【正确答案】正确答案：The Title Our Nicky"s Heart first serves as the thread of the story. Nicky, the youngest boy in the Randall family, dies after an accident. The doctors suggest using his heart for the organ donation. After the donation, Nicky"s mother feels hard to find peace in herself and insists Mark, the second youngest son to figure out the fate of Nicky"s heart. Later, Mark learns that the heart goes to a 46-year-old woman, but he lies to his mother that it is transplanted into a young girl"s body. The title also suggests that Nicky"s death satisfies his mother"s long-cherished dream of having a daughter, for his mother wants Nicky to be a girl since her pregnancy. In addition, it implies the sadness of the family by losing Nicky and pure love among family members.

【答案解析】解析：本题考查考生对格雷厄姆·斯威夫特的短篇小说Our Nicky"s Heart的理解。标题蕴涵了大量的信息，即揭示了故事的主要情节——心脏的捐赠，又代指了主人公Nicky的心满足其母亲的心愿。 格雷厄姆·斯威夫特，1949-，英国小说家。其代表作有《糖果店主》(The SweetShop Owner，1980)， 《羽毛球》(Shuttlecock，1981)、 《洼地》(Waterland, 1983)、 《世外桃源》(Out of This World 1988)、 《从此以后》(Ever After, 1992)、 《最后的遗嘱》(LastOrders，1996)和《日之光》(The Light of Day，2003)等多部长篇小说和短篇小说集《学游泳》(Learning to Swim，1982)等。 《最后的遗嘱》1996年获布克小说奖。