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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 grab the wire of a hot kettle in the family kitchen and poured boiling water over her tiny infant frame.
Her mother Ruby turned round and, seeing Ammie horribly burnt, called an ambulance which rushed her daughter to a nearby hospital. Twenty percent of Ammie’s body had been burned and all of her burns were third-degree. There, using tissue(组织)taken from unburned areas of Ammie’s body, doctors performed complex skin transplants(移植)to close her wounds and control her injuries, an operation that took about six hours. Over the next 16 years, Ammie underwent 12 more operations to repair her body.
When she started school at Maxwelton Primary at age 4, other pupils made cruel comments 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, aged 17, Ammie can only ever remember being a burned person with scars; pain is a permanent part of her body. She still has to have two further skin transplants. Yet she is a confident, outgoing teenager who offers inspiration and hope to other young burns victims.
She is a member of the Scottish Burned Children’s Club, a charity set up last year. This month, Ammie will be joining the younger children at the Graffham Water Center in Cambridge shire for the charity’s first summer camp. “ I will show them how to get rid of unkind stares from others, ” she says. Ammie loves wearing fashionable sleeveless tops, 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 burns scars, ” she says, “ I gave up wondering how other people would react years ago. ”
【语篇概述】Ammie Reddick十八个月的时候遭遇一场意外, 被热水烫伤, 身上留下了很多的伤疤, 从小遭受了很多的白眼。但她非常自信、开朗, 经常鼓励其他被烫伤的小患者, 让他们充满希望。
1. What did other children do when Ammie first went to school?
A. They were friendly to her.
B. They showed sympathy to her.
C. They were afraid of her.
D. They looked down upon her.
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第三段“other pupils made cruel comments or simply wouldn’t play with her”可知其他同学不是对她冷嘲热讽, 就是不愿意跟她一起玩 。
2. Ammie will teach the younger children at the Graffham Water Center to ________ .
A. face others’ unkindness bravely
B. hide their scars by proper dressing
C. live a normal life
D. recover quickly
【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据最后一段“I will show them how to get rid of unkind stares from others, ” 得知Ammie教他们如何摆脱他人不友好的注视。
3. What does the underlined word “permanent” in the 4th paragraph mean?
A. necessary B. life-long
C. difficult D. important
【解析】选B。细节理解题。文章中提到, Ammie在过去的17年里接受了13次手术, 接下来她还要做两次皮肤移植手术, 可以推断她的痛苦是“永久的、终生的”。
4. What can be the best title of the passage?
A. A Seriously Burned Girl Survives
B. Ways to Get Rid of Unkind Stares
C. Permanent Scars And Pain For a Girl
D. A Seriously Burned Angel of Hope
【解析】选D。 主旨大意题。纵观全文, 可以看出本文主要讲述了一个被烧伤的女孩身残志坚的励志故事。
