A pet dog found a “perfect” kidney donor (供肾者) for its 44-year-old dying owner.

44-year-old Lucy Humphrey was told she had 5 years to live by doctors. They said the odds of her finding a donor were 1 in 22 million. Lucy spent years on the waiting list until she found her savior (救星) by total accident on a beach.

She and her partner, Cenydd, had taken their dogs Jake and Indie to Barry Island Beach for the day—and Indie kept running off to a stranger about 100 yards away and would not leave her alone. “Indie went over like three times, back and forward to her,” Lucy explained. “She was minding her own business, camping on her own. Eventually Cenydd went over to apologize, and we got chatting and invited her over to our barbecue.”

The three started chatting, eating and drinking. The stranger Indie was bothering turned out to be Katie James, 40, from Barry. When Lucy mentioned the fact that she couldn’t drink wine or beer as she was on dialysis (透析), Katie revealed she had recently joined the kidney donation register to make a donation. “We exchanged telephone numbers,” said Lucy. “And to be honest I didn’t think anything else would come of it.”

After blood tests and scans, the result came back: Katie was a perfect match. “She had all the tests and it turned out she was a perfect match,” Lucy said. “A doctor told us it’s a 1-in-22-million chance to find the perfect match, and that’s what I needed.”

Katie, Lucy and Cenydd have remained friends since the donation and have a group chat which they’ve called “the Kidney Group”.

1.Which of the following can take the place of the underlined word “odds”?

A Reason.

B Chance.

C Examples.

D Difficulties.

解析：选B。B词义猜测题。根据第二段划线部分后文的“1 in 22 million”以及“spent years on the waiting list”可知，医生告诉露西，她找到肾源的“可能性”微乎其微，为二千二百万分之一。故选B。

2.What made Lucy know Katie?

A Friendship.

B Cenydd’s running.

C Lucy’s dog’s action.

D Lucy’s being friendly.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第三段第一句的“Indie kept running off to a stranger about 100 yards away and would not leave her alone”可知，是露西的狗Indie反复跑向卡蒂，随后Cenydd就跑过去向她道歉，并邀请她一起烧烤，因此他们结缘。故选C。

3.What did Lucy think of Katie’s kidney donation register in the beginning?

A It would not make any difference.

B It would change Lucy’s life.

C It would make a perfect match.

D It would mean a new chance.

解析：选A。A推理判断题。根据第四段最后一句Lucy说的话“And to be honest I didn’t think anything else would come of it.”可知，起初露西并没有对卡蒂捐肾注册登记抱有希望，即她并不认为卡蒂的捐肾注册登记会给自己带来什么改变。故选A。

4.What does the story tell us?

A All good things come to an end.

B For man is man and master of his fate.

C Every man is the master of his own fortune.

D Fate brings together people who are far apart.

解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据全文内容可知，文章主要讲述了一位等待肾源的女士，偶遇自己的完美肾源捐赠者的故事,完美诠释了选项D“有缘终相逢”。故选D。