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Tracey Hermanstorfer's heart stopped beating and her son Coltyn appeared lifeless after the Caesarean(剖腹产术)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(硬脑膜外麻醉)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（严酷的） 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】

试题分析：本文为记叙文。美国的一位产妇在分娩时可能突发心脏病，心脏停止了跳动。但在产下一个无生命迹象的男婴后，母子却奇迹般的死而复生。

1.小题1】细节理解题。根据 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，她被认为他的心脏完全停止调动以前他遭受了心脏病。可知，在她的心脏停止跳动之前Tracey Hermanstorfer可能心脏病突发。故选D

2.小题2】细节理解题。要求对事件排序，可采用手为定位法。第一个事件是，receiving an epidural，最后一个事件是bring the baby back to life。故排除A项和B项。根据had stopped breathing a minute or two prior to her heart stopping可知stopping breathing发生在前。故选C

3.小题3】推理判断题。根据第二段相关内容“…she could not explain how the pair survived.”她无法解释是怎样幸存的。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对Hermanstorfer的心脏跳动恢复没有一个很好的解释。从这些信息可知，Martin 医生对这位产妇的死而复生感到困惑。故选B

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