A mother from Colorado who doctors said had died while giving birth to her son, has said it is a Christmas miracle that both she and the boy are alive.
Tracey Hermanstorfer's heart stopped beating and her son Coltyn appeared lifeless after the Caesarean(剖腹產(chǎn)術(shù))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(硬腦膜外麻醉)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 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.”
【小題1】The story happened on________.

A．December, 24 B．December, 25 C．December, 31 D．January, 1 
【小題2】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. 
【小題3】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(chǎn)cfdbe 
B．fcadbe 
C．eacbfd 
D．eabcfd 
【小題4】What feelings did Mr Hermanstorfer experience during the incident?
A．Sad and delighted. B．Disappointed and depressed. 
C．Sad and angry. D．Touched and regrettable. 
【小題5】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. 


【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】A
【小題5】B

解析本文為記敘文。美國的一位產(chǎn)婦在分娩時(shí)可能突發(fā)心臟病，心臟停止了跳動(dòng)。但在產(chǎn)下一個(gè)無生命跡象的男嬰后，母子卻奇跡般地死而復(fù)生。
【小題1】答案：A　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Tracey Hermanstorfer's heart stopped beating and her son Coltyn appeared lifeless after the Caesarean(剖腹產(chǎn)術(shù))section on Christmas Eve.”可知，故事發(fā)生在圣誕節(jié)前夕，即12月24日。
【小題2】答案：D　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“She stopped breathing and she is believed to have suffered a heart attack before her heart stopped beating entirely.”可知，在她的心臟停止跳動(dòng)之前Tracey Hermanstorfer可能心臟病突發(fā)。
【小題3】答案：C　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。要求對(duì)事件排序，可采用首尾定位法。第一個(gè)事件是receiving an epidural，最后一個(gè)事件是coming back to life。故排除A項(xiàng)和B項(xiàng)。根據(jù)had stopped breathing a minute or two prior to her heart stopping可知stopping breathing發(fā)生在前，故答案為C。
【小題4】答案：A　推斷題。根據(jù)“I had everything in the world taken from me, and in an hour and a half I had everything given to me.”可以判斷Mr Hermanstorfer 經(jīng)歷了“先悲后喜”的情感體驗(yàn)。
【小題5】答案：B　根據(jù)第二段相關(guān)內(nèi)容“...she could not explain how the pair survived.”以及第六段第一句話“Dr Martin said she did not have a ‘great explanation’ for why Mrs Hermanstorfer's heartbeat returned.”等信息可知，Martin醫(yī)生對(duì)這位產(chǎn)婦的“死而復(fù)生”感到“困惑”。

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