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I heard this story while in Vietnam. A bomb landed in an orphanage in a small village, killing two children and wounding one 8-year-old young girl, __41__ several.

Minutes later, an American doctor and nurse were__ 42__. They found the girl was__43__ injured and would die of__ 44__ of blood without quick action.

A donor(献血者) with a__ 45__ blood type was required. But a quick__ 46__ showed that none had the correct type except several of the__ 47__ orphans.

The doctor tried, in English, to explain to their young,__ 48__ audiences that unless they could be__ 49__ some of the girls lost blood, she would certainly die. Then they asked if anyone would be willing to give blood to her. Their request was__ 50__ with wide-eyed silence. After several long moments, a small hand__ 51__ went up.

“Thank you.” The nurse said sweetly, “What is your name?”

“Heng,”__ 52__ the reply.

Heng lay down and a needle got into his arm. After a moment, he__ 53__ a sob, covering his face with his free__ 54__. “Is it hurting?” the doctor asked. Heng shook his head, but then his__ 55__ sobs became a steady crying. They were concerned. Something was obviously wrong. At this point, a Vietnamese nurse arrived. Seeing the boys__56__, she spoke to him, listened to his reply and answered him in a comforting voice.

After a moment, the boy stopped__ 57__. Glancing up, the nurse said to the Americans, “He thought he was dying. He thought you had asked him to give all his blood__ 58__ the girl could live.”

“But why would he be willing to?” asked the doctor.

To this question, the boy answered__ 59__, “shes my friend.”

As the doctor__ 60__ it: Greater love has no man than this.

41. A. includingB. among

C. besidesD. except

42. A. called forB. sent for

C. called inD. brought in

43. A. heavilyB. seriously

C. hardlyD. greatly

44. A. lossB. lack

C. declineD. flow

45. A. fittingB. suiting

C. matchingD. comparing

46. A. examinationB. survey

C. checkD. test

47. A. woundedB. uninjured

C. livingD. dying

48. A. frightenedB. surprised

C. astonishedD. threatened

49. A. refillB. change

C. replaceD. donate

50. A. answeredB. reflected

C. welcomedD. met

51. A. bravelyB. quickly

C. slowlyD. willingly

52. A. madeB. went

C. gaveD. came

53. A. let outB. gave out

C. sent outD. cried out

54. A. headB. hand

C. fingerD. fist

55. A. loudB. constant

C. accidentalD. occasional

56. A. worryB. upset

C. dissatisfactionD. determination

57. A. sobbingB. smiling

C. cryingD. complaining

58. A. forB. and

C. asD. so

59. A. simplyB. regretfully

C. sadlyD. proudly

60. A. saidB. put

C. concludedD. stressed

【点评】此篇文章讲述了一个越南小男孩在误解医生的情况下，仍然愿意冒死来拯救朋友性命的感人故事，小男孩固然幼稚，但他的舍己为人的高尚精神令人钦佩。

41. B。此题属语境题。A、D两项干扰性不是很大，因为女孩子不可能包含几个人,应该反过来说才对；而女孩和几个其他的都属于受伤的，所以except 不对。此句意在说“在受伤的几人中有一个8岁的女孩”，将焦点聚集在女孩身上，以便于故事情节的展开。

42. C。近义词辨析题。本题最大的干扰项是 sent for “派人去请”，它着重于表达“去请”这个动作；call sb. in 是“找来”的意思，侧重于“请来”这个结果。比如：A lawyer is often called in to write a will. 人们经常找来律师写遗嘱。而从后面的句子They found the girl ... 来看，医生是到达了现场的，所以选择C。call for 是need 的意思；bring in 是“引进（人才、技术等）”的意思。

43. B。语境题。由后面的die 可推知应该是病得“很严重”。

44. A。语境题。最大的干扰项是lack, 很容易根据汉语“由于缺血而死”而导致错选，而实际上die for / through lack of sth.才是常用搭配；并且在此情况下，应该是“失血过多”导致的死亡。

45. C。近义词辨析题。fitting 强调尺码和形状是否合适；suiting强调（衣服、发型）的样式是否合适；而对于输血来说，只有相配的血型才可以用。

46. D。语境题。examination ，主要指跟健康有关的检查；survey 指“问卷调查”，意思不吻合；check一般指“核对”；对于输血来说，看血型是否相配，进行一下测试“test”,也是合情合理的。……