Question

Ammie Reddick from East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, was only 18 months old when she had the accident that has scarred her for life. While her mother was away for a moment, the inquisitive baby reached up to a hot kettle in the family kitchen and poured boiling water all over her tiny body.

An ambulance was called and rushed the baby to a nearby hospital. Twenty percent of Ammie's body had been burned and all of her burns were third-degree. The doctors could tell immediately that Ammie's best chance of survival was a specialized burns unit(科) some miles away at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. There, using tissue taken from unburned areas of Ammie's body, surgeons performed complex skin grafts（移植）to close her wounds and control her injuries, an operation that took about six hours. Over the next 16 years, Ammie had 12 more operations to repair her body.

When she started school at Maxwelton Primary at age four, other pupils made cruel comments or simply wouldn't play with her. “I was the only burned child in the street, the class and the school,”she recalls. “Some children refused to become friends because of that.”

Today, age 17, Ammie can only ever remember being a burned person with scars; pain is a permanent part of her body. She still has to have two further operations. Yet she is a confident, outgoing teenager who offers inspiration and hope to other young burns victims.

Ammie's parents Ruby, a funeral director and Gibby, a policeman, have been a great support. “They told me if people had a problem with my burns, the problem was theirs not mine,” says Ammie. “They taught me to cope with other people's reactions and constantly reminded me I was valued and loved." Ammie's positive philosophy（人生觀） means she is now in demand with burns organizations, helping younger patients build their self-esteem  to live with permanent scars.

“Now she is a member of the Scottish Burned Children's Club, which a charity set up last year.” says Donald Todd, chairman of the club and a senior burns nurse at Edinburgh's Royal Hospital for Sick Children, “Ammie provides so much encouragement for younger ones. She is upbeat and outgoing and a perfect role model for them.”

This month, Ammie will be joining the younger children at the Graffham Water Centre in Cambridgeshire for the charity's first summer camp . "I'll show them how to shrug off  unkind stares from others," she says. Ammie loves wearing fashionable sleeveless tops and she plans to show the youngsters at summer camp that they can too. "I do not go to great lengths to hide my burns scars," she says. “I gave up wondering how other people would react years ago.”

Ammie was taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary because ____________ .

  A. it was the nearest hospital away from her home

  B. it was a hospital specializing in childhood disease

  C. only there can skin grafts be performed

D. it has more advanced and specialized techniques to cure burns

How many operations will Ammie have to receive altogether?

  A. 12                 B. 13                   C. 14               D. 15

The underlined phrase “shrug off” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ______ .

  A. perform        B. ignore               C. accept           D. tolerate

Which of the following best describes Ammie’s?

  A. Strong-minded, optimistic and helpful

B. Shy, pessimistic and discouraged

  C. Fashionable, sensitive and easygoing

  D. Careful, confident and intelligent

Answer 1

【小題1】D

【小題2】D

【小題3】B

【小題4】A

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