AnAustralianmanwhohasbeendonating(捐献)hisextremelyrarekindofblood(血液)for56yearshassavedthelivesofmorethantwomillionbabies.JamesHarrisonhasanantibody(抗体)inhisplasma(血浆)thatsto
An Australian man who has been donating(捐献) his extremely rare kind of blood(血液) for 56 years has saved the lives of more than two million babies.
James Harrison has an antibody(抗体) in his plasma(血浆) that stops babies dying from Rhesus disease a form of severe anaemia(贫血). He has enabled countless mothers to give birth to healthy babies including his own daughter Tracey who had a healthy son thanks to her father's blood.
He was also nicknamed the “man with the golden arm” or the “man in two million ”. He said “I've never thought about stopping. Never!” He made a pledge to be a donor aged 14 after undergoing major chest surgery in which he needed 13 liters of blood. “I was in hospital for three months ” he said. “The blood I received saved my life so I made a pledge to give blood when I was 18.”
Just after he started donating he was found to have the rare(稀有的) and life-saving antibody in his blood. At the time thousands of babies in Australia were dying each year of Rhesus disease. Other newborns suffered permanent(永久的) brain damage because of the condition. The disease creates an incompatibility between the mother's blood and her unborn baby's blood . It stems from one having Rh-positive(阳性) blood and the other Rh-negative(阴性).
His blood has since led to the development of a vaccine called Anti-D. After his blood type was discovered Mr. Harrison volunteered to undergo a series of tests to help develop the Anti-D vaccine. “They insured me for a million dollars so I knew my wife Barbara would be taken care of ” he said. “I wasn't scared. I was glad to help. I had to sign every form going and basically sign my life away.”
Mr. Harrison is Rh-negative and was given injections of Rh-positive blood. It was found his plasma could treat the condition and since then it has been given to hundreds of thousands of women. It has also been given to babies after they are born to stop them developing the disease.
It is estimated he has helped save 2.2 million babies so far. Mr. Harrison is still donating every few weeks now.
50. How old is James Harrison?
A. 74 B. 70. C. 56 D. 78
51. What does the underlined phrase “two million” refer to?
A. mothers B. babies C. dollars D. blood
52. Why did James decide to donate his blood? Because _____.
A. his daughter asked him to help her son B. he has a golden arm worth a million dollars
C. a vaccine called Anti-D is to be developed D. someone else’s blood saved his life
53. The sentence “The disease creates an incompatibility between the mother's blood and her unborn baby's blood” (underlined in Paragraph 5) suggests that _____.
A. the mother and the baby have different types of blood
B. babies suffer permanent brain damage before born
C. Rhesus disease contributes to permanent brain damage
D. all the patients have a rare antibody in their blood
54. What can we infer from the sixth paragraph?
A. His wife Barbara needed to be taken care of badly then.
B. Mr. Harrison was not glad to help develop a new vaccine.
C. Some of the tests to develop the vaccine are dangerous.
D. His blood type was accidentally discovered after tests.
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