8.I remember Julie coming to the front of the classroom after class one autumn day in September,1986.While most of the other students hurriedly left to relax,Julie remained to ask me questions about the next week's exam.
The day after our conversation,she was struck (撞擊) by a car.The doctor said to Julie's parents,"Your Julie has only a few hours to live.Would you consider donating some of Julie's organs (器官)?"
Julie's mother said,"Yes.Julie always gave to others while she was alive.She would want to give in death."
"Julie died right after her twentieth birthday-twenty-four years ago.She left us with happy memories,"says Julie's mother,now in her seventies."Nothing could possibly be as heartbreaking as the death of your child,for your heart breaks again and again.At each birthday.At each milestone:when she would have graduated; when she might have married…But Julie's life was a gift to us.Knowing that in her death she gave the gift of life to others is comforting to us,and remembering that we carried out her wishes has helped us deal with her death."
Julie's mother continued to say,"You and Julie's other friends and teachers were an important part of her life.Your teaching influenced her life,and you remind us that our love for Julie and Julie's love for others are alive today."
I hold the thought that I may have had a small part in teaching Julie how to live.But she-and her family-are still teaching me an even greater lesson-how to die.
21.The author wrote the passage inD.
A.1986
B.2000
C.2006
D.2010
22.The story was written byB.
A.Julie's mother
B.Julie's teacher
C.Julie's father
D.Julie'classmate
23.Julie's parents donated some of her organs to others in order toC.
A.comfort themselves in the coming years
B.make others know they are generous
C.carry out Julie's wishes to help others
D.make others remember their daughter
24.Julie's mother thought thatD.
A.it's no use regretting Julie's death
B.what the author did was comforting to her
C.the author should be responsible for Julie's death
D.Julie's friends and teachers made Julie's life meaningful.