When a first-time father saw his newborn son, he immediately noticed the baby's ears obviously standing out from his head. He expressed his concern to the nurse that some children might tease his child. A doctor examined the baby and reassured the new dad that his son was healthy- the ears presented only a minor problem with its appearance.
But the nervous father persisted. He wondered if the child might suffer psychological effects of ridicule（嘲笑）, or if they should consider plastic surgery（整形手术）. The nurse assured him that it was really no problem, and he should just wait to see if the boy grows into his ears.
The father finally felt more optimistic about his child, but now he worried about his wife's reaction to those large ears. She had been delivered by operation, and had not yet seen the child.
“She doesn't take things as easily as I do,” he said to the nurse.
By this time, the new mother was settled in the recovery room and ready to meet her new baby. The nurse went along with the dad to lend some support in case this inexperienced mother became upset about her baby's large ears.
The baby was in a receiving blanket with his head covered for the short trip through the cold air-conditioned corridor(走廊）. The baby was placed in his mother's arms, who eased the blanket back so that she could look at her child for the first time.
She took one look at her baby's face and looked to her husband and gasped(喘气说）, “Oh, Honey! Look! He has your ears!”
No problem with Mom. She married those ears...and she loves the man to whom they are attached.
The poet Kahlil Gibran said, “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” It's hard to see the ears when you're looking into the light.
【小题1】When the father first saw his baby, he was worried that .A．the baby might not grow up healthily.B．the baby might be laughed at by others.C．the baby might disappoint its mother.D．the baby might have mental problems.【小题2】 According to the doctor and nurse, the baby’s ears .A．could not function well.B．looked the same as others.C．only caused a small problem. D．needed to have plastic surgery.【小题3】What is true about the baby’s mother?A．She blamed her husband for the baby’s big ears.B．She was the first to discover the baby’s large ears.C．She suggested having an operation on the baby immediately.D．She found something similar between the baby and its father.【小题4】What does the underlined word they refer to?
A. The ears. B The parents. C. The doctor and nurse. D. The problems
【小题5】What’s the function of the last paragraph?A．To advise readers to listen carefully.B．To draw a conclusion from the story.C．To criticize the wrong attitude to physical beauty.D．To stress the importance of doctor-patient relationship.B
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(答案→)B
解析：文章大意：刚刚出生的婴儿长了一个大耳朵，父亲担心孩子将来会被嘲笑，更担心会让孩子的母亲担心，影响产妇的身体健康，没想到产妇见到婴儿后却认为孩子和他父亲一样都有一双大耳朵，从而得出文章的大意：爱不在人的脸上，而在心灵上。
【小题1】B 细节题。根据该文章的第一段He expressed his concern to the nurse that some children might tease his child.可以判断B是正确的，由于孩子的耳朵大，父亲担心他将被嘲笑。
【小题2】C 细节题。根据第一段的he ears presented only a minor problem with its appearance.
s判断。故C正确。
【小题3】D 细节题。根据文章的倒数第三段孩子的母亲那句话“Oh, Honey! Look! He has your ears!”进行判断。故D正确。
【小题4】A 推断题。 根据they前的She married those ears就可进行判断。
【小题5】B 概括题。最后一段得出文章的结论：“美不在人的脸上，而在心灵上”。