Connie, were shocked by the loss of their four-month-old son—Joshua, whose life was taken by SIDS—sudden infant death syndrome.

Thirty hours ago Jim drove to the baby-sitter’s home to  1  Joshua. It was a  2  trip, like the one he made five days every week. He arrived, and little Joshua could not be   3   from his nap. The next few hours were a time of life and death: the racing ambulance, swift-moving doctors and nurses….but 12 hours later, at children’s Hospital,   4  the doctors had exhausted all  5 , little Joshua was gone. Yes, they wanted   6  of Joshua’s usable organs to be donated. That was not a   7  decision for Jim and Connie, a loving and   8  couple.

The next morning dawned and many things had to be arranged. Telephone calls and funeral plans.   9  one point Jim realized he needed a  10 .When Jim settled into the chair   11   the barber’s, he began to   12   the past hours, trying to   13  some sense of it all.   14  had Joshua, their first-born, the child they had waited so long for, been taken so soon….he had   15  begun his life….The question kept coming, and the pain in Jim’s heart just   16  him.

While talking with the barber, Jim mentioned the organ donations, looking at his watch: “They are transplanting one of his heart valves(瓣膜) right now.”

The  17  stopped and stood motionless. Finally she spoke, but it was only a whisper. “You’re not going to believe this….but about an hour ago the customer sitting in this chair wanted me to hurry   18  she could get to Children’s Hospital. She  19  here so full of joy….her prayers had been answered. Today her baby granddaughter is receiving a  20  needed transplant—a heart valve.”

Jim’s healing began.

1.                A．pick out        B．pick up         C．set out   D．set up

 

2.                A．routine         B．annual          C．average  D．difficult

 

3.                A．conveyed       B．transplanted     C．awakened D．convinced

 

4.                A．though         B．since           C．because  D．as

 

5.                A．medicine       B．strength        C．attempts  D．spirits

 

6.                A．part           B．few            C．some D．all

 

7.                A．good           B．difficult         C．stupid    D．wise

 

8.                A．giving          B．tiring           C．boring    D．thinking

 

9.                A．Of             B．In             C．On  D．At

 

10.               A．haircut         B．break          C．donation  D．decision

 

11.               A．with           B．at             C．by   D．near

 

12.               A．decide on       B．reflect on       C．keep on   D．focus on

 

13.               A．get            B．take           C．hold D．make

 

14.               A．How           B．Why           C．Whether  D．If

 

15.               A．barely         B．nearly          C．seldom    D．almost

 

16.               A．covered        B．drew          C．enveloped     D．choked

 

17.               A．hairdresser     B．customer       C．father D．parent

 

18.               A．since          B．as             C．so    D．and

 

19.               A．arrived         B．left            C．stayed D．sat

 

20.               A．desperately     B．disappointedly   C．clearly    D．obviously