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The first baby in Britain to survive a heart transplant celebrated her 18th birthday yesterday. Kaylee Davidson was five months old when she received a new heart during a (47) operation at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1987.
Now fit and healthy, she studies performing arts at a college in Sunderland and is in training to (48) Britain at the World Transplant Games in Canada this summer.
Miss Davidson, who admitted that she was "looking forward to my first (49) drink", will be the guest of honor (嘉宾) tomorrow at a charity ball which is being held to mark her coming of age.
"I am living (50) that people can make a difference by becoming an organ donor," she said. "I was only five months old when I had my transplant, just a tiny baby. I wasn''t given much chance, but the doctors were (51) and I was lucky enough to grow stronger and stronger."
Her mother, Carol Davidson, 37 yesterday (52) that for the first few weeks of her daughter''s life all had seemed (53) , until one evening, when she suddenly had breathing difficulties. A GP (普通全科医师) suggested that Kaylee was suffering from a (54) cold, but within 24 hours her lips turned blue. She was admitted to hospital and placed on a life-support machine. Her mother, a school inspector, said: "My baby'' s heart was destroyed and the doctors said she would (55) without a transplant."
Till then, there had been no successful heart transplants on babies in Europe. The two (56) in Britain had both failed.
WORD BANK
A) legal I) severe
B) attempts J) recalled
C) amazing K) breakthroughs
D) condemn L) depart
E) pioneering M) proof
F) reminded N) spark
G) normal O) represent
H) complicated
【正确答案】
E
【答案解析】这里需要填入一个形容词或相当于形容词功能的词来修饰operation,而且前面有不定冠词a,故空白处填入的单同不能以元音开头,可将可选范围缩小到A,E,F,G,H,I,J,根据文章首句the first baby...,可判断正确答案为E。
【正确答案】
E、O
【答案解析】根据句子结构分析可知这里需要一个动词原形,可选范围缩小到D,L,N,O;因为其后有作宾语的成分,故这个动词还必须是及物动词,则可选范围缩小到D,N,O,根据下文at the World Transplant Games in Canada this summer可知她Kaylee Davidson是代表英国参赛,故答案为O。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】这里需要一个形容问或相当于形容词功能的词来修饰drink,根据文章首句以及下文 mark her coming of age(标志着她已经成年了)我们会联想到国外的一条法令:未成年人不得饮酒,故答案为A。