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Tracey Hermanstorfer's heart stopped beating and her son Coltyn appeared lifeless after the Caesarean(剖腹產術)section on Christmas Eve. However a few minutes after he was born, both began breathing again. Dr Stephanie Martin told Good Morning America she could not explain how the pair survived. Mrs Hermanstorfer and her husband Mike told the American television show that their baby was now healthy and that they were doing “good” following the drama at Colorado Springs Memorial Hospital.

The couple, who already had two children, had to go into the hospital seven weeks earlier than planned. Her husband, 37, said his wife was tired after receiving an epidural(硬腦膜外麻醉)during the labour(分娩)but after closing her eyes, she “wasn't waking up”．She stopped breathing and she is believed to have suffered a heart attack before her heart stopped beating entirely.

Dr Martin said she was called in and that the outlook was grim（嚴酷的） since in most situations like this，“despite the best efforts of the team”, the mother was often unable to be revived. In that case doctors then tried to focus on delivering the baby but when he was born he was “completely lifeless”．

Mr. Hermanstorfer told the Associated Press news agency，“I had everything in the world taken from me, and in an hour and a half I had everything given to me.”

Dr Martin said she did not have a“great explanation”for why Mrs Hermanstorfer's heartbeat returned. “Somewhere between four and five minutes she had been without heart rate and had stopped breathing a minute or two prior to her heart stopping，”she said. The doctors were then able to bring the baby back to life, and the mother was alive after that.

Despite tests, she said doctors were still not sure about what had happened. However Mrs Hermanstorfer and her husband Mike have said they believed it was down to a miracle. She said：“I got a second chance in life.”

1.What might have happened to Tracey Hermanstorfer just before her heart stopped beating?

A．She became unconscious.

B．She took a nap.

C．She had a bad headache.

D．She suffered a heart attack.

2.Which of the following is the correct order of what happened to Tracey Hermanstorfer?

a．suffering a heart attack

b．stopping heart beating entirely

c．stopping breathing

d．coming back to life

e．receiving an epidural

f．producing a baby

A．a c f d b e B．f c a d b e

C．e a c b f d D. e a b c f d

3.Which of the following words best expresses Dr Martin's attitude towards Tracey Hermanstorfer's coming back to life?

A. Shocked. B. Puzzled.

C．Normal. D. Curious.

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文為記敘文。美國的一位產婦在分娩時可能突發(fā)心臟病，心臟停止了跳動。但在產下一個無生命跡象的男嬰后，母子卻奇跡般的死而復生。

1.小題1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) She stopped breathing and she is believed to have suffered a heart attack before her heart stopped beating entirely.她停止了呼吸，她被認為他的心臟完全停止調動以前他遭受了心臟病。可知，在她的心臟停止跳動之前Tracey Hermanstorfer可能心臟病突發(fā)。故選D

2.小題2】細節(jié)理解題。要求對事件排序，可采用手為定位法。第一個事件是，receiving an epidural，最后一個事件是bring the baby back to life。故排除A項和B項。根據(jù)had stopped breathing a minute or two prior to her heart stopping可知stopping breathing發(fā)生在前。故選C

3.小題3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段相關內容“…she could not explain how the pair survived.”她無法解釋是怎樣幸存的。以及第六段第一句， Dr Martin said she did not have a“great explanation”for why Mrs Hermanstorfer's heartbeat returned 句意是：Dr Martin對Hermanstorfer的心臟跳動恢復沒有一個很好的解釋。從這些信息可知，Martin 醫(yī)生對這位產婦的死而復生感到困惑。故選B

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