When Christopher Dempsey offered to donate （捐獻） half of his liver （肝臟） to a stranger，he knew it would be a life-changing（1）e xperiencexperience.What he didn't know was he was saving the life of his future wife.
Miss Krueger had liver disease，and had been ill for（2）a boutbouttwo years already.The doctors told her she only had a 50% chance of （3）l ivingivinganother two months without a transplant （移植） .But it was （4）d ifficultifficultto get a transplant.There were more than 119，000 people on its transplant waiting （5）l istsists.
That was where Mr Dempsey came in. "I heard a worker talking about his cousin who needed a liver transplant，" Mr Dempsey said， "I just thought to myself，I would want someone to help me or my family in that （6）s ituationituation.
Dempsey decided to get himself tested and was told that he was a match for Miss Krueger.The first time they spoke was the moment he called to （7）t ellellher he would be her donor （捐獻者） at the start of February 2015.Later，she told him she and her mother had cried tears of joy after receiving the call.Shortly afterwards，they met for the （8）f irstirsttime when Mr Dempsey took Miss Krueger for lunch.In the weeks leading up to transplant，they began to （9）s pendpendmore and more time together.
The proposal （求婚） came eight months （10）a fterfterthe transplant.They had a horse and carriage ride in Chicago.Then about 19 months after the day of the transplant，they became Mr and Mrs Dempsey.
【考點】人與社會．
【答案】xperience；bout；iving；ifficult；ists；ituation；ell；irst；pend；fter
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