Question

A mother in Australia was told by a doctor that her new born son was dead but she helped to bring him back to life by holding the baby against her body. She used a method known as a kangaroo care. The child, named Jamie ,was born after only 27 weeks with his twin sister, Emily, in a hospital in Sydney. Her birth went well ,but his was a different story. The doctor struggled for 20 minutes to save Jamie before announcing him dead.

“His little arms and legs were just falling down away from his body.” Kate Ogg said ,“I took off my coat and put him on my chest with his head over my arm.” She and her husband, David ,said to the child as she continued to hold him for nearly 2 hours. During that time, the two-pound baby showed the sign of life. She said , “I told my mum ,who was there, that he was still alive. Then he held out his hand and grabbed my finger. ”Their tiny baby grew stronger and stronger in his mother’s arms, and their final goodbye turned into a hello.

The doctor at first ignored the baby’s movements, but when he put the stethoscope（聽診器）to his chest, his mouth was wide open and he said ,“It’s my fault, It’s a miracle( 奇跡).

“The kangaroo care helps the baby keep body warmth” Dr Pinchi Srinivasan said, “It also regulates(調(diào)節(jié)) heartbeat and breathing rates and is believed to help weight gain and improve? sleeping habits. Fathers can also use kangaroo care. The key to the method is skin-to-skin contact.”

?? The practice began in less developed nations. It has become a recognized pracitce in helping premature babies. The techniques is good for babies, and is used in many baby care centers.

1.After hearing what the doctor said, the mother________.

A. became so sad that she almost became mad?????

B. didn’t give up and tried to bring her baby to life

C. chose to believe the doctor

D. became angry at what the doctor did to the baby

2.When the baby first showed sign of life, the doctor________.

A. didn’t believe the miracle had happened

B. was too shocked to do anything

C. was cheered and tried to save the baby at once

D. was moved by what the mother did to the baby

3.From what Dr Pinchi Srinivasan said, we learn the baby came back to life mainly because of________.

A. the mother’s soft words

B. the doctor’s careful care

C. skin-to-skin contact with the mother

D. the father’s kangaroo’s care

4.According to the paassage, premature babies refer to babies that are born______.

A. with diseases???? B. before their time?? C. dead??????? D. heavy

5.What the main idea of the passage?

A.A baby was almost killed by a doctor’s wrong decision

B.A doctor in Australia announced a baby was dead by mistake

C.A mum in Australia saved her baby with “kangaroo care”

D.A mum in Australia invented a new method of saving babies

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了一個澳大利亞的媽媽在醫(yī)生宣布自己的新生兒死亡后沒有放棄而是緊緊地抱在懷里用體溫及皮膚的接觸，即“袋鼠療法”挽救了孩子的生命的一個故事。

1.推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第一段描述but she helped to bring him back to life by holding the baby against her body.但是她通過緊貼自己的身體抱著孩子幫助挽救了孩子的生命，可推斷出她沒有放棄而是努力救孩子，故選B。

2.推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第三段描述The doctor at first ignored the baby’s movements,醫(yī)生起初沒理睬嬰兒的活動，可推知醫(yī)生不相信奇跡會發(fā)生，故選A。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第四段描述The kangaroo care helps the baby keep body warmth，袋鼠療法可以幫助保持嬰兒的體溫，The key to the method is skin-to-skin contact.這個方法的關(guān)鍵就是皮膚和皮膚的接觸�？芍獘雰旱钠鹚阑厣�原因是和媽媽的皮膚接觸，故選C。

4.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)短文最后一段描述It has become a recognized pracitce in helping premature babies.這種療法成了幫助早產(chǎn)兒的一個公認(rèn)的有效方法，可知premature babies早產(chǎn)兒，就是在該生的時間之前生下的孩子，故選B。

5.主旨大意題。根據(jù)整篇短文描述，可知本文的主旨是澳大利亞的一個媽媽用袋鼠療法挽救了孩子的生命，故選C。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。