课时作业(五) [必修1 Unit 5 Nelson Mandela—a modern hero]
(限时:30分钟)
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We'll all have a heart that is already accurately showing us how true things are.
Carmen's mo ther Maria had just __1__ a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant (移植) her life was in constant __2__.
Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very __3__: finding a donor heart that matched Maria's blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept __4__ hospitals all over the country.
Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble walking from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a corner of the hospital __5__.
“Are you okay?” a man asked.
Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her __6__. This middleaged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn't __7__ it through the night. __8__, an idea came to Frank's mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted