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Abbey Ahern, 34, who lives in Oklahoma, was devastated when she was ___46___at her 19-week scan that her daughter had the ___47___ illness anencephaly (先天无脑畸形) which meant she would not live beyond a few ___48___. According to the National Institutes of Health, the defect means the baby has an ___49___ brain and incomplete skull. Approximately one in 10,000 babies in the US are born with anencephaly, most of which result ___50___ miscarriage.(流产).
As a result, Abbey and her pilot husband Robert, also 34, decided to have a ___51___ birth in the next few hours so that they could spend time with their daughter and ___52___ her organs - making Annie the first infant ___53___ donor in the state.
___54___ they asked the doctor for the gender of their unborn child and decided to name her ______55______ the spot. They named her easily: Annie, which means, \"grace.\"
Abbey said: ‘______56______ a terminally-ill baby to ______57______ was by far the most difficult thing I have ever done For us, even in the midst of our terrible ______58______ we were able to see so much ______59______.’
The family spent just 14 hours and 58 minutes with Annie before she ______60______away. Her ______61______ were not viable for transplant ______62______ her oxygen levels were too low - which Abbey said was 'disappointing' - but they were able to donate her heart valves（瓣膜） and some of her organs could be used for ______63______. She said: 'Annie's story is one of ______64______. I think it shows people that in the midst of ______65______, there can be beauty. 46. A. told 47. A. dead 48. A. days 49. A. healthy 50. A. in 51. A. dead 52. A. donate 53. A. baby 54. A. Afterwards 55. A. on 56. A. holding
B. learned B. early B. hours B. unfit B. to B. new B. give B. small B. Since B. in B. carrying
C. said C. terminal C. years C. ill C. for C. live C. present C. fresh
C. From that time on C. for C. taking
D. heard D. weak D. months D. underdeveloped D. from D. usual D. remove D. newborn D. Finally D. at D. bringing
57. A. due 58. A. sadness 59. A. humanity 60. A. went 61. A. heart 62. A. while 63. A. research 64. A. miracle 65. A. tragedy
B. term B. heart-broken B. light B. flew B. organs B. so B. learning B. persistency B. obstacle
C. birth C. heartbreak C. truth C. crossed C. body C. because C. hospitals C. faith C. hardship
D. live D. silence D. beauty D. passed D. eyes D. thus D. transplant D. hope D. forgiveness
【答案】46. A 47. C 48. B 49. D 50. A 51. C 52. A 53. D 54. A 55. A 56. B 57. B 58. C 59. D 60. D 61. B 62. C 63. A 64. D 65. A 【解析】
这是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了居住在美国俄克拉荷马州34岁的艾比阿埃伦知道女儿患有晚期的无脑畸形只能活几小时，还是选择生了下来陪伴她，并将女儿的一些器官捐赠让其留在世间的事情。 【46题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：当她在19周的扫描中被告知。A. told告知；B. learned领会；C. said说；D. heard听说。根据devastated“崩溃的”可知，艾比阿埃伦被告知了关于胎儿的事，故选A选项切题。 【47题详解】
A. dead死的；B. early早的；C. terminal晚期的；D. weak考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她的女儿患有晚期的无脑畸形。虚弱的。从下文illness anencephaly可知，这疾病是令她崩溃的，应该是晚期的，故选C选项切题。 【48题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这意味着她活不了几个小时。A. days日；B. hours小时；C. years年；D. months月。根 据下文The family spent just 14 hours and 58 minutes with Annie可知，安妮只有十几个小时的生命，故选B选项切题。【49题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这一缺陷意味着婴儿的大脑发育不全，颅骨不完整。A. healthy健康的；B. unfit不合适的；C. ill生病的；D. underdeveloped不发达的。根据incomplete skull“不完整的头盖骨”可知，大脑的发育是不发达的，故选D选项切题。 【50题详解】
考查固定搭配。句意：其中大部分导致流产。短语result in，意为“引起，导致，结果是”，故选A选项切题。 【51题详解】
A. dead考查形容词词义辨析。句意：艾比和她34岁的飞行员丈夫罗伯特决定在接下来的几个小时内进行一次活产。死的；B. new新的；C. live活着的；D. usual通常的。根据下文they could spend time with their daughter可知，他们夫妻决定生下来这个婴儿，故C选项切题。
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A. donate捐赠；B. give给予；C. present考查动词词义辨析。句意：这样他们就可以和女儿呆在一起，并捐献她的器官。呈现；D. remove移除。从下文donor“捐赠者”可知，是指捐赠器官，故选A选项切题。 【53题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这使得安妮成为该州第一个新生儿捐赠者。A. baby婴儿；B. small小的；C. fresh新鲜的；D. newborn新生的。这里指的是第一个新生的婴儿捐赠者，故选D选项切题。 【54题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：之后，他们向医生询问了未出生孩子的性别。A. Afterwards然后；B. Since自从；C. From that time on从那时起；D. Finally最后。然后他们就问了婴儿的性别并为她取名，故选A选项切题。 【55题详解】
考查固定搭配。句意：并决定当场给她取名。on the spot意为“在现场，当场”，当场就命名她叫“安妮”，故选A选项切题。 【56题详解】
考查动名词词义辨析。句意：生下这个患有绝症的孩子是迄今为止她做过的最困难的事情。A. holding持有；B. carrying怀孕；承重；C. taking带走；D. bringing带来。故选B选项切题。 【57题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：生下一个身患绝症的婴儿是我做过的最困难的事情。A. due应得之物；B. term期限；C. birth出生；D. live生活。这里指带到生命的终点，故选B选项切题。 【58题详解】
考查词性。句意：对我们来说，即使在我们极度心碎的时候，我们也能看到如此多的美丽。A. sadness悲伤；B. heart-broken极其伤心的；C. heartbreak心碎，伤心事；D. silence沉默。从terrible可知，这是一件伤心事，故选C选项切题。 【59题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：从悲伤中看到美好的事物。A. humanity人道；B. light光；C. truth真理；D. beauty美丽。故选D选项切题。 【60题详解】
考查固定搭配。句意：安妮去世前，这家人与她在一起的时间只有14小时58分钟。短语pass away“去世”，故选D选项切题。 【61题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她的器官移植不可行，因为含氧量过低。A. heart心脏；B. organs器官；C. body身体；D. eyes眼睛。根据下文donate her heart valves（瓣膜） and some of her organs可知，她的瓣膜和一些其他器官能捐赠，故选B选项切题。 【62题详解】
A. while然而；B. so因此；C. because因为；D. thus考查连词词义辨析。句意：她的器官因为氧含量太低而无法移植。如此。根据下文but转折内容可知，她的器官因为氧含量太低而无法移植，故选C选项切题。 【63题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她的一些器官可以用于研究。A. research研究；B. learning学习；C. hospitals医院；D. transplant移植。这里指器官用于研究，故选A选项切题。 【64题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：安妮的故事充满希望。A. miracle奇迹；B. persistency持续，坚韧；C. faith信念；D. hope希望。安妮的故事象征着希望。这对夫妇捐赠女儿的器官其实是希望女儿能帮助其他人，也是通过另外一种方式留在了世间。故选D选项切题。 【65题详解】
A. tragedy悲剧；B. obstacle障碍；C. hardship考查名词词义辨析。句意：我认为它告诉人们，在悲剧中，也可以有美。艰辛；D. forgiveness原谅。这与上文“对我们来说，即使在我们可怕的伤心事中，我们也能看到很多美好的东西”是一样的句子，故选A。
【标题】湖北省武汉市外国语学校2018-2019学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题 【结束】
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