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【題目】Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They find out that the new baby is going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael sings to his sister in Mommy's stomach．Finally, Michael's little sister is born. But she is in serious condition. With alarm in the night, the ambulance rushes the infant to the neonatal (初生的) intensive care unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee. The days go by. The little girl gets worse. The pediatric (兒科的) specialist tells the parents,“There is very little hope. Be prepared for the worst.”Karen and her husband contact a local cemetery(公墓) about a burial plot. They have fixed up a special room in their home for the new baby, but now they plan a funeral. Michael, keeps begging his parents to let him see his sister, “I want to sing to her,” he says.Karen makes up her mind. She will take Michael whether they like it or not. If he doesn't see his sister now, he may never see her alive．She dresses him in an oversized suit and marches him into ICU. He looks like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse recognizes him as a child and shouts, “Get that kid out of here now! No children are allowed. Never disturb patients here.”The mother rises up strongly and said, “He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!”

Karen leads Michael to his sister's bedside. He gazes at the tiny infant losing the battle to live.

And he begins to sing. In the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sings, “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey”The baby girl responds at once. Her heart is beating calmly and steadily.

The next day, the very next day, the little girl is well enough to go home! Woman's Day magazine called it “the miracle of a brother's song.”The medical staff just called it a miracle．Karen called it a miracle of God's love!

【1】What I the word “funeral” in Chinese?

A. 洗禮 B. 嬰兒房 C. 葬禮 D. 特別看護(hù)

【2】What happened after Michael’s sister was born?

A. The ambulance rushed to the baby and hurt her.

B. The couple brought the baby to the cemetery

C. The couple planned a welcoming party for the baby

D. The new born baby had a serious illness.

【3】Why did Karen ask Michael to sing to his sister in Mommy’s body?

A. Karen found out the baby was on the way

B. Karen found some difficulties would come out’

C. Karen wanted Michael to get used to the new situation

D. Karen wanted Michael to look after his coming sister first.

【4】Which statement is true according to the story?

A. Everything went well before the baby was born.

B. The pediatric specialist decided to give up curing the baby

C. Patients’ relatives could usually enter the Intense Care

D. Michael didn’t know that was the last sight of seeing his sister.

【5】What is the best title of this article?

A. Singing call save other’s life B. Miracle is everywhere

C. Love is so powerful D. Preparing ahead call makes miracle

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 D

【3】 C

【4】 A

【5】 C

【解析】

文章大意：這是一篇故事類的記敘文。文章講述了Michael小的時候就唱歌給還未出生的妹妹聽。后來，妹妹出生后，身體情況很不好，越來越糟。Michael并沒有放棄給妹妹唱歌，結(jié)果妹妹的身體奇跡般的好轉(zhuǎn)，是Michael的歌聲挽救了妹妹的生命。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)上文Karen and her husband contact a local cemetery(公墓) about a burial plot. Karen和她的丈夫聯(lián)系了當(dāng)?shù)氐囊粋�公墓，商量了一個葬禮的計劃，可知這里應(yīng)是他們計劃在為新嬰兒布置的房間里舉行“葬禮”，所以“funeral”漢語意思應(yīng)是“葬禮”，故答案選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中的句子Finally, Michael's little sister is born. But she is in serious condition. With alarm in the night, the ambulance rushes the infant to the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee.可知，Michael的妹妹出生后得了重病，所以才會被送進(jìn)重癥監(jiān)護(hù)室，故答案選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中的句子she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby.可知，Karen讓Michael給媽媽身體里的妹妹唱歌是為了讓Michael適應(yīng)妹妹出生后的新環(huán)境，故答案選C。

【4】理解判斷題。根據(jù)文中的句子They find out that the new baby is going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael sings to his sister in Mommy's stomach．Finally, Michael's little sister is born.可知，孩子出生前一切都進(jìn)行的很順利，所以A選項是正確的；而其他選項根據(jù)文意可知都不正確，故答案選A。

【5】標(biāo)題歸納題。通讀全文可知，這個故事講述的是小男孩用歌聲挽救生命垂危的妹妹的故事，說明了愛的力量是如此的強大，故答案選C。