SANTODOMINGODomincanRepublic---AninfantgirlbornwithasecondheadbledtodeathSaturdayaftercomplexsurgery(外科手术)toremoveherpartiallyformedtwinherparentsanddoctorssaid.Amedicalteamcompletedthe11-hou

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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

Answer 1

【小题1】D
【小题2】D
【小题3】A
【小题4】A 解析:
【小题1】 词义理解题。 四个选项似乎都正确， 但是根据下文“with a second head ” 可以排除C 项。 11个月大的幼儿不应该算newly-born child，所以排除B项。 A项“残疾”和D 项“幼儿”比较之后，可以发现A项其实仍旧属于对Rebecca 的重复形容，所以最后选择D项。infant意为“婴儿，幼儿”。
【小题2】  计算推理题。 根据第二段，既然手术持续11个小时，那么“died seven hours later”就是在这11 小时之后， 所以选择D项。
【小题3】 辨别是非题。 根据第六段可知A项错误。其它各项文中都有相关的表述。
【小题4】 概括归纳题。 这篇新闻报道的主题词应该是： 手头女婴手术后死亡。