It was the phone number, 212-263-8134, at which people can contact the NYU Langone Transplant Institute to begin the process of register to donate a kidney (肾) or part of a liver.

If the right person begins the process, gets through the screening and donates, McCabe will likely live. If that never happens, he’ll probably die. Though knowing I’m probably not his answer, I called and started the screening process. I’ll happily donate a kidney to McCabe or anyone else in similar need if approved.

My organs are well-rested, and have legendary resumes, but they have high miles, too. For the 20 years before I quit drinking in 2003, my liver (肝) and kidneys processed liquor (酒) like Amazon ships books: efficiently, at high volume, with little concern for the broader consequences.

When I called Patricia Tabamo, the living donor coordinator at NYU Langone Health. She emailed paperwork which I was able to complete by auto-filling “yes” under family history for any known disease. Tabamo answered my many questions. There are about 107, 000 people waiting for transplants, and according to Tabamo, about one-fifth of the people who approach her office about donating are approved.

Such donations are not entirely without risk. But 10 years after surgery, a liver or kidney donor is 15% less likely to have died in that decade than the general population. If you give part of your liver, it grows back in eight weeks. If you give one of your two healthy kidneys, you’re unlikely to ever miss it.

However, if enough of us agree to donate organs, we could save the vast majority of the 107,000 candidates, including McCabe.

【小题1】Who is McCabe?

A．A patient requiring organ transplantation.

B．A friend knowing much about the author.

C．A colleague working with Tabamo.

D．A professor working in the NYU Langone Health.

【小题2】What can we know about the author?

A．He had to make a replacement liver.

B．He drank too much before 2003.

C．He has ever worked in Amazon.

D．He was told to wait for the donator.

【小题3】What does the author think of organ donations?

A．They are valueless but supported by the majority.

B．They are not completely safe for donators.

C．They are unbearable for donators.

D．They are fascinating to donators.

【小题4】What’s the author’s main purpose of writing the text?

A．To inspire people to donate organs.

B．To urge people to do some exercise.

C．To encourage people to quit drinking.

D．To tell people the risk of organ donations.