It"s a safe bet that David Joyce knows more than you did when you were his birth age. That"s not hard, since what you knew back then was pretty much nothing at all. You knew warmth, you knew darkness, you knew a sublime, drifting peace. You had been conceived 29 weeks earlier, and if you were like most people, you had 11 weeks to go before you reached your fully formed 40. It was only then that you"d emerge into the storm of stimuli that is the world. No such luck for David. He was born on Jan. 28—well shy of his April 16 due date—in an e-mergency cesarean(剖腹产的)section after his mother had begun bleeding heavily. He weighed 2 lb. 11 oz. , or 1,200g, and was just 15 in.(38cm)tall. An American Girl doll is 3 in.(8cm)taller. Immediately, he began learning a lot of things—about bright lights and cold hands, needle sticks and loud noises. He learned what it feels like to be hungry, to be frightened, to be unable to breathe. What all this meant was that if David wanted to stay alive, he"d have to work hard at it, and he was. Take drinking from a bottle—which he had never tried until a morning in late March, at the neonatal intensive care unit(NICU)of the Children"s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. David had spent every day of his then seven-week life there, in the company of 58 other very fragile babies being looked after by a round-the-clock SWAT team of nearly 300 nutritionists, pharmacologists, pulmonary specialists, surgeons, nurses and dietitians and, for when the need arises, a pair of chaplains. Under their care, he had grown to 18. lin.(46cm)and weighed 51b. 11.5 oz.(2594g), nourished by breast milk from his mother, which was fed to him through a nasogastric tube(鼻胃管)threaded through his nose to his stomach. David"s father and mother live 90 minutes away in Randolph, Wis. They had been at the hospital every day after work for 51 days straight at that point—a three-hour round-trip—to spend a few more hours with David.

单选题 We know from the text that______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：根据出题顺序和选项信息定位到前两段。选项[A]可以从第一段结尾和第二段第一、二句得出明确答案。从第一段的“You had 11 weeks to go before you reached your fully formed40”和第二段的“He was born Jan．28—well shy of his April 16 due date”这两处都可以推断出大卫比普通孩子早出生了大约11周，故该项表述正确。同时，通过这些信息也可以证明选项[B]错误。通过第二段的“he began learning a lot of things—about bright lights and cold hands，needlesticks and loud noise”这处信息便可以判断[C]项是错误的。选项[D]原文没有提及，尤其是“most people bet大多数人打赌”这处信息，故该项错误。综上所述，答案为选项[A]。

单选题 What can we infer from the second paragraph?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：[A]项对应原文：He weighed 21b．11oz．，or 1，200 g，and was just 15 in．(38 cm)tall．An American Girl doll is 3 in．(8 cm)taller．原文暗示了即使是洋娃娃都比他高，可见大卫出生时比普通婴儿要小，故[A]正确。[B]项对应原文：An American Girl doll is 3 in．(8cm)taller．该项和原文是颠倒的，故错误。[C]项对应原文：Immediately，he began learning a lotof things--about bright lights and cold hands，needle sticks and loud noises．原文提到的是他认识了needle sticks是什么东西，而非他使用这一东西，故错误。[D]项对应原文：He learned whatit feels like to be hungry，to be frightened，to be unable to breathe．可见大卫是感受过恐惧的，该项也是错误的。综上所述，答案为选项[A]。

单选题 David had stayed at NICU where______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：根据NICU一词定位到第三段中间。选项[A]中的300 nurses与原文的300 nutritionists，pharmacologists…等信息明显不符，故错误。选项[B]中的hundreds of other weak babies与原文中的58 other very fragile babies也是明显不符，故错误。选项[C]与原文beinglooked after by a round-the-clock SWAT team一处信息相符，故正确。选项[D]原文没有提到，属于无中生有。故本题答案为选项[C]。

单选题 What can be learned from the last paragraph?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：[A]项对应原文:．．．nourished by breast milk from his mother，which was fed to himthrough a nasogastric tube threaded through his nose to his stomach．原文提到的是breast milk，而不是该项的food and liquid。[B]项对应原文：Under their care，he had grown to 18．1 in．(46cm)and weighed 51b．11．5 oz．(2594 g)，而这一数据比起之前显然是要增加了，该项是正确的。选项[C]关键在于round—trip，原文提到：live 90 minutes away；a three-hour round—trip，可见90分钟指的是单趟时间，而来回时间为三个小时，故该项错误。选项[D]中的give up hope纯属无中生有。综上所述，本题答案为选项[B]。

单选题 The text mainly discusses David"s______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：根据the text mainly discusses判断该题为主旨题。四个选项分别意为：[A]脆弱；[B]不幸；[C]幸运和欢乐；[D]在挣扎中生存。首先可以明显排除的是[C]，文章最后一段虽然提到大卫被照顾得很好，但是过程却是极其痛苦的，所以该项与文章内容不符，故错误。而选项[A]显得过于片面，虽然大卫有脆弱的一面，但第三段首句指出:．．．if David wanted tostay alive，he"d have to work hard at it，and he was．从这句话可以看出他坚强的一面，故该项错误。选项[B]也过于片面，文章前两段指出大卫如何不幸，而后两段描述他如何被照顾得很好，并且生存下来，也描述出他幸运的一面，故该项也是错误的。故最佳答案为选项[D]，文章主要讲述大卫如何在挣扎中努力生存下来。