高二下学期英语期末考试试卷第100套真题

高二下学期英语期末考试试卷

一、完形填空

1. 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A couple in South Carolina has been eagerly seeking an organ donor. They haven’t found one1.But they did find something else: friends.

Larry Swilling and his wife Jimmie Sue have been happily2for 56 years. So happily, in fact, that Larry has now come to realize he can’t3without his wife. “She’s my heart,” he said. The problem with Jimmie Sue is that she4a kidney. Jimmie Sue was born with only one, and now that doesn’t5.She needs a transplant but neither her husband, nor anyone tested in her family, is a6match.

Jimmie Sue is trying to get on a donor list, but the7is about two or three years long and that’s for a kidney from a dead donor. Transplant patients who get their kidneys from living donors tend to live8.That is why Larry decided to try to ask for it, from total strangers.

“I don’t9what people think,” Larry said. He tells his wife, “I’m going to10you a kidney.” And on the street, wearing a signboard “Need kidney for my wife”, he’s not shy in asking11:“Could I use your kidney?” For the last couple weeks, Larry, at 77, has been walking all over his hometown and the surrounding towns-basically12a kidney. He didn’t really think it would

work13he said, “I had to do something.” He didn’t fee14when the phone rang. “I’m willing to donate a kidney for your15,” one caller said. “I’d like nothing more than to help you out,” said another.

Believe it or not, over the last few days the16hasn’t stopped ringing. Hundreds of people who either saw his sign or heard about it have17.One volunteer said, “I’ve got two, but I18need one.” Larry hasn’t found a match for his wife, but at least he has already had enough volunteers and19enough awareness to save someone. “If I get a kidney, it’s fine. If I don’t, I hope someone else does,” the wife said. And that’s why Larry is still out there, appealing to the20of strangers for the love of his wife.

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