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A mother of five now wants her foot amputated after being bitten by a spider while watching over her son in hospital. Gemma Hunter now walks with a crutch(腋杖) because she cannot bear the pain of putting any pressure on the foot. The bite became infected and has left a 3cm hole in her foot, which has now turned black.

Mrs Hunter has now lost her job. With no resolution in sight, Mrs Hunter is now considering having what her children call her foot removed. “It has been eight months, I just want my life back,” she said.

Mrs Hunter had been by her sick son's bedside in the Royal Blackburn Hospital for around a week when she was bitten in September. Her son had suffered from severe chest pains, and she was keeping a bedside watch. Her foot swelled up days after the bite, which left a 3cm hole in her foot that became infected.

She said, “I was just lying at the side of him with my foot up on the chair. I opened the window of his room to let some air in. His face was red with fever. Then I fell asleep. I woke up at 3:45 am. I had seen the spider before but didn't think anything of it, and saw it on the top of my foot. It looked like a garden spider and its two front legs were longer than the rest. I just lightly shook my foot and it didn't come off, so I reached to brush it off with my left hand, which is when doctors think it bit me because I probably annoyed it——it bit me twice.”

1.The underlined word “amputated” may mean ______.

A sent

B bitten

C infected

D removed

解析：选D。词义猜测题。根据第二段第二句Mrs Hunter is now considering having what her children call her foot removed.可以得知她考虑把自己的脚“截肢”，这和该句的wants her foot amputated相呼应的，所以该单词的意思为removed，故选D。

2.Why did Mrs Hunter’s son go to hospital?

A He was bitten by a spider.

B He became infected in back.

C He had pain in his chest.

D He couldn’t bear his own pain.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第三段第二句Her son had suffered from severe chest pains可以得知她的儿子是因胸部疼痛才去医院的，故选C。

3.What was Mrs Hunter doing when the spider came to her foot?

A She was opening the window.

B She was sleeping.

C She was looking at it.

D She was shaking her foot.

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的Then I fell asleep. I woke up at 3:45 am. I had seen the spider before but didn’t think anything of it, and saw it on the top of my foot可知，她醒来的时候看到蜘蛛在她的脚上，由此可知蜘蛛到她脚上的时候她正在睡觉，故选B。

4.Why did the spider probably bite Mrs Hunter?

A Because she opened the window.

B Because she pulled its two front legs.

C Because she brushed it off with hand.

D Because she made the spider angry.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据最后一段的最后一句...which is when doctors think it bit me because I probably annoyed it——it bit me twice可以得知可能是因为她用手去拨蜘蛛时激怒了蜘蛛，才导致蜘蛛咬了她，故选D。