5．Tang Zhou and his wife are planning to have their second child，a test-tube baby．His wife had a natural delivery when she was 34and their first child，a boy，is now 7．The couple are now hoping to have a daughter through a surrogate mother in the US．"My wife couldn't bear another delivery because of her heart condition and her age．Surrogacy heps avoid the risks to older mothers，"Tang said，"Moreover，our second child will be born in the US and become a citizen there．That is not a bad choice．"
The couple spent weeks researching their move，looking for a reliable agency that provides surrogacy services overseas．Surrogacy is still illegal in many countries，including China．"We will be taking much higher risks by relying on a surrogate mother in China because we are not protected by any regulation or law．You pay a lot of money but may meet with many problems，"Tang said．"You might not even get your baby back．"
Tang and his wife are part of an increasing number of Chinese couples who are turning to surrogacy services．Tang also considered surrogacy in Thailand but dropped the idea after recent reports about a baby with Down Syndrome（唐氏綜合癥） who was delivered through surrogacy and said to have been deserted in Thailand by the biological parents from Australia．Instead，Tang chose the California Surrogacy Center agency as his first option after reading the detailed introduction on its website．Compared with many other agencies that he could contact only via e-mail，the center has a consulting office in Beijing，Tang said．
The center is in San Diego，California，and has satellite offices in Los Angeles and Beijing．According to Liu，the center has been operating for more than eight years，and about 100surrogate mothers live in California．
72．"A surrogate mother"refers to a mother whoD．
A．acts as a baby-sitter
B．nurses another woman's baby
C．offers service to a new mother
D．gives birth to a baby for another woman
73．Which of the following is True according to the passage？C
A．Chinese couples prefer to have a test-tube baby
B．Couples face no risks in surrogacy services．
C．A sick test-tube baby was deserted in Thailand．
D．Unhealthy test-tube babies can be legally abandoned．
74． Tang and his wife turned to over seas surrogacy services becauseA
A．surrogacy remains illegal in China
B．they call for less money
C．it is more convenient to contact them
D．most of them are expecienced
75．The passage mainly tells us thatB
A．an old woman can take a risk of delivering a baby
B．more Chinese couples are turing to surrogacy
C．it's not a bad choice to have a baby born overseas
D．biological couples may fail to get their babies back．
分析 本文是一篇記敘文．主要講述了一段夫婦唐周和妻子計劃要第二個孩子-----一個試管嬰兒．妻子因為心臟狀況不佳和年齡偏大不能再忍受生育．這對夫婦準備找代孕．因為在中國代孕是違法的，這對夫婦轉向尋找海外可靠的代孕機構．他們準備在加利福尼亞的圣地亞哥找代孕．
解答 72．D 猜測詞義題．根據(jù)第一段丈夫的話語"My wife couldn't bear another delivery because of her heart condition and her age．Surrogacy heps avoid the risks to older mothers．Moreover，our second child will be born in the US and become a citizen there"可知，他的妻子因為心臟狀況不佳和年齡偏大不能再忍受生育．這對夫婦希望通過美國的代孕媽媽要一個女兒．因此劃線詞是指代孕媽媽．選D．
73．C 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段中"Tang also considered surrogacy in Thailand but dropped the idea after recent reports about a baby with Down Syndrome（唐氏綜合癥）who was delivered through surrogacy and said to have been deserted in Thailand by the biological parents from Australia．"可知，一個患有唐氏綜合癥的試管嬰兒被澳大利亞的親生父母遺棄在泰國．故此題應選C．
74．A 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段中"Surrogacy is still illegal in many countries，including China．"及"We will be taking much higher risks by relying on a surrogate mother in China because we are not protected by any regulation or law．You pay a lot of money but may meet with many problems．"可知，在中國代孕是非法的．他們有可能花了很多錢，卻遇到很多問題，所以他們求助外國的機構．故此題應選A．
75．B 主旨大意題．根據(jù)第三段中的"Tang and his wife are part of an increasing number of Chinese couples who are turning to surrogacy services"可知，唐周夫婦只是越來越多尋求可靠海外代孕機構的中國夫婦之一，從而可推知，越來越多的中國夫婦選擇海外代孕，故選B．
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