Question

【題目】 On March 25, 2010, Kate and David Ogg heard the words every parent fears: Their newborn son wasn’t going to make it. Their twins—a girl and a boy—were born two minutes apart and 14 weeks premature, weighing just over two pounds each. Doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no improvement. His heartbeat was nearly gone, and he’d stopped breathing. The baby had just moments to live.

“I saw him gasp (喘氣), but the doctor said it was no use,” Kate said. “I know it sounds stupid, but if he was still gasping, that was a sign of life. I wasn’t going to give up easily.”

Still, the Sydney couple knew this was likely goodbye. In an effort to treasure her last minutes with the tiny boy, Kate asked to hold him.

“I wanted to meet him, and for him to know us,” Kate told Today. “We’d resigned ourselves to the fact that we were going to lose him, and we were just trying to make the most of those last, precious moments.”

Kate unwrapped the boy, whom the couple had already named Jamie, from his hospital blanket and ordered David to take his shirt off and join them in bed. The first-time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the skin-to- skin contact would improve his condition. They also talked to him.

"We were trying to attract him to stay.” Kate said. “We explained his name and that he had a twin that he had to look out for and how hard we had tried to have him.”

Then something miraculous happened. Jamie gasped again—and then he started breathing. Finally, he reached for his father’s finger. The couple’s lost boy had made it.

【1】What do we know about the newborn boy mentioned in Paragraph 1?

A.He weighed only two pounds.

B.He almost died.

C.He was two minutes older than his twin sister.

D.He had no heartbeat. ‘

【2】Why did the parents make the skin-to-skin contact with the boy?

A.To keep in touch with their son.

B.To follow the doctors’ requirements.

C.To communicate with their son.

D.To better their son’s condition.

【3】What does the underlined word “miraculous” in the last paragraph mean?

A.touchingB.unexpected

C.ridiculousD.fortunate

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A.A Lucky Boy.B.Endless Love

C.Life-giving TouchD.An Unforgettable Experience

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。主要講述了一對夫婦新出生的兒子被診斷無法活下來，但在他們與孩子告別時(shí)，這對夫婦與孩子的肢體接觸，對孩子說話的時(shí)候發(fā)生了奇跡，他們的兒子開始呼吸，成功的活了下來的故事。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中“His heartbeat was nearly gone, and he’d stopped breathing. The baby had just moments to live.”他的心跳快要消失了，他要停止了呼吸，這個(gè)嬰兒活不了多久�？芍�新出生的男孩幾乎要死了。故選B項(xiàng)。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段中“The first-time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the skin-to- skin contact would improve his condition.”初為父母的他們希望他們的兒子盡可能地溫暖，并希望通過皮膚接觸可以改善他的狀況。由此判斷出父母與男孩進(jìn)行皮膚接觸的原因是為了改善兒子的狀況。故選D項(xiàng)。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)最后一段中“Jamie gasped again—and then he started breathing.”Jamie再次喘氣，然后他開始呼吸了。并結(jié)合前文所述Jamie狀況很糟糕幾乎不能呼吸可知，此時(shí)發(fā)生了意想不到的事情。由此判斷出劃線詞的意思是“意想不到的”。故選B項(xiàng)。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第五段中“The first-time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the skin-to- skin contact would improve his condition.”初為父母的他們希望他們的兒子盡可能地溫暖，并希望通過皮膚接觸可以改善他的狀況。并結(jié)合最后一段中“Finally, he reached for his father’s finger. The couple’s lost boy had made it.”最后，他觸摸到父親的手指。 這對夫婦快要失去了孩子最終成功的活了下來�？芍�是這對夫婦與孩子的肢體接觸讓孩子活了下來。因此C項(xiàng)Life-giving Touch“賦予生命的觸摸”為最佳標(biāo)題。故選C項(xiàng)。