When Christie Andrews was born, she weighed less that half of one kilogram. Her heart was the size of a large coin. Her mother said Christie was so small that she could hold her in the palm of one hand.
Christie couldn’t breathe without a machine to give her oxygen. If she had been born 20 years earlier, she would probably have died at once. She needed two operations, but she survived without serious damage.
Twenty years ago , 90% of all premature(早产) babies died. Today, doctors manage to save four out of every five, because they have better machines for breathing and better ways to feed the babies.
But saving Christie’s life cost more than $ 400,000. In some cases, doctors spend 1 million dollars saving a single child. The parents usually don’t have enough money to pay. The government, an insurance company or the hospital picks up the bill. Even after a baby goes home from the hospital, it may require medical care.
Some people think it makes more sense to spend money saving 10 adults who have cancer or other diseases than saving one small baby. But nobody wants to be the doctor who has to tell parents to their faces, “Sorry, I won’t save your new child.”
Parents don’t pay their babies’ hospital bills because .
| A．they don’t have enough money |
| B．they would rather save cancer patients |
| C．doctors don’t care if the babies die |
| D．it makes more sense to have a bigger baby |
The true cost of saving a baby may be even more than 1 million because .
| A．oxygen machine are expensive |
| B．the baby may require medical care after it leaves the hospital |
| C．doctors always charge more than they should |
| D．four out of five premature babies can now be saved |
From the story we know that saving a cancer patient .
| A．is easier than saving a baby |
| B．is harder than saving a baby |
| C．is cheaper than saving a baby |
| D．is more common than saving a baby |
The main idea of the article is .
| A．doctors must never decide whether to save babies or cancer patients |
| B．doctors are able to save premature babies, but the cost is very high |
| C．having a premature baby was cheaper and safer 20 years ago |
| D．Christie survived because the hospital paid her bills |
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| Sunshine Apartment |
Seaview |
Diamond House |
| $98,000 |
$132,000 |
$110,000 |
| Built in 1967 |
Built in 1984 |
Built in 1997 |
| bedroom, living room kitchen, 2 bathrooms |
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms kitchen, 2 dining rooms |
2 bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, living room |
| a small garage |
a big beautiful garden |
a garden and a garage |
| 9 km from the city center |
23 km from the city center |
in the city center |
Diamond House was built ___________.
| A．nearly twenty years ago |
| B．hundreds of years ago |
| C．in 1984 |
| D．about ten years ago |
Seaview is __________ more expensive than Sunshine Apartment.
| A．thirty-four thousand dollars |
| B．twelve thousand dollars |
| C．five thousand dollars |
| D．twenty-two thousand dollars |
Which of the following is true？
| A．Seaview has got 3 bedrooms and two kitchens. |
| B．Diamond House has got a garden and a garage. |
| C．Diamond House is cheaper than Sunshine Apartment. |
| D．Sunshine Apartment has got a small garden. |
If you like doing shopping in the city center every day， you’d better buy ___________.
| A．Seaview | B．Sunshine Apartment |
| C．Diamond House | D．None of them |
Where can you probably read this passage？
| A．In a nature magazine | B．In a storybook |
| C．In the business newspaper. | D．In a science book. |
A young American doctor was sleeping when suddenly his doorbell began to ring.It was already midnight， but what could the doctor do? He had to get up， put on his coat and go downstairs.When he opened the door， he saw a man standing with a hat in his hand.” How do you do?” said the man.“ can you come at once to a place out of town? It’s quite far but you have a car and I can show you the way.”
“Certainly，” said the doctor.“I’m quite ready.I can come at once.” After a few minutes， the car was ready at the front door.The man got into the doctor’s car and they drove off.They drove on for a long time.Then the man said， “ Here we are.This is my home.Now I can pay you and you can go back to the town.”
“ I must see the patient.How can I go back without seeing the patient?”
“ There is no patient，” explained the man. “Nobody is ill.I live here， you see ，and one must get home from a town， mustn’t he? There are no taxis this time of the night， but a doctor often makes night calls， so excuse me.Here is the money.Thank you， doctor.Good night.”
根据短文内容回答问题What was the doctor doing when the doorbell started to ring?
___________________________________________________What did the man ask the doctor to do?
___________________________________________________How did they go away?
___________________________________________________What does the underlined words “ make night calls” mean in Chinese?
___________________________________________________Was the doctor very happy to get some money?
___________________________________________________
Chores were not popular at my house.My children didn’t like to do chores.They always saw me do
chores， but they hardly ever helped me do them.
A year ago， I made a game called “The Endless Chore Game”.It’s really great.Here’s how the game works.
I made a card with forty squares (方框 ) and I write a different chore on each square.These chores can be easy and interesting like making dessert.Then my family roll the dice 骰子 to decide what chores we have to do.The card also has a few squares with fun things， like watching TV and singing.If you are lucky， you can watch TV when the others are doing the chores.
My son likes the game very much.He goes to the kitchen happily every morning to do the game.It is really a good way to make my children do chores.You can have a try if you have the same problem with me.The writer’s family began to do the game ________ago.
| A．one year | B．one month |
| C．two years | D．two months |
What do you need to do "The Endless Chore Game"?
| A．card. | B．A dice. |
| C．A card and a dice. | D．A card and forty dice. |
When does the writer’s family do the game?
| A．In the morning. | B．In the afternoon. |
| C．In the evening. | D．We don’t know. |
We can learn from the passage that _____.
| A．the writer only has one child |
| B．everyone in the writer’s family likes playing the game |
| C．the writer wrote this passage to the parents |
| D．everyone in the writer’s family has to do the chores every day |
The writer made this game to _________.
| A．do less chores |
| B．tell us an interesting game |
| C．make her children happy |
| D．make her children do chores |
Rose has four cousins.They are Ann， Betty， Peter and Bill.Pose is the oldest of them.Betty is thirteen years old.She is two years younger than Pose and one year older than Peter.Bill is nine.Ann， the youngest is seven.
Betty and Peter are good at running.But Peter runs faster.Pose and Ann like to play basketball.Rose plays better than Ann.Bill is the best singer of them five.Rose an Betty study in a middle school.Ann， Peter and Bill study in a primary school.These five children all work hard at their lessons.But Betty works the hardest.Rose is ________ years older than Peter.
| A．two | B．three | C．six | D．eight |
Peter is ________ years old
| A．nine | B．twelve | C．thirteen | D．fifteen |
Who runs the fastest of them?
| A．Ann | B．Rose | C．Peter | D．All of them |
Who is the best singer?
| A．Ann | B．Rose | C．Bill | D．Peter |
Who are middle school student?
| A．All of them | B．None of them |
| C．Rose and Betty | D．Bill， Peter and Ann. |
Hello! My name is Joy. I’m a girl. I’m eleven. I’m in Class Eight, Grade Seven. This is my friend, Joan. She is twelve. She is in a high school. She is in Class Seven, Grade Eight. My English teacher is Miss White, but her English teacher is Miss Green. Look！Who’s that? Oh, she’s my mom. She’s a Chinese(语文, 中文) teacher.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。____ is in Class Eight, Grade Seven.
| A．Joan | B．John | C．Joy | D．Joe |
Joan is Joy’s (乔伊的)____.
| A．teacher | B．friend | C．student (学生) | D．mom |
Joan is ____.
| A．eleven | B．twelve | C．thirteen | D．fourteen |
Joy’s English teacher is ____.
| A．Miss White | B．Miss Green |
| C．Joy’s mom | D．Joan |
Joy’s mother is ____.
| A．an English teacher | B．a friend |
| C．a student | D．a Chinese teacher |