When Brooks Dame was in high school, a friend, Jessica had a serious disease. Thanks to specialized treatment which was made possible by bone marrow donors(骨髓捐赠者), Jessica _____ .
The experience of watching Jessica go through the _____ finally encouraged Brooks to _____ his fear of needles and sign up to be a bone marrow donor.
A year later, Brooks received a phone call about a possible _____. A man in his 30s was fighting a hard battle with a cancer. “I was _____, but I thought a lot about that man,” Brooks remembers. “This was his last chance of survival.”
After a series of tests (including needles), Brooks flew to a _____ in Denver for the donation. “It is dangerous and very _____, but I knew it was the right thing to do,” Brooks says.
“The more I thought about that man and his family, the more I hoped that my small sacrifice(牺牲), in some way, made a _____.”
Afterwards, Brooks was still afraid of _____. But what he’d gained was much greater than fear. He had _____ that it was worth any sacrifice to help another person survive.
【小题1】A.survived | B.failed | C.suffered | D.won |
【小题2】A.tests | B.treatment | C.examination | D.tasks |
【小题3】A.hide | B.fight | C.admit | D.express |
【小题4】A.match | B.danger | C.partner | D.visit |
【小题5】A.eager | B.anxious | C.nervous | D.excited |
【小题6】A.college | B.meeting | C.hospital | D.charity |
【小题7】A.harmful | B.meaningful | C.hopeful | D.painful |
【小题8】A.living | B.difference | C.decision | D.mistake |
【小题9】A.needles | B.stress | C.death | D.blood |
【小题10】A.planned | B.heard | C.wondered | D.learned |