共用题干Organ Donation and Transplantation1 O

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Organ Donation and Transplantation

1 Organ donation（捐献）and transplantation（移植）refers to the process by which organs or tissues
from one person are put into another person’s body.
2 The number of people needing a transplant continues to rise faster than the number of donors.About
3,700 transplant candidates are added to the national waiting list each month.Each day,about 77 people
receive organ transplants.However,18 people die each day waiting for transplants that can’t take place
because of the shortage of donated organs.
3 There are rio age limits on who can donate.Newborns as well as senior citizens have been organ
donors. If you are under age 18 , you must have a parent’s or guardian’s consent（同意）.If you are 18 years or
older,you can show you want to be an organ and tissue donor by signing a donor card.
4 Many people think that if they agree to donate their organs,the doctor or the emergency room staff
won’t work as hard to save their life.This is not true.The transplant team is completely separate from the
medical staff working to save your life.The transplant team does not become involved with you until doctors
have determined that all possible efforts to save your life have failed.
5 If you need an organ transplant,your doctor will help you get on the national waiting list.Your name
will be added to a pool of names.When an organ donor becomes available,all the patients in the pool are
compared to that donor. Factors such as blood and tissue type, size of the organ, medical urgency（紧急）of
the patient’s illness , time already spent on the waiting list, and distance between donor and recipient（接受
者）are considered.

Organ donors range in age from newborns to________. A:donated organs B:the national waiting list C:a donor card D:senior citizens E:all possible efforts F:the most suitable candidate