SANTO DOMINGO, Domincan Republic ---An infant girl born with a second head bled to death Saturday after complex surgery (外科手术) to remove her partially formed twin , her parents and doctors said.

A medical team completed the 11- hour operation Friday night and said 8-week-old Rebecca Martinez died seven hours later. Doctors had warned after the surgery that the girl would be at great risk of death.

“ We knew this was a very risky surgery , and now we accept what God has decided , “ Rebecca’s father , 29-year-old Frankin Martinez, said at a news conference with his wife. “ Rebecca is no longer with us physically , but no one will forget her.”

Martinez said the family would bury Rebecca in a private funeral later in the day.

The girl lost a lot of blood in the operation, which apparently ( 明显地) caused her to suffer a heart attack , said Dr. Jorge Lazareff , the lead surgeon . Friends and family donated (捐赠) almost 4 gallons of blood for surgeons to use Rebeca’s operation

“This was not a failure or an error ,” Lazareff said . “ When we left here last night the girl was in stable condition. At some point in the middle of the night , she started to bleed.”

Rebecca was born Dec. 10 with the undeveloped head of her twin, an exteremely rare condition known as craniopagus parasticus . Rebecca was the eighth documented case in the world of craniopagus parasiticus, doctors said.

All the other infants documented to have had the condition died before birth , making Rebecca\s surgery the first known operation of its kind.

Without an operation , Rebecca would have barely been able to lift her head at 3 months old. Her doctors said the pressure from the second head would have prevented her brain from developing.

“ We always saw Rebecca without the extra part of her body, ”er father said after her death.

Rebecca was their third child-----along with a 4-year-old boy and a 1-year-old girl.

The underlined word “infant “ most probably means____________________.

A. a disabled child                        

B. a newly-born child

C. a 2-headed child                       

D. a very young child

Rebecca Martinez died ________________________after she went to the operation table.

   A. 8 weeks              B. 11 hours          C. 7 hours          D. 18 hours

Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?

   A. Rebecca died because mistakes happened during the operation

   B. Rebecca most probably died of bleeding

   C. Rebecca was her parents’ third child

   D. Without an operation , Rebecca would have little hope of living

Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

   A. Infant Girl Dies After 2nd Head Removed

   B. Rebecca , Hiciano’s Third Child

   C. The Death of a Gril With two Heads

   D. Rebecca’s Surgery, the First Known Operation

SANTO DOMINGO, Domincan Republic ---An infant girl born with a second head bled to death Saturday after complex surgery (外科手术) to remove her partially formed twin , her parents and doctors said.
A medical team completed the 11- hour operation Friday night and said 8-week-old Rebecca Martinez died seven hours later. Doctors had warned after the surgery that the girl would be at great risk of death.
“ We knew this was a very risky surgery , and now we accept what God has decided , “ Rebecca’s father , 29-year-old Frankin Martinez, said at a news conference with his wife. “ Rebecca is no longer with us physically , but no one will forget her.”
Martinez said the family would bury Rebecca in a private funeral later in the day.
The girl lost a lot of blood in the operation, which apparently ( 明显地) caused her to suffer a heart attack , said Dr. Jorge Lazareff , the lead surgeon . Friends and family donated (捐赠) almost 4 gallons of blood for surgeons to use Rebeca’s operation
“This was not a failure or an error ,” Lazareff said . “ When we left here last night the girl was in stable condition. At some point in the middle of the night , she started to bleed.”
Rebecca was born Dec. 10 with the undeveloped head of her twin, an exteremely rare condition known as craniopagus parasticus . Rebecca was the eighth documented case in the world of craniopagus parasiticus, doctors said.
All the other infants documented to have had the condition died before birth , making Rebecca\s surgery the first known operation of its kind.
Without an operation , Rebecca would have barely been able to lift her head at 3 months old. Her doctors said the pressure from the second head would have prevented her brain from developing.
“ We always saw Rebecca without the extra part of her body, ”er father said after her death.
Rebecca was their third child-----along with a 4-year-old boy and a 1-year-old girl.

1. 1.

   The underlined word “infant “ most probably means____________________.

   1. A.
      a disabled child
   2. B.
      a newly-born child
   3. C.
      a 2-headed child
   4. D.
      a very young child
2. 2.

   Rebecca Martinez died ________________________after she went to the operation table.

   1. A.
      8 weeks
   2. B.
      11 hours
   3. C.
      7 hours
   4. D.
      18 hours
3. 3.

   Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?

   1. A.
      Rebecca died because mistakes happened during the operation
   2. B.
      Rebecca most probably died of bleeding
   3. C.
      Rebecca was her parents’ third child
   4. D.
      Without an operation , Rebecca would have little hope of living
4. 4.

   Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

   1. A.
      Infant Girl Dies After 2nd Head Removed
   2. B.
      Rebecca , Hiciano’s Third Child
   3. C.
      The Death of a Gril With two Heads
   4. D.
      Rebecca’s Surgery, the First Known Operation

Ammie Reddick from East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, was only 18 months old when she had the accident that had scarred（留下创伤） her for life. The curious child reached up to grab the wire of a hot kettle in the family kitchen and poured boiling water over her tiny infant frame.
Her mother Ruby turned round and, seeing Ammie horribly burnt, called an ambulance which rushed her daughter to a nearby hospital. Twenty percent of Ammie’s body had been burned and all of her burns were third-degree. There, using tissue taken from unburned areas of Ammie’s body, doctors performed complex skin transplants to close her wounds and control her injuries, an operation that took about six hours. Over the next 16 years, Ammie underwent 12 more operations to repair her body.
When she started school at Maxwelton Primary at age 4, other pupils made cruel comments or simply wouldn’t play with her. “I was the only burned child in the street, the class and the school,” she recalled, “some children refused to become friends because of that.”
Today, aged 17, Ammie can only ever remember being a burned person with scars; pain is a permanent part of her body. She still has to have two further skin transplants. Yet she is a confident, outgoing teenager who offers inspiration and hope to other young burns victims.
She is a member of the Scottish Burned Children’s Club, a charity set up last year. This month, Ammie will be joining the younger children at the Graffham Water Center in Cambridgeshire for the charity’s first summer camp. “I’ll show them how to get rid of unkind stares from others,” she says. Ammie loves wearing fashionable sleeveless tops, and she plans to show the youngsters at the summer camp that they can too. “I do not go to great lengths to hide my burns scars,” she says, “I gave up wondering how other people would react years ago.”
【小题1】How many operations has Ammie already had?

Ammie Reddick from East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, was only 18 months old when she had the accident that had scarred（留下创伤） her for life. The curious child reached up to grab the wire of a hot kettle in the family kitchen and poured boiling water over her tiny infant frame.

Her mother Ruby turned round and, seeing Ammie horribly burnt, called an ambulance which rushed her daughter to a nearby hospital. Twenty percent of Ammie’s body had been burned and all of her burns were third-degree. There, using tissue taken from unburned areas of Ammie’s body, doctors performed complex skin transplants to close her wounds and control her injuries, an operation that took about six hours. Over the next 16 years, Ammie underwent 12 more operations to repair her body.

When she started school at Maxwelton Primary at age 4, other pupils made cruel comments or simply wouldn’t play with her. “I was the only burned child in the street, the class and the school,” she recalled, “some children refused to become friends because of that.”

Today, aged 17, Ammie can only ever remember being a burned person with scars; pain is a permanent part of her body. She still has to have two further skin transplants. Yet she is a confident, outgoing teenager who offers inspiration and hope to other young burns victims.

She is a member of the Scottish Burned Children’s Club, a charity set up last year. This month, Ammie will be joining the younger children at the Graffham Water Center in Cambridgeshire for the charity’s first summer camp. “I’ll show them how to get rid of unkind stares from others,” she says. Ammie loves wearing fashionable sleeveless tops, and she plans to show the youngsters at the summer camp that they can too. “I do not go to great lengths to hide my burns scars,” she says, “I gave up wondering how other people would react years ago.”

1.How many operations has Ammie already had?

A．Twelve           B．Thirteen          C．fourteen          D．Fifteen

2.What did other children do when Ammie first went to school?

A．They were friendly to her.                 B．They showed sympathy to her.

C．They were afraid of her.                  D．They looked down upon her.

3.Ammie will teach the younger children at the Graffham Water Center to___________.

A．face others’ unkindness bravely          B．hide their scars by proper dressing

C．live a normal life                        D．recover quickly

4.Which of the following words can’t properly describe Ammie?

A．Courageous        B．Confident         C．sensitive          D．Outgoing

5.What can be the best title of the passage?

A．A Seriously Burned Girl Survives            B．Ways to Get Rid of Unkind Stares

C．Permanent Scars And Pain For a Girl         D．A seriously burned angel of Hope

Ammie Reddick from East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, was only 18 months old when she had the accident that had scarred（留下创伤） her for life. The curious child reached up to grab the wire of a hot kettle in the family kitchen and poured boiling water over her tiny infant frame.

Her mother Ruby turned round and, seeing Ammie horribly burnt, called an ambulance which rushed her daughter to a nearby hospital. Twenty percent of Ammie’s body had been burned and all of her burns were third-degree. There, using tissue taken from unburned areas of Ammie’s body, surgeons（外科医生）performed complex skin grafts（移植） to close her wounds and control her injuries, an operation that took about six hours. Over the next 16 years, Ammie underwent 12 more operations to repair her body.

When she started school at Maxwelton Primary at age 4, other pupils made cruel comments or simply wouldn’t play with her. “ I was the only burned child in the street, the class and the school,” she recalled, “some children refused to become friends because of that.”

Today, age 17, Ammie can only ever remember being a burned person with scars; pain is a permanent part of her body. She still has to have two further skin grafts. Yet she is a confident, outgoing teenager who offers inspiration and hope to other young burns victims.

She is a member of the Scottish Burned Chindren’s Club, a charity set up last year. This month, Ammie will be joining the younger children at the Graffham Water Center in Cambridgeshire for the charity’s first summer camp. “I’ll show them how to shrug off unkind stares from others,” she says. Ammie loves wearing fashionable sleeveless tops, and she plans to show the youngsters at the summer camp that they can too. “I do not go to great lengths to hide my burns scars,” she says, “I gave up wondering how other people would react years ago.”

1.What would be the best title of the passage?

A. Angel of Hope 　　　 　　　　　　 B. A seriously burned girl survives

C. Permanent scars and pain for a girl　　　 D. Shrug off unkind stares

2. How many operations has Ammie already had?

　 A. One　　　 B. Twelve　　　 C. Thirteen　　　 D. Fifteen

58. What did other children do when Ammie first went to school?

　 A. They were friendly to her 　　 　 B. They laughed at her

　 C. They were cruel to her 　　　　 D. They were afraid of her

3. Ammie will teach the younger children at the Graffham Water Center to ____.

　 A. hide their scars by proper dressing　 B. face others’ unkindness bravely

　 C. recover quickly 　　　　　　　　　 D. live a normal life

4. Which of the following words is not proper to describe Ammie?

　 A. Confident　　 B. Outgoing　　　 C. Optimistic　　 D. Fashionable