Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a

题目内容：

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 2Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept 3hospitals 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 5of 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 6it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to 7something from herself. Could her

8 go to Carmen’s mother?

After reviewing the data, doctors 9Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for Carmen’s mother. They were able to 10the transplant.

That cold night, when Cheryl was 11dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was 12for 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.

小题1:

A．change

B．danger

C．disorder

D．pain小题2:

A．matched

B．replaced

C．controlled

D．cooperated小题3:

A．finding

B．phoning

C．hoping

D．interrupting小题4:

A．leaving

B．taking

C．walking

D．Carrying小题5:

A．corner

B．bed

C．man

D．nurse小题6:

A．put

B．support

C．pass

D．make小题7:

A．save

B．recycle

C．donate

D．separate小题8:

A．heart

B．mind

C．organ

D．spirit小题9:

A．informed

B．introduced

C．congratulated

D．reminded小题10:

A．give up

B．carry out

C．search after

D．put off小题11:

A．noticed

B．predicted

C．found

D．declared小题12:

A．praying

B．begging

C．thinking

D．expecting小题13:

A．funeral

B．operation

C．conference

D．anniversary小题14:

A．passed away

B．woke up

C．left behind

D．went on小题15:

A．active

B．alive

C．conveyed

D．Transformed

最佳答案：

答案解析：

小题1:A. change改变, 变化B. danger危险, 风险C. disorder混乱, 凌乱D. pain痛苦

固定短语：in danger 处于危险状况 由语境可知：如果没有心脏移植手术的话，她的生命会长期处于危险状态。

小题2:A. matched相配B. replaced取代, 代替C. controlled受约束的D. cooperated合作; 配合 由语境可知：是要找到和玛利亚血型相匹配的人

小题3:A. finding发现B. phoning打电话C. hoping希望, 期望D. interrupting打断

由语境可知：为了救母亲，卡门用电话打遍了全国上下所有的医院。

小题4:A. leaving把…留下; 遗忘 B. taking带(去), 携带C. walking走, 步行D. carrying运送, 搬运，由语境可知，到圣诞节的时候，玛利亚走路已经变得非常困难了

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

由语境可知，卡门面对病痛的母亲无能无力，躲在医院的一角，放声痛哭起来了。

小题6:A. put放; 置B. support支撑; 撑扶 C. pass 经过通过; 批准D. make做; 制造

固定短语：make it through成功渡过 由语境知：名唤弗兰克的男子的妻子患了脑病，熬不过今晚了

小题7:A. save储蓄, 贮存B. recycle回收利用C. donate捐赠, 赠送D. separate分开, 隔离

由语境可知：男子知道自己的妻子一直想重新利用自己身上的东西去帮助别人

小题8:A. heart内心 心, 心脏B. mind想法, 感觉C. organ器官D. spirit精神, 心灵

由上下文串联可知，男子在想自己的妻子介意去找卡门的母亲吗

小题9:A. informed告诉, 通知 B. introduced介绍, 引见 C. congratulated祝贺D. reminded使想起

由语境可知，校对了数据后，医生们通知弗兰克说他妻子的心脏竟奇迹般地和卡门母亲的心脏十分匹配。

小题10:A. give up放弃; 认输 B. carry out 执行; 贯彻C. search after追求寻找D. put off延期

由上下文串联可知，医生可以帮助卡门的母亲实施心脏移植手术。

小题11:A. noticed注意 B. predicted预言; 预测 C. found找到, 发现D. declared宣布, 宣告

固定句型：declare sb---宣布某人怎么了由语境可知：在那个寒冷的晚上，医生宣布了谢丽尔死亡的消息。

小题12:A. praying祈祷B. begging乞讨, 乞求C. thinking想, 思索D. expecting预料; 预期

由语境可知，好心的玛利亚和往常一样一直在为弗兰克的家庭祈祷。

小题13:A. funeral葬礼, 丧礼B. operation操作手术C. conference会议 D. anniversary周年纪念

由语境可知，在新年的除夕夜上，卡门同弗兰克家庭一起参加了谢丽尔的葬礼

小题14:A. passed away去世停止B. woke up醒来C. left behind留下; 丢弃D. went on向前走继续

由语境可知，一天之后，也就是在新年除夕夜的晚上，玛丽也因为用了谢丽尔的心脏而苏醒了

小题15:A. active活泼的 起作用B. alive 活着的C. conveyed运输;表达, 转达D. Transformed改变

由上下文串联可知，谢丽尔的爱心心脏将一直继续，因为它仍然在另一个爱心妈妈的胸膛里跳动

点评：文章主要讲述了一个感人的故事，故事里的谢丽尔在临死之前仍想着别人，用自己的心脏换取了别人的生命，旨在告诉人们要甘愿付出，甘心奉献，不求回报。在解答此类文体时，考生应将自己的情感融入到文章中去，用心去读。同时，在做题时要多注意固定搭配，平时加强对此类文体的训练。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。