she had faith in me, forcing me to __2__ myself and helped me become the first in my family to attend a four­year college.

　　To __3__ her, I say at the beginning of one of my books that it has been written for her. I hadn't __4__ her in nearly a decade, but I knew: She changed my __5__ - I owed her forever. When she got word of what I'd done, Mrs. Sherman reached out to me. I was __6__ just to receive her e­mail. Mrs. Sherman was a giant in my life. To see a __7__ from her - I feel like I was 17 again.

　　After a few e­mails back and forth, Mrs. Sherman told me a secret: she was __8__， and she needed a new kidney (肾). __9__， I got in touch with Sheryl Sandberg, who was also one of Mrs. Sherman's __10__ and who is the COO (Chief Operating Officer) of Facebook and we started to search for potential donors.

　　One of my readers was thought to be a __11__. So, naturally, we started getting __12__. Then, a twist of fate (命运): Beth, the potential donor, was discovered to have a cancerous tumor (肿瘤) on her own kidney. We were __13__ to learn this.

　　Beth would need an operation, but she could be __14__. She kept thanking me over and over for __15__ her life. But we all know the __16__. Beth saved her own life - by being so __17__， and volunteering to save the life of a __18__.

　　Though we're still looking for a donor match for Mrs. Sherman, we believe we will find one eventually __19__ there are so many people out there who are __20__ to do something good in this world.

语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者为老师寻找肾源，没想到一位志愿捐赠者在检查的过程中发现自己的肾也有问题，因此及时得到医治，正所谓好心有好报。

　　1．A.learning　　　　　　 　B．working

　　C．designing D．acting

　　解析：选A　根据第一段中的"My history teacher"及"helped me become the first in my family to attend a four­year college"可推测，老师帮助作者建立了对"学习(learning)"的兴趣。

　　2．A.help B．relax

　　C．believe in D．turn to

解析：选C　根据本空前的"she had faith in me"可推测，老师对作者有信心，也迫使作者对自己"有信心(believe in)"。