北京市海淀区2019届高三下学期期末练习(二模)英语试题 Word版含答案
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32. If you are interested in fashion, which destination should you choose?

A. Sri Lanka. B. Japan. C. Hong Kong. D. Berlin.

33. What can you enjoy in all the three places mentioned?

A. Beautiful beaches. B. Amazing food. C. Fascinating art. D. Cool snowboarding.

34. The main purpose of the passage is to ________.

A. share personal travelling experiences B. offer practical tips on taking adventure

C. present cultures in different countries D. recommend favorable travel destinations

B

  On March 25, 2010, Kate and David heard the words every parent dreads: Their newborn wasn't going to make it. Their twins-a girl and a boy-were born two minutes apart and 14 weeks premature, weighing just over two pounds each. Doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no improvement. His heartbeat was nearly gone, and he'd stopped breathing. The baby had just moments to live.

  "I saw him gasp (喘息), but the doctor said it was no use," Kate told the Daily Mail five years later. "I know it sounds stupid, but if he was still gasping, that was a sign of life. I wasn't going to give up easily."

  Still, the couple knew this was likely a goodbye. In an effort to cherish her last minutes with the tiny boy, Kate asked to hold him.

  "I wanted to meet him, and for him to know us," Kate told Today. "We'd resigned ourselves to the fact that we were going to lose him, and we were just trying to make the most of those last, precious moments."

  Kate unwrapped the boy, whom the couple had already named Jamie, from his hospital blanket and asked David to take his shirt off and join them in bed. The first-time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the skin-to-skin contact would improve his condition. They also talked to him.

  "We were trying to persuade him to stay," Kate told the Daily Mail. "We explained his name and that he had a twin that he had to look out for and how hard we had tried to have him."

  Then something miraculous happened. Jamie gasped again-and then he started breathing. Finally, he reached for his father's finger.

  The couple's lost boy had made it.

  "We're the luckiest people in the world," David told Today.

  Eight years later, Jamie and his sister, Emily, are happy and healthy. The couple only recently told the kids the story of their birth. "Emily burst into tears," Kate said. "She was really upset, and she kept hugging Jamie. This whole experience makes you cherish them more."

35. What can we learn about the newborn babies?

A. The boy's heart had stopped beating.

B. The boy was 2 minutes older than the girl.

C. The twins were born 14 weeks before the due date.

D. The twins were expected to live for only 20 minutes.

36. When the couple knew they would lose the boy, they ________.