与众不同的美丽：手臂先天缺失女孩和残疾狗狗的奇缘
Vanessa McLeod was halfway through her pregnancy when doctors discovered that her daughter’s arms and hands had not formed properly. They urged her to end the pregnancy, but she refused. Now, the Canadian mom says she can’t imagine life without 2-year-old Ivy! She’s hoping their wonderful story will help knock down cultural stigmas around limb (四肢) differences.
Ivy is a happy, energetic child who has no idea that she looks a little different from other people. Her mom knows this won’t last; eventually, the little girl will have questions about why she has no hands and others do. But for now, she’s found ways to adapt to her challenges with gusto. “Her favorite thing to do is color, and she just uses her toes to hold the markers (马克笔), so she has just learned to do things differently,” Vanessa said.
Vanessa thought adopting a dog with special needs might be a good way to show Ivy that limb differences are a normal part of life, so their family started looking for little dogs who fit the bill. By a stroke of fate, they located one right away!
Lucky is a dog who was born right in their county. She’s missing most of her right leg, making her a perfect companion for Ivy. “You know you were born that way but different is beautiful, and this dog was also born that way and that is also a beautiful thing and I just think it would be a magical bond,” Vanessa said.
They adopted Lucky, and together, they’re already speaking out to encourage others not to view disabilities as “sad or something to be pitied”. The mom said she wishes the doctors who had urged her to end the pregnancy knew that different is beautiful. “I wish they would have told me that we would find support within the limb difference community, within the disability community,” she wrote on Facebook.
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1.Why was Vanessa McLeod suggested ending the pregnancy?
A Because she suffered a serious illness.
B Because she took some medicine in that period.
C Because her unborn child had unformed limbs.
D Because she was knocked down in an accident.
解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第一段Vanessa McLeod was halfway through her pregnancy when doctors discovered that her daughter’s arms and hands had not formed properly.可知，瓦妮莎·麦克劳德（Vanessa McLeod）怀孕半途中，医生发现她女儿的胳膊和手没有正常成形。故选C。
2.What can we know about Ivy according to Paragraph 2?
A She can behave as well as other children.
B She can't do things with hands.
C She has realized her physical disabilities.
D She makes her mother do things with her.
解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第二段可知，妈妈说她最终会问自己为什么没有手，而其他人却有；她还不知道自己看起来和别人不同。C项错误，AD未提及，故选B。
3.________, Vanessa decided to adopt a disabled dog for Ivy.
A To seek psychological comfort
B To relieve the pain of her family
C To help her kid get a companion
D To remove Ivy's concerns and puzzles
解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据第三段Vanessa thought adopting a dog with special needs might be a good way to show Ivy that limb differences are a normal part of life.可知，瓦妮莎认为收养一只有特殊需要的狗可能是向艾薇表明肢体差异是生活中正常的一部分的一个好方法。推断瓦妮莎收养狗的目的在于消除女儿的顾虑和困惑，故选D。
4.What’s the best title for the passage?
A A stroke of fate.
B Different is beautiful.
C Limb differences.
D Double sadness.
解析：选B。B主旨大意题。根据全文可知，瓦妮莎家收养了Lucky，鼓励其他人不要把残疾视为“悲伤或可怜的事情”。这位母亲希望那些劝她终止妊娠的医生们知道与众不同是美丽的。故选B。