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【题目】A sick little girl is being kept alive thanks to her best friend — a dog who carries her oxygen tank on his back. Alida’s faithful dog companion Mr Gibbs has been specially trained to shepherd the three-year-old, who breathes through a tube most of the time. He follows her closely as she plays in her family’s ten-acre land in Louisville, uses the slide or even rides her bike.

Alida was diagnosed with neuroendocrine hyperplasia of infancy（NEHI）when she was just eight months old. Her rare condition has just eight hundred documented sufferers throughout the world, and causes diseased pieces of the lungs to filter oxygen through extra layers of cells, making it hard or almost impossible to breathe. For Alida and her parents, it meant that even a walk in the park was very difficult because oxygen equipment was too heavy for the youngster to be able to carry herself. As parents, they wanted to do something to help their daughter survive despite having a tube following her all the time._____found out about “service dogs” from a TV program and realized an animal trained to help the blind could be trained to help Alida. They finally found help in the shape of golden doodle—a retriever crossed with a poodle-dog Mr Gibbs. Now thanks to trainer Ashleigh Kinsley—Alida and Mr Gibbs love nothing more than playing and running around together with the dog acting as Alida’s life saver.

【1】What is Mr Gibbs?

A. A pet dog.

B. A policeman.

C. A doctor.

D. A firefighter.

【2】When did the doctor know Alida caught the disease?

A. At her birth.

B. At the age of eight.

C. Before she was one year old.

D. When she was three years old.

【3】The underlined part “the couple” in paragraph 3 refers to _______.

A. Alida’s classmates

B. Alida’s parents

C. Alida’s doctors

D. Alida’s pets

【4】How did Alida keep alive?

A. By training her dog.

B. By staying with her parents.

C. By playing with her fellows.

D. By breathing through a tube.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

【1】根据第二段中句子：Alida’s faithful dog companion Mr Gibbs has been specially trained to shepherd the three-year-old, who breathes through a tube most of the time.可知Mr Gibbs就是Alida的小狗。

【2】根据第二段第一句话可知答案：Alida was diagnosed with neuroendocrine hyperplasia of infancy（NEHI）when she was just eight months old.她八个月时被诊断患有疾病，也就是在一岁前。故C正确。

【3】根据上文，非常明显指的是Alida的父母。

【4】根据第一段第二句话：Alida’s faithful dog companion Mr Gibbs has been specially trained to shepherd the three-year-old, who breathes through a tube most of the time.可知Alida就是通过管子呼吸，故答案选D。