大爱无声!高中校长捐献骨髓救一法国儿童后去世

A high school principal fell into a month-long coma and died on Sunday after selflessly donating his bone marrow to save the life of a teenager in France.
Derrick Nelson, who worked at Westfield High School in New Jersey, had the procedure at a Bergen County hospital in February. “After the procedure he did, he couldn’t speak and was lying in the bed,” his father, Willie Nelson, said. “His eyes were open and he realized who we were. But he couldn’t move. He never spoke again.” “We really don’t know the full story of what happened,” he added. “We were expecting him to come out of the coma he was in. But he didn’t make it.” 
His wife, Sheronda Braker, said that he “was a tremendous father to our beloved daughter Morgan and the best companion and life partner I could have ever asked for. He loved his family almost beyond belief. He was a man who carried himself with dignity, courage and compassion,” she continued. “His last kind and generous act on this earth in giving so someone else might live is a true testament to who he was and how he should always be remembered. We will always love him.”
According to the school newspaper, Nelson donated blood during college in 1996—and it wasn’t until 2018 that he got the call he might be able to save a life. Be The Match, a national bone marrow donor program, contacted Nelson in October and told him that he could be a match for a 14-year-old boy. Just a few months later, he went through with it.
The process to extract the bone marrow was rough and he felt terrible, he told the student newspaper, but “if it’s just a little bit of pain for a little bit of time that can give someone years of joy, it’s all worth it.”

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1.Which can be used to replace the underlined word “procedure” in Paragraph 2?

A Process.

B Treatment.

C Operation.

D Inspection.

解析：选C。词义猜测题。根据第一段的内容可知，Nelson为一个男孩捐献了骨髓，因此由所给选项可知“operation（手术）”符合语境。故选C。

2.What does the third paragraph mainly talk about?

A Nelson’s deep love for his family.

B Nelson’s wife’s comments on him.

C Nelson’s noble character.

D Nelson’s good deeds to others.

解析：选B。主旨大意题。通读第三段可知，此段主要叙述了Nelson的妻子对他的评价。故选B。

3.Which of the following statements is NOT the fact according to the passage?

A Nelson passed away after a month-long coma.

B Nelson completely lost consciousness after the procedure.

C Nelson didn’t get a bone marrow match call until 22 years after he donated blood.

D Nelson didn’t know the boy whom he donated his bone marrow to.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第二段第三句His eyes were open and he realized who we were.可知手术后Nelson并非完全失去了意识。故选B。

4.What can we get from the last paragraph?

A It’s not so easy to extract the bone marrow.

B Nelson indeed experienced great pain during the procedure.

C Nelson is a brave and selfless man.

D All of the above.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据最后一段的内容可知，手术过程并不容易，Nelson感觉十分糟糕，尽管如此，他认为只要自己的付出能给他人带去欢乐，他就觉得这是值得做的，从中可以看出他是一个十分勇敢而又无私奉献自我的人。故选D。