C

A woman in the US is able to speak for the first time in 11 years after a pioneering voice box transplant（移植）. 

Brenda Jensen said the operation was a great success which had saved her life. Thirteen days after the surgery she said her first words: "Good morning, I want to go home. "It is the first time a voice box and windpipe（氣管） have been transplanted at the same time and only the second time a voice box has ever been transplanted. 

Ms. Jensen, 52, had been unable to speak on her own since her voice box was damaged during surgery in 1999. Since then, she has been unable to taste or smell food, could breathe only through a hole in her windpipe and could talk only with the help of an electronic voice box. 

In October, surgeons at the University of California Davis Medical Centre removed the voice box and 6cm of the windpipe from a donor body. In an 18-hour operation, this was transplanted into Ms. Jensen's throat and the team connected it to her blood supply and nerves（神經(jīng)）. 

Professor Martin Birchall from University College London, who was part of the surgery team, said: "We've learned that we can repair nerves to make even very complex organs function again.  It'll open the door to better facial transplants and will be extremely important as tissue engineering develops. "

A voice box transplant might be life changing, but it is not life saving. Everyone who receives a transplant must take drugs to control the immune system（免疫系統(tǒng)）for the rest of their lives. These drugs can reduce life expectancy, so they are normally set aside for life saving procedures. 

One of the reasons Ms. Jensen was a suitable person for this transplant was that she was already taking immune controlling drugs after a kidney-pancreas transplant four years ago. Professor Peter Belafsky, part of the surgical team, said: " Brenda was an exceptional candidate for the transplant because she was highly motivated. Anyone who's met Brenda knows that she is a strong and determined person with a great outlook on life in spite of the many physical challenges she's faced over her lifetime. 

64. Ms. Jensen was a suitable person for this transplant because she was ____. 

A. determined and realistic          B. experienced and brave

C. seriously ill and motivated        D. strong-willed and prepared   

65. Which of the following is the right time order of the event?

a. Ms. Jensen received a voice box transplant operation. 

b. Ms. Jensen began to take immune controlling drugs. 

c. Doctors removed the voice box from a donor body. 

d. Ms. Jensen had a kidney-pancreas transplant operation. 

A. acdb          B.  cabd        C. bdca        D. dbca  

66. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Tissue engineering      B. First Words from New Voice 

C. Brenda’s sufferings                       D. Courageous Woman Defeating Fears

D

A friend of mine, in response to a conversation we were having about the injustices of life, asked me the question, “Who said life was going to be fair, or that it was even meant to be fair?” Her question was a good one. It reminded me of something I was taught as a youngster: Life isn’t fair. It’s disappointing, but it’s absolutely true. One of the mistakes many of us make is that we feel sorry for ourselves, or for others, thinking that life should be fair, or that someday it will be. It’s not and it won’t.

One of the nice things about surrendering(屈從) to the fact that life isn’t fair is that it keeps us from feeling sorry for ourselves by encouraging us to do the very best we can with what we have. We know it’s not “life’s job” to make everything perfect, it’s our own challenge. Surrendering to this fact also keeps us from feeling sorry for others because we are reminded that everyone is dealt a different hand; everyone has unique strengths and problems in the process of growing up, facing the reality and making decisions; and everyone has those times that they feel victimized or unfairly treated.

The fact that life isn’t fair doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do everything in our power to improve our own lives or the world as a whole. To the contrary, it suggests that we should. When we don’t recognize or admit that life isn’t fair, we tend to feel pity for others and for ourselves. Pity, of course, is a self-defeating emotion that does nothing for anyone, except to make everyone feel worse than they already do. When we do recognize that life isn’t fair, however, we feel compassion(熱情) for others and for ourselves. And compassion is a heartfelt emotion that delivers loving-kindness to everyone it touches. The next time you find yourself thinking about the injustices of the world, try reminding yourself of this very basic fact. You may be surprised that it can persuade you out of self-pity and into helpful action.

67. The writer thought of his friend’ s question as a good one because _______.

A. like his friend, he also thought life was unfair

B. it made him recall something during his childhood

C. he also wanted to know who held such an opinion

D. he learned something from the question as a youngster

68. Surrendering to the fact that life isn’t fair will ________.

A. keep us from making everything perfectB. make us know it’s our duty to perfect things

C. make us face unfair treatment bravelyD. keep us from doing everything in our power

69. The second paragraph of the passage mainly tells us that ________.

A. we should not surrender to the lifeB. it’s nice to surrender to the life

C. it’s nice to accept the injustice of lifeD. we should not feel sorry for everything

70. In the last paragraph, “this very basic fact” refers to the fact that _______.

A. you should not pity for othersB. pity is a self-defeating emotion

C. compassion is heartfelt emotionD. life isn’t and won’t be fair
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