Some say every day miracles are predestined (注定的)---- All that’s necessary is readiness, the right circumstance for the appointed meeting. And it can happen anywhere.  
In 1999, 11-year-old Kevin Stephan was a bat boy for his younger brother's Little League team in Lancaster, New York. It was an early evening in late July. Kevin was standing on the grass away from the plate, where another youngster was warming up for the next game. Swinging his bat back and forth, and giving it all the power an elementary school kid could give, the boy brought the bat back hard and hit Kevin in the chest. His heart stopped.  
When Kevin fell to the ground, the mother of one of the players rushed out of the stands to his aid. Penny Brown hadn't planned to be there that day, but at the last minute,she had changed  her shift (輪班) at the hospital, and she was given the night off. Penny bent over the senseless boy, his face already starting to turn blue, and giving CPR, breathing into his mouth and giving chest compressions (按壓). And he came to life.
After his recovery, he became a volunteer junior firefighter, learning some of the emergency first-aid techniques that had saved his life. He studied hard in school and was saving money for college by working as a dishwasher in a local restaurant in his spare time.
Kevin, now 17, was working in the kitchen when he heard people screaming, customers in confusion, employees rushing toward a table. He hurried into the main room and saw a woman there, her face turning blue, her hands at her throat. She was choking .
Quickly Kevin stepped behind her, wrapped his arms around her and clasped his hands. Then, using skills he'd first learned in Scouts, the food that was trapped in the woman's throat was freed. The color began to return to her face.
“The food was stuck. I couldn't breathe,” she said. She thought she was dying. “I was very frightened.”
Who was the woman?
Penny Brown.
小題1:Kevin Stephan fell to the ground and fainted probably because ________.
A．he stood close to the boy who was swinging his bat
B．he suffered from heart attack all of a sudden
C．he was too excited when watching the game
D．he swung the bat too hard to keep his balance
小題2:Which of the following statements is True of Kevin Stephan?
A．He was hit on the face by a boy and almost lost his life.
B．He was a volunteer junior firefighter, teaching the players first-aid skills.
C．He worked part-time in a local restaurant to save money for college.
D．He saved Penny Brown though he didn’t really know how to deal with food choke
小題3:Why did Penny Brown change her shift and was given the night off that night?
A．She was there to give her son directions.
B．She volunteered to give medical services.
C．She was a little worried about her son’s safety.
D．She came to watch her son’s game and cheered him .

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D

試題分析：文章講述了一個男孩Kevin Stephan被一個婦女Penny Brown救了，而當(dāng)他長大的時候，他也救了這個婦女，說明人生注定會有輪回的。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：可知是因為靠揮球拍的男孩太近了。選A
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第四段的句子：He studied hard in school and was saving money for college by working as a dishwasher in a local restaurant in his spare time. 可知選C
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第三段：Penny Brown hadn't planned to be there that day, but at the last minute,she had changed  her shift (輪班) at the hospital, and she was given the night off.可知選D
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D．How J．Paul Getty became rich．
小題2:The underlined word "detrimental" in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to "_         "．
A．harmfulB．interestingC．positiveD．demanding
小題3:J．Paul Getty's marriage that lasted for the longest time was with _         ．
A．AnnB．AdolphineC．AlleneD．Louise
小題4:At the end of his life, what J．Paul Getty cares about most is the success in              ．
A．businessB．politicsC．marriageD．education
小題5:What is the author's conclusion from the passage?
A．Young people should focus an career - building．
B．The strongest relationships between people won't be damaged．
C．We should attend to the needs in relationships．
D．Successful people don't care about relationships with others．

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