Question

Ammie Reddick from East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, was only 18 months old when she had the accident that had scarred（留下创伤）her for life. The curious child reached up to catch the wire(电线) of a hot kettle(壶) in the family kitchen and poured boiling water over her little body.

Her mother Ruby turned round and, seeing Ammie terribly burnt, called an ambulance(救护车) which rushed her daughter to a nearby hospital. Twenty per(组织)taken from unburned areas of Ammie’s body, surgeons（外科医生）performed difficult skin grafts（移植） to close her wounds and control her illness, an operation that took about six hours. Over the next 16 years, Ammie experienced 12 more operations to repair her body.

When she started school at Maxwelton Primary at age 4, other pupils say cruel words about her or simply wouldn’t play with her. “ I was the only burned child in the street, the class and the school,” she recalled, “some children refused to become friends because of that.”

Today, age 17, Ammie can only ever remember being a burned person with scars(疤), suffering from ache is a lasting part of her body. She still has to have two further skin grafts. Yet she is a confident, outgoing teenager who offers encouragement and hope to other young burnt victims.

She is a member of the Scottish Burned Chindren’s Club, a charity set up last year. This month, Ammie will join the younger children at the Graffham Water Center in Cambridgeshire for the charity’s first summer camp. “I’ll show them how to pay no attention to unkind stares(注视) from others,” she says. Ammie loves wearing fashionable sleeveless dresses, and she plans to show the youngsters at the summer camp that they can too. “I do not go to great lengths to hide my burnt scars,” she says, “I gave up wondering how other people would react years ago.”

1.How many operations has Ammie already had?

A. One       B. Twelve       

C. Thirteen        D. Fifteen

2.What did other children do when Ammie first went to school?

A. They laughed at her  

B. They were cruel to her

C. They were friendly to her

D. They were afraid of her

3. Ammie will teach the younger children at the Graffham Water Center to ____.

A. live a normal life

B. recover quickly

C. face others’ unkindness bravely

D. hide their scars by proper dressing

4.What does the underlined word “sleeveless” mean in Chinese?

A. 无袖的B. 漂亮的

C. 昂贵的D. 合身的

5. Which of the following words is not proper to describe Ammie?

A. ConfidentB. Stubborn      

C. Helpful      D. Outgoing

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了Ammie在十八个月的时候被烫伤，虽然生活中有人嘲笑她但是她是个自信，乐于助人，外向的人。她不仅自己克服了心理障碍，而且还帮助烧伤的俱乐部成员如何面对不友好的目光。

1.二段Over the next 16 years, Ammie experienced 12 more operations to repair her body.可知她在接下来的十六年里又经历了12次手术，加上第一次的手术，共十三次手术，故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据第三段描述可知当她上学时同学们对她说一些残忍的话，甚至不和她玩。故选A

3.细节理解题。根据最后一段“I’ll show them how to pay no attention to unkind stares(注视) from others,” she says.故选C

4.推理判断题。根据后文“I do not go to great lengths to hide my burnt scars,”可知她不隐藏自己的烧伤的伤疤，故选A。

5.短文描述Ammie是一个自信，乐于助人，外向的人，故选B

考点：故事类短文阅读。