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Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her threeyear old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby.They found out that it was going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael __1__to his sister in Mommy's tummy(肚子)．He was building a bond of love with his little sister before he even met her.
The pregnancy progressed__2__for Karen.In time, the labor pains came.Soon it was every five minutes ...every minute.But something serious__3__ during delivery.Finally, Michael's little sister was born.But she was in serious __4__ .With siren(警报) howling in the night, the ambulance__5____the infant(婴儿) to the Intensive Care unit at St.Mary's Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee.
__6__inched by.The little girl got worse.The doctors told the parents, “There is very little hope.” Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery (墓地) about a burial plot.They had __7__ a special room in their home for the new baby － now they planned a funeral.
After two weeks in Intensive Care, it looked as if a funeral would come __8__ the week was over.Michael, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister, “I want to sing to her，” he said.Kids were never__9__in Intensive Care.But Karen made up her mind to take Michael __10__they liked it or not.If he didn't see his sister now, he may never see her alive.
She__11__him in an oversized suit and __12__him into ICU.He looked like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse__13__ him as a child, “Get that kid out of here now！” The mother rose up strong in Karen, and the usually __14__lady glared steeleyed right into the head nurse's face, saying in a__15__tone of voice, “He is not leaving until he sings to his sister！”Karen towed Michael to his sister's bedside.He gazed at the tiny baby __16__ the battle to live.And he began to sing.__17__ the pure hearted voice of a 3yearold, Michael sang：
“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey...”__18__ the baby girl responded. The pulse rate began to __19__down and became steady.
“Keep on singing, Michael.” encouraged Karen.“You never know, dear, how much I love you.Please don't take my sunshine away...”As Michael sang to his sister, the baby's breath became as smooth as a kitten's purr.
“Keep on singing, Michael.” “The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping...” Michael's little sister relaxed as rest, healing rest, seemed to sweep over her.
Funeral plans were __20__ .The next day — the very next day — the little girl was well enough to go home!
The medical staff just called it a miracle.Karen called it a miracle of God's love!
解题导语：本文通过一个奇怪的故事告知人们：永久不要轻易放弃你爱的人，你的爱会赐予他们无穷的力气。
1．A.talked B．sang C．played D．whispered
解析：依据下文“I want to sing to her”可知选B。
答案：B
2．A.quietly B．peacefully
C．hopefully D．normally
解析：quietly“安静地”；peacefully“安静地”；hopefully “怀有期望地”；normally“正常地”。依据下文可知凯伦的怀孕过程很正常，故选D。
答案：D
3．A.arose B．raised C．rose D．aroused
解析：arise为不及物动词，“毁灭，产生”；rise为不及物动词，“升起， 上升”；raise 为及物动词，“举起， 饲养”。arouse“唤醒，鼓舞”。依据下文新生儿状况不好可知，分娩过程中产生了并发症。故选A。
答案：A
4．A.situation B．place
C．condition D．position
解析：condition一般指个体的状况；situation指整体状况。这里指的是婴儿个人的状况。故选C。
答案：C
5．A.took B．sent C．carried D．rushed
解析：结合上文抢救车响起警报可知，应选rushed“冲进”更符合语境。
答案：D
6．A.The years B．The months
C．The weeks D．The days
解析：句意：日子一每天过去，小女孩变得更加严峻了。
答案：D
7．A.fixed up B．made up
C．built up D．set up
解析：fix sth. up “把……预备好”。
答案：A
8．A.until B．before C．after D．when
解析：依据上文小女孩的状况一天比一天差可知，此处指看起来在本周结束前就要进行葬礼。
答案：B
9．A.asked B．allowed C．admitted D．acquired
解析：依据常识可知，重症护理室一般是不许小孩进去的。 admit“同意进入，允许进入”，常与to连用；allow泛指一般的同意、允许。故选B。
答案：B
10．A.no matter B．even if
C．whether D．as if
解析：whether “是否”， 常和or not连用。
答案：C
11．A.put B．dressed C．wore D．fit
解析：dress sb.“给……穿衣”。
答案：B
12．A.marched B．forced C．hid D．followed
解析：依据文意可知，此处是指进入重症护理病房。march
“使……前进”。
答案：A
13．A.required B．replied
C．recognized D．regarded
解析：依据下文“Get that kid out of here now！”可知护士长认出了他是一个孩子。
答案：C
14．A.warmhearted B．wellmanaged
C．mildmannered D．coldblooded
解析：依据本句的“glared steel eyed right into the head nurse's face”及此处的对比意味可知选mildmannered“温存的”。句意：这位一向温文尔雅的女士狠狠地盯住护士长的脸。
答案：C
15．A.firm B．strong C．hard D．tough
解析：firm“坚固的，坚决的”。句意：凯伦用坚决的声音说道。
答案：A
16．A.losing B．lost
C．to lose D．having lost
解析：此处用现在分词作宾补， 表示正在发生的动作。
答案：A
17．A.In B．On C．At D．With
解析：句意：米歇尔用一个3岁孩子纯洁的声音唱道。in a．.. voice“用一种……的声音”。
答案：A
18．A.Finally B．Instantly
C．Patiently D．Interestingly
解析：依据下文小女孩的反应可知应选B。
答案：B
19．A.calm B．quiet C．slow D．fast
解析：calm“安静的”，一般指心情、动作等。句意：脉搏变得安静而稳定了。其他三项不符合语境。
答案：A
20．A.erased B．scratched
C．abandoned D．switched
解析：erase“擦除”；scratch“抓伤”；abandon“抛弃，取消”；switch“开关”。此处指葬礼取消了，故选C。
答案：C
七选五
Using a Mobile Phone to Improve Mother and Child Health
People around the world are working to expand the uses for mobile technology in health care.
In the world, there are six billion mobile phone users in a population of seven billion people.
__21__Africa has widespread adoption.Three or four years ago the penetration rates were 20 percent or 30 percent, and now they're getting upwards of 60 percent in some countries.
__22__Earlier research has been to look at mobile technologies and HIV and AIDS.And so we have some great evidence on the effectiveness of mobiles.
During the first week of December, 2022, more than 4，000 people from 50 countries met for the fourth annual mHealth Summit.It brought together experts from what the organizers call the mHealth ecosystem.
In 2011 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton started a public/private partnership called the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action, or MAMA.There are about 800 women a day and about three million babies a year die from pregnancy and childbirthrelated causes.__23__The messages cover pregnancy and the first year of a baby's life.These health messages may also be sent to a pregnant woman's husband and motherin law.__24__
Messages can be text or voicemail.You can have a pregnant woman in Bangladesh registered into a system that provides messages that help her know what to do and when to do certain things.
Simple text messages can be important sources of information to people without Internet access.__25__ They have to be able to read through thousands of entries that come back to them on Google, for example, and then figure out what that information means to them.And that's not something that someone in a poor and uneducated kind of situation can do.
A．They have no access to the relevant information.
B．That way they too can understand what needs to be done.
C．Millions of messages about baby care are received every day.
D．A lot of work has been done to use mobile technology for health.
E．And the most rapidly growing markets are those in developing countries.
F．The program sends messages to women to educate them about their health.
G．Besides, online users may sometimes not understand all the information available.
答案：21～25 EDFBG
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