Like any good mother，when Karen found out that another baby was on the way，she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son，Michael，prepare for a new baby．They find out that the new baby is going to be a girl，and day after day，night after night，Michael sings to his sister in Mommy's stomach．
Finally，Michael's little sister is born．But she is in serious condition．With alarm in the night，the ambulance rushes the infant to the neonatal(初生的)intensive care unit at St． Mary's Hospital，Knoxville，Tennessee．The days go by．The little girl gets worse．The pediatric(儿科的)specialist tells the parents，“There is very little hope．Be prepared for the worst.”
Karen and her husband contact a local cemetery about a burial plot．They have fixed up a special room in their home for the new baby，but now they plan a funeral．Michael，keeps begging his parents to let him see his sister，“I want to sing to her，”he says．
Karen makes up her mind．She will take Michael whether they like it or not．If he doesn't see his sister now，he may never see her alive．
She dresses him in an oversized suit and marches him into ICU．He looks like a walking laundry basket，but the head nurse recognizes him as a child and shouts，“Get that kid out of here now! No children are allowed．Never disturb patients here．”The mother rises up strongly and said，“He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!”
Karen leads Michael to his sister's bedside．He gazes at the tiny infant losing the battle to live．And he begins to sing．In the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old，Michael sings：“You are my sunshine，my only sunshine，you make me happy when skies are gray．．．”Instantly the baby girl responds．The pulse rate becomes calm and steady．
The next day，the very next day，the little girl is well enough to go home! Woman's Day magazine called it“the miracle of a brother's song．”The medical staff just called it a miracle．Karen called it a miracle of God's love!
Never give up on the people you love．
【小题1】What may the underlined words“the infant”refer to?

A．The baby．

B．Karen．

C．Mary．

D．Michael．

【小题2】What do we know about the little sister after she was born?

A．She was driven to St．Mary's shop．

B．A doctor came to see her in her house．

C．She was very thin and couldn't speak．

D．She was in great danger．

【小题3】Why did Karen firmly let little Michael see his sister in ICU?

A．Because he could make his sister alive．

B．Because his sister would be sent to a far hospital．

C．Because his sister was going to die soon.

D．Because his father wanted to take him away．

【小题4】What do we know about the head nurse?

A．The head nurse was careful．	B．The bead nurse was rude．
C．The head nurse was responsible．	D．The head nurse had no sympathy．

【小题5】What is the general idea of the text?

A．A boy's singing saved his sister's life．

B．The little girl is well enough to go home．

C．Michael's little sister is born with a serious disease．

D．No children are allowed to enter the intensive care unit．

Dear SJ，

    Losing a best friend is never easy．

    Your problem，SJ，is not just that you miss your best friend，it is that you feel empty and lost without her friendship．

    It takes time to get over a loss，and during that time，your mind is getting used to a new way of being．This is usually a good thing，even if it feels like a bad thing．

    Now that you are on your own，you are being forced to learn to be by yourself and to rely upon your own inner voice for guidance．I am sure that this feels strange for you，but if you can hang on for a bit，it may work to your advantage．

    Best friends are cool，but it is important to know the difference between missing someone and being too dependent upon them．

    At your age，girls do tend to stick together and having a boy friend may not yet be the better choice．Your friend is a little ahead of herself in leaving you，her best friend，for a boyfriend．Boyfriends are completely different from best friends；the distinction being that boyfriends come and go，while girl friends often stay in your life throughout high school，and even afterwards．It is a completely different sort of bond．

    I suggest that you take advantage of this period in your life to expand your horizons．Enjoy the freedom of having no best friend for a while，and hang with the group．By the time your former best friend breaks up with her boyfriend，you will be in a completely different place，a far better place；in your head that is．

    And，by the way，next time that you feel empty and lost，try to write about it in a diary or just simply on paper．In several months，you will look back and read it with curiosity about yourself．“       Who was I then．and what could I have been thinking?”

1．Judging from the letter, SJ’s problem was that she didn’t know_________．

    A．whether to give up her best friend   B．what to do without her best friend

    C．who to choose between two friends      D．how to stop missing her former friend

2．By“a new way of being”．the writer referred to the situation in which SJ had to_________．

    A．find a new friendship    B．live without a best friend

    C．learn to give up         D．be independent

3．When the writer said“your friend is a little ahead of herself’, she meant SJ’s friend_____________．

   A．was acting without thinking

B．was doing something she might regret later

C．was too young to fall in love

D．was unwise to leave SJ so soon

4．The writer believed SJ would _______by the time her former friend lost her boyfriend．

   A．grow physically stronger                    B．do better at school

   C．feel more independent and confident          D．win her best friend back

5．The last paragraph seems to suggest that_______________．

A．keeping a diary helps correct oneself 

B．SJ will get over her problem soon

   C．unhappy experiences are easy to forget

D．one shouldn’t forget the past experiences