The Healing
Jim and his wife, Connie, were shocked by the loss of their four-month-old son—Joshua, whose life was taken by SIDS—sudden infant death syndrome.
Thirty hours ago, Jim drove to the baby-sitter’s home to
Joshua. It was a
trip, like the one he made five days every week. He arrived, and little Joshua could not be
from his nap. The next few hours were a time of life and death: the racing ambulance, swift-moving doctors and nurse. But 12 hours later, at Children’s Hospital,
the doctors had exhausted（用尽） all
, little Joshua was gone. Yes, they wanted
of Joshua’s usable organs to be donated. That was not a
decision for Jim and Connie, a loving and
couple.
The next morning dawned and many things had to be arranged. Telephone calls and funeral plans.
one point Jim realized he needed a
.When Jim settled into the chair
the barber’s, he began to
the past hours, trying to
some sense of it all.
had Joshua, their first-born, the child they had waited so long for, been taken so soon….He had
begun his life. The question kept coming, and the pain in Jim’s heart just
him.
While talking with the barber, Jim mentioned the organ donations, looking at his watch, “They are transplanting one of his heart valves（瓣膜）right now.”
The
stopped and stood motionless. Finally she spoke, but it was only a whisper. “You’re not going to believe this. But about an hour ago the customer sitting in this chair wanted me to hurry
she could get to Children’s Hospital. She
here so full of joy. Her prayers had been answered. Today her baby granddaughter is receiving a
needed transplant—a heart valve.”
Jim’s healing began.
| 小题1: | | A．pick out | B．pick up | C．set out | D．set up |
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| 小题2: | | A．routine | B．annual | C．average | D．difficult |
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| 小题3: | | A．called | B．disturbed | C．awakened | D．survived |
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| 小题4: | | A．though | B．since | C．because | D．as |
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| 小题5: | | A．medicine | B．strength | C．attempts | D．spirits |
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| 小题7: | | A．giving | B．tiring | C．boring | D．thinking |
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| 小题9: | | A．haircut | B．break | C．donation | D．decision |
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| 小题11: | | A．decide on | B．reflect on | C．keep on | D．focus on |
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| 小题14: | | A．barely | B．nearly | C．seldom | D．almost |
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| 小题15: | | A．covered | B．drew | C．enveloped | D．choked |
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| 小题16: | | A．hairdresser | B．customer | C．father | D．parent |
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| 小题18: | | A．arrived | B．left | C．stayed | D．sat |
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| 小题19: | | A．desperately | B．deadly | C．clearly | D．obviously |
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