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The first baby in Britain to survive a heart transplant celebrated her 18th

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问题     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【S1】______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【S2】______Britain at the World Transplant Games in Canada this summer.
    Miss Davidson, who admitted that she was "looking forward to my first【S3】______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【S4】______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【S5】______and I was lucky enough to grow stronger and stronger."
    Her mother, Carol Davidson, 37 yesterday【S6】______that for the first few weeks of her daughter’s life all had seemed【S7】______, until one evening, when she suddenly had breathing difficulties. A GP(普通全科医师)suggested that Kaylee was suffering from a【S8】______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【S9】______without a transplant."
    Till then, there had been no successful heart transplants on babies in Europe.  The two【S10】______in Britain had both failed.

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 [br] 【S9】
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答案 L
解析 这里需要一个动词原形，而且应该是一个不及物动词，可选范围缩小到L，N。正确答案为L。这里的depart是委婉语，表示“去世”的意思。
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