Some say everyday miracles are predestined (注定的) -- All that’s necessary is readiness, the right circumstance for the appointed meeting. And it can happen anywhere.
In 1999, 11-year-old Kevin Stephan was a bat boy for his younger brother’s Little League team in Lancaster, New York. It was an early evening in late July. Kevin was standing on the grass away from the plate, where another youngster was warming up for the next game. Swinging his bat back and forth, and giving it all the power an elementary school kid could give, the boy brought the bat back hard and hit Kevin in the chest. His heart stopped.
When Kevin fell to the ground, the mother of one of the players rushed out of the stands to his aid. Penny Brown hadn’t planned to be there that day, but at the last minute, she changed her shift (轮班) at the hospital, and she was given the night off. Penny bent over the senseless boy, his face already starting to turn blue, and giving CPR, breathing into his mouth and giving chest compressions (按压). And he came to life.
After his recovery, he became a volunteer junior firefighter, learning some of the emergency first-aid techniques that had saved his life. He studied hard in school and was saving money for college by working as a dishwasher in a local restaurant in his spare time.
Kevin, now 17, was working in the kitchen when he heard people screaming, customers in confusion, employees rushing toward a table. He hurried into the main room and saw a woman there, her face turning blue, her hands at her throat. She was choking (哽住).
Quickly Kevin stepped behind her, wrapped his arms around her and clasped his hands. Then, using skills he’d first learned in Scouts, the food that was trapped in the woman’s throat was freed. The color began to return to her face.
“The food was stuck. I couldn’t breathe,” she said. She thought she was dying. “I was very frightened.”
Who was the woman?
Penny Brown.
【小题1】Kevin Stephan fell to the ground and fainted probably because ________.| A．he was too excited when watching the game |
| B．he suffered heart attack all of a sudden |
| C．he stood close to the boy who was swinging his bat |
| D．he swung the bat too hard to keep his balance |
| A．He worked part-time in a local restaurant to save money for college |
| B．He was hit on the face by a boy and almost lost his life |
| C．He was a volunteer junior firefighter, teaching the players first-aid skills |
| D．He saved Penny Brown though he didn’t really know how to deal with food choke |
| A．She was there to give her son directions |
| B．She came to watch her son’s game and cheered him |
| C．She was a little worried about his son’s safety |
| D．She volunteered to give medical services |
| A．working part-time is a good way to save money for college. |
| B．when Penny Brown knew it was Kevin who had saved her, she would probably feel sad. |
| C．if Kevin didn’t learn the first-aid techniques, the miracle wouldn’t have happened. |
| D．Kevin’s parents would not be worried about his safety any longer. |
