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When Carmen and Lupita Andrade were born, doctors said they only had three days to live. The conjoined twins, now 16, born in Mexico and now living in New Milford, Connecticut, went though those difficulties and lived far past doctors’ expectations.

Health problems have arisen and placed the girls’ futures at risk, but they tell the Hartford Courant they don’t see the point in a surgery that could end up killing them. “There’s the whole psychological situation,” Carmen says. “We’ve been so used to being together. I don’t think there’d be a point.”

The girls were brought to the U.S. by their parents, who wanted to improve their daughters’ condition. Each of the girls has a heart, a set of arms, a set of lungs and a stomach. But they use the same digestive(消化的) system. Doctors have told them that a surgery to separate them could end in serious problems or death.

Despite these troubles, the girls have done well in school and in their personal lives. Carmen said, “A lot of people don’t notice how different we are. When they first meet us, we have the same reactions.” She continued, “But our friends, once they get to know us, they would say you are so completely different.”

Despite Lupita only having 40 percent lung capacity and a severely curved spine(弯曲的脊柱), the sisters say they’d rather live their lives than run the risk of losing each other. “There’s a lot more risk to it than it actually being beneficial,” Carmen begins, “so we decided not to go through with a surgery,” Lupita finishes. “We’re just going to live out life and that’s it.”

1.What does the underlined part mean?

A The two girls would only have three days to live.

B The two girls got rid of all their health problems.

C The two girls lived much longer than doctors had predicted.

D The two girls did not have any risk all their lives.

解析：选C。C 推理判断题。根据第一段内容可知，医生预言这对连体女婴活不过三天，但现在她们已经16岁了，也就是说她们比医生预言的活得久了很多，故选C。

2.Why didn’t the girls feel like having a surgery?

A They could only see small points.

B They could live well being together.

C The doctors wanted to kill them.

D The surgery cost them lots of money.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第二段Because we’ve been so used to being together. I don’t think there’d be a point.可以得知她们两人已经非常适应一起生活，因此不用做手术；而且她们认为手术没有多少意义，故选B。

3.What part of body do the girls share with each other?

A Heart.

B Arms.

C Lungs.

D Digestive system.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第三段第三句But they use the same digestive system.可以得知她们两人共用一个消化系统，故选D。

4.Why did people think the girls were similar when meeting them?

A They did well in their subjects.

B They had the same lung capacity.

C They reacted in the same way.

D They had different personal lives.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第四段第三句的When they first meet us, we have the same reactions可以得知当人们初次见到姐妹俩的时候，姐妹两个的表现是一样的，因此人们会以为她们俩很相似，故选C。