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阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。
    Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl  ______  （name） Lisa who was suffering from a rare and serious disease．Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion  ______ her five-year-old brother,  ______ had miraculously （奇迹般地） survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies （抗体） needed to fight the ______ （ill）．
    The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy ______ he would be willing to give his blood to his sister．I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking  ______ deep breath and saying, “Yes, I’ll do it if it can save Lisa．”
As the transfusion progressed, he lay in a bed next to his sister and ______ （smile）, as we all did, seeing the color returning  ______ her cheeks．Then his face grew pale and his smile faded．He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, “Will I start to die right away?”
    Being young, the boy had ______ （understand） the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give her all ______ blood．