一、完形填空

　　I have an old normal clock that belonged to my mom.My dad gave it to me after Mom had__1__.

　　I have__2__feelings about it.I love it because it was hers，__3__it also holds some bad memories.When my mother was dying，__4__the clock ring really angered and__5__her.

　　Not long ago, it stopped working.I wanted to get it__6__， so I took it to a clock shop.

　　“I know this has no special__7__， but it was my mom's，”I said to the shop owner and described the__8__.

　　“We got a lot of these in.The clock works(零件)should be__9__with a battery(电池)operated movement，”he told me.

　　“You can't fix this?”

　　“No, we don't have the__10__.”

　　I thanked him and went home.I called a few other__11__and was told the same thing.

　　“How__12__，”I told the last one.

　　It sounds so much like__13__itself.Each of us is an original, but we find it so much__14__to copy another style than to develop our own.

　　We__15__to see the real value in who we are, so we try to be someone else.Just like this clock, it becomes__16__not because it couldn't be fixed.It's just much easier to change it than to fix it.What if this happened to people?__17__someone comes into a hospital with a failing heart and the doctor said，“Sorry, we can't fix this because we don't have the parts!”

　　__18__?Because we don't have__19__organ donors(器官捐助者).People would rather die with their organs than__20__them to save someone's life.

　　1.A.passed away B.fell asleep C.set out D.became ill

　　2.A.anxious B.Different C.hard D.good

　　3.A.and B.or C.so D.but

　　4.A.seeing B.Hearing C.knowing D.feeling

　　5.A.excited B.Surprised C.frightened D.killed

　　6.A.fixed B.Sold C.wasted D.thrown

　　7.A.value B.Price C.appearance D.purpose

　　8.A.cost B.Problem C.cancer D.memory

　　9.A.replaced B.Shown C.carried D.made

　　10.A.experience B.Ability C.parts D.spaces

　　11.A.offices B.Homes C.friends D.shops

　　12.A.sad B.Interesting C.angry D.wonderful

　　13.A.clock B.Work C.study D.life

　　14.A.happier B.Easier C.worse D.stranger

　　15.A.come B.Fail C.realize D.begin

　　16.A.beautiful B.Common C.useless D.helpful

　　17.A.Suggest B.Imagine C.Wait D.Look

　　18.A.What B.When C.Why D.Where

　　19.A.true B.Determined C.healthy D.enough

　　20.A.collect B.Leave C.force D.keep