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高考总复习·英语
课时作业(十三)必修第三册
Unit 2 Morals and Virtues
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After that,Monica and Bryan decided to
A
support Anthony Nolan and volunteered to become
(2023·江苏省百校大联考)Heroes Monica
stem cell couriers when they retired and returned
and Bryan Davies had only just trained as couriers
to England.
(递送员)for the charity Anthony Nolan when the
The couple made three deliveries a week at
coronavirus broke out.But they were determined
the peak of the pandemic.They've now covered
to volunteer to deliver stem cells to caneer
patients,inspired by their daughter Helen's brave
15,000 miles.Henny Braund,Anthony Nolan's
battle with her illness and meeting the selfless
chief executive said,"Over the last year our
stem cell donor who came to her rescue.
volunteer couriers have showed just how
Monica,67,said,"I couldn't bear the thought
committed they are to giving people with blood
that other families standing by a hospital bed,
cancer a second chance of life."
being told the transplant couldn't go ahead because
1.What inspired the couple to volunteer to deliver
the stem cells couldn't get through.
stem cells?
Helen was diagnosed(诊断)with Hodgkins
A.The pains of cancer patients.
Lymphoma in 2010.The diagnosis was all the more
B.Their daughter's experience.
terrifying as a close family friend had lost their
C.The outbreak of coronavirus.
teenage son to the disease a decade earlier,but at
D.The donors'selfless devotion.
first the doctors comforted Helen and said she was
2.What was the doctors'initial feeling about
likely to make a full recovery.
Helen's condition?
The doctors said Helen's age and fitness
A.Confident.
B.Terrified.
worked in her favour.They said she would have
six months of treatment and she would be fine.But
C.Desperate.
D.Embarrassed.
within months of finishing her treatment,Helen's
3.Why couldn't Helen meet her donor at first?
cough returned and scans revealed a shadow on her
A.She did not make a full recovery.
chest.Further investigations confirmed the cancer
B.The donor refu