My daughter had signed an organ donor card,but my husband and I did not know it.We learned about our daughter’s decision after she was 11 injured in a car accident.Doctors 12 on her for 20 hours and couldn’t save her life.Finally,the doctor 13 told us our daughter was brain dead.Did we want to 14 organ donation?
I was already in shock.The 15 of donating my daughter’s organs was another shock and I was 16 about my 15yearold twin grandsons.They had just lost their mother and we had lost our daughter.The doctor 17 the organ harvesting procedure,but I did not want to hear it.
We __18__ to organ donation and signed the legal papers.The twins said their last goodbye to their mother and the images of their sorrow are _19__ in my mind until now.Two days later we received a __20__ from the organ donor organization.Our daughter’s organs had __21__ three lives.Thanks to her generosity,two strangers now see.
Weeks later,we received a certificate from the organ donor organization in __22__ of our daughter.The twins received individual certificates and hardly __23__ at them.I fully understood their __24__.They did not want any certificates,they wanted their mother __25__ and we wanted our daughter.
The sadness associated with organ donation is a __26__ thing.Firstly,it makes the ending of death all too clear.Secondly,I find a measure of comfort in the __27__ that my daughter was an organ donor.My daughter cared about others and this caring __28__ after her death.
Organ donation did not give me a sense of control,__29__ it did give me a sense of giving.__30__ is more caring than signing an organ donor card.I also know my family will find comfort in my daughter’s generosity.
11.A.partly B.slightly C.severely D.hardly
12.A.insisted B.turned C.waited D.operated
13.A.in need B.in charge C.in trouble D.in danger
14.A.go on with B.compare with C.mix with D.deal with
15.A.knock B.difficulty C.response D.thought
16.A.certain B.pleased C.worried D.excited
17.A.described B.learned C.praised D.regretted
18.A.stuck B.agreed C.referred D.objected
19.A.cloudy B.unknown C.dark D.clear
20.A.call B.passport C.handbag D.gift
21.A.created B.lost C.saved D.taken
22.A.danger B.recognition C.search D.case
23.A.laughed B.pointed C.wondered D.glanced
24.A.reaction B.trick C.decision D.suggestion
25.A.away B.off C.back D.in
26.A.clumsy B.strange C.popular D.different
27.A.place B.reason C.cause D.fact
28.A.continues B.finishes C.decreases D.begins
29.A.so B.and C.but D.because
30.A.Anything B.Nothing C.Something D.Everything