Question

    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 (喘气), 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.touching B.unexpected

C.ridiculous D.fortunate

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.A Lucky Boy. B.Endless Love

C.Life-giving Touch D.An Unforgettable Experience

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了一对夫妇新出生的儿子被诊断无法活下来，但在他们与孩子告别时，这对夫妇与孩子的肢体接触，对孩子说话的时候发生了奇迹，他们的儿子开始呼吸，成功的活了下来的故事。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中“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，这个婴儿活不了多久。可知新出生的男孩几乎要死了。故选B项。

2.推理判断题。根据第五段中“The first-time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the skin-to- skin contact would improve his condition.”初为父母的他们希望他们的儿子尽可能地温暖，并希望通过皮肤接触可以改善他的状况。由此判断出父母与男孩进行皮肤接触的原因是为了改善儿子的状况。故选D项。

3.词义猜测题。根据最后一段中“Jamie gasped again—and then he started breathing.”Jamie再次喘气，然后他开始呼吸了。并结合前文所述Jamie状况很糟糕几乎不能呼吸可知，此时发生了意想不到的事情。由此判断出划线词的意思是“意想不到的”。故选B项。

4.主旨大意题。根据第五段中“The first-time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the skin-to- skin contact would improve his condition.”初为父母的他们希望他们的儿子尽可能地温暖，并希望通过皮肤接触可以改善他的状况。并结合最后一段中“Finally, he reached for his father’s finger. The couple’s lost boy had made it.”最后，他触摸到父亲的手指。 这对夫妇快要失去了孩子最终成功的活了下来。可知是这对夫妇与孩子的肢体接触让孩子活了下来。因此C项Life-giving Touch“赋予生命的触摸”为最佳标题。故选C项。