The Parents’ Lifesaving Touch
On March 25, 2010, Kate and David heard the words every parent feels frightened of: Their newborn wasn’t going to make it. Their twins—a girl and a boy—were born two minutes apart and 14 weeks premature(早产的), ___1___ just over two pounds each. Doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no ___2___. His heartbeat was nearly gone, and he’d stopped breathing. The baby had just minutes to ___3___.
“I saw him gasp(喘息) weakly, but the doctor said it was no ___4___,” Kate told the Daily Mail five years later. “I know it sounds stupid, ___5___ if he was still gasping, that was a sign of life. I wasn’t going to give up ___6___.”
In an effort to cherish(珍惜) her last moments with the tiny boy, Kate asked to ___7___ him. The couple knew this was likely a ___8___.
Kate removed the hospital blanket ___9___ the boy, whom the couple had already ___10___ Jamie, and ordered David to take his shirt off and ___11___ her and the boy in bed. The first-time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible in their arms and hoped the skin-to-skin contact would improve his ___12___. They also talked to him.
“We were trying to entice(说服) him to stay,” Kate told the Daily Mail. “We explained his name and ___13___ he had a twin who he had to look out for and how hard we had tried to ___14___ him.”
Then something completely ___15___ happened. Jamie started ___16___ again. Finally, he reached for his father’s finger.
The couple’s lost boy had made it.
“We’re the ___17___ people in the world,” David said.
Eight years later, Jamie and his sister, Emily, are happy and ___18___. The parents only recently told the kids the story of their ___19___. “Emily burst into tears,” Kate told the Daily Mail. “She was really upset, and she kept hugging Jamie. This whole ___20___ makes you cherish them more.”
1. A. losing B. measuring C. weighing D. showing
2. A. appreciation B. improvement C. prediction D. agreement
3. A. live B. play C. grow D. think
4. A. harm B. trouble C. wonder D. use
5. A. but B. or C. and D. for
6. A. gradually B. peacefully C. hardly D. easily
7. A. cover B. hold C. cure D. wash
8. A. risk B. party C. goodbye D. tradition
9. A. around B. to C. beside D. against
10. A. promised B. kept C. awarded D. named
11. A. join B. place C. feed D. hide
12. A. appearance B. condition C. memory D. skill
13. A. why B. when C. that D. if
14. A. protect B. raise C. teach D. save
15. A. unbelievable B. unfamiliar C. natural D. acceptable
16. A. waving B. speaking C. smiling D. breathing
17. A. kindest B. luckiest C. bravest D. cleverest
18. A. free B. relaxed C. healthy D. confident
19. A. birth B. adventure C. growth D. education
20. A. project B. experiment C. progress D. experience
【答案】1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. D 11. A 12. B 13. C 14. D 15. A 16. D 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. D
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。记叙了一对双胞胎出生时，医生告诉他们的父母男孩难以存活，只有几分钟的时间了。而男孩的父母并没有放弃，并在最后抱了他，结果男孩奇迹般地重新开始呼吸，并幸存了下来的故事。
【1题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们的双胞胎——一个女孩和一个男孩——出生时相隔两分钟，早产了14周，每个人的体重刚刚超过两磅。A. losing失去；B. measuring测量；C. weighing称重；D. showing展示。根据下文over two pounds each可知是在“称重”，故选C。
【2题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：医生们试图挽救这个男孩20分钟，但没有看到任何好转。A. appreciation欣赏；B. improvement改进；好转；C. prediction预测；D. agreement同意。根据下文His heartbeat was nearly gone可知男孩的情况没有好转，故选B。
【3题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：婴儿只有几分钟的生命了。A. live生活；存活；B. play玩耍；C. grow生长；D. think思考。根据上文可知男孩的情况没有好转，因此只能存活几分钟的时间了。故选A。
【4题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：五年后，凯特在接受《每日邮报》采访时表示:“我看到他虚弱地倒抽了一口冷气，但医生说没有用。”A. harm损害；B. trouble麻烦；C. wonder奇迹；D. use用处。短语no use“没用的；于事无补”，故选D。
【5题详解】
考查连词辨析。句意：我知道这听起来很蠢，但如果他还在喘气，那就是生命的迹象。A. but但是；B. or或者；C. and并且；D. for为了；因为。虽然医生已经放弃了这个孩子，但是Kate仍然认为孩子还是有生命迹象的。上下文为转折关系，故选A。
6题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：我不会轻易放弃的。A. gradually逐渐地；B. peacefully和平地；C. hardly几乎不；D. easily容易地。根据上文可知Kate认为孩子还有生命迹象，因此不会轻易放弃。故选D。
【7题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：为了珍惜和小男孩在一起的最后时光，Kate要求抱着他。A. cover覆盖；B. hold握住；抱着；C. cure治愈；D. wash洗。因为是婴儿因此是“抱着”故选B。
【8题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这对夫妇知道这可能是告别。A. risk风险；B. party聚会；C. goodbye再见；D. tradition传统。因为医生已经说孩子不能存活，因此这就像是在说再见，告别一样。故选C。
【9题详解】
考查介词搭配。句意：Kate取下裹在男孩身上的医院毯子。A. around围绕；包裹；B. to向；C. beside在旁边；D. against反对。毯子包裹着男婴，故选A。
【10题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：Kate把盖在男孩身上的医院毯子拿开，这对夫妇已经给男孩取名为Jamie，让David脱掉衬衫，和她一起躺在床上。A. promised承诺；B. kept保持；C. awarded奖励；D. named命名。根据下文Jamie可知是给男孩取名，故选D。
【11题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：Kate把盖在男孩身上的医院毯子拿开，这对夫妇已经给男孩取名为Jamie，让David脱掉衬衫，和她一起躺在床上。A. join加入；B. place放置；C. feed喂养；D. hide隐藏。短语join sb.“加入某人；和某人一起”，故选A。
【12题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：第一次做父母他们希望他们的儿子在他们的怀抱里尽可能地温暖，并希望这种肌肤接触能改善他的状况。A. appearance外貌；B. condition条件；状况；C. memory记忆；D. skill技能。根据句意可知选B。
【13题详解】
考查连接词辨析。句意：我们解释了他的名字，他有一个双胞胎，他必须照顾她，我们曾多么努力地试图救他。A. why为什么；B. when什么时候；C. that那个；D. if如果。本句为宾语从句，从句中不缺少成分，故用that，故选C。
【14题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们解释了他的名字，他有一个双胞胎，他必须照顾她，我们曾多么努力地试图救他。A. protect保护；B. raise上升；C. teach教；D. save拯救。这么做的目的是为了拯救男孩。故选D。
【15题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然后发生了一件完全不可思议的事情。A. unbelievable难以置信的；B. unfamiliar不熟悉的；C. natural自然的；D. acceptable可接受的。根据下文可知Jamie又开始呼吸了，这是难以置信的。故选A。
【16题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：Jamie又开始呼吸了。A. waving挥动；B. speaking说话；C. smiling微笑；D. breathing呼吸。根据上文he’d stopped breathing可知是又开始呼吸了，故选D。
【17题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：“我们是世界上最幸运的人，”大卫说。A. kindest最亲切的；B. luckiest最幸运的；C. bravest最勇敢的；D. cleverest最聪明的。根据句意故选B。
【18题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：八年后，杰米和他 妹妹艾米丽都很健康快乐。A. free自由的；B. relaxed放松的；C. healthy健康的；D. confident自信的。根据上文eight years later可知Jamie存活了八年，一直很健康，故选C。
【19题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这对父母最近才告诉孩子们他们出生的故事。A. birth出生；B. adventure冒险；C. growth生长；D. education教育。事情发生在他们刚出生的时候，故选A。
【20题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这整个经历让你更加珍惜他们。A. project项目；B. experiment实验；C. progress进步；D. experience经历。根据句意故选D。
