Caterina Alagna and Melissa Fodera, both 23 years old, are from the same village in Sicily. They were born 15 minutes apart in 1998, but a hospital mix-up caused them to be raised by the wrong mothers.

It wasn’t until the girls were three years old that the mistake was discovered. Mom Marinella Alagna was picking up her daughter Melissa from nursery school when she noticed the surprising similarity between one of the other children, Caterina, and her two daughters.

“I recognized Caterina’s mother, Gisella Fodera, from the maternity ward(产科病房) and got suspicious — 15 days later we did DNA tests and my mind went blank. It was too surreal(离奇的), too impossible,” she said. So, Marinella and Gisella chose to gradually make the switch.

“I challenge anyone to raise a daughter for three years then give her up over a simple mistake,” Gisella said.

Melissa and Caterina spent time with both parents. They even went so far as even moving into the same house in order to make everyone feel as comfortable as possible. But experts suggested that the girls spend six months apart with their biological families. That lasted only three months.

“We two mothers cried on the phone to each other each day and after three months decided we couldn’t resist, and we met and promised never to separate,” Marinella recalled.

Mauro Caporiccio wrote a book about the sisters called Sisters Forever, which was also recently released as a film by Italy’s RAI TV.

“The girls effectively grew up with four parents and eight grandparents, and the experiment worked,” he said. “Today they are more like twins than sisters and there is a kind of love which binds the two families.”

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1.Who caused two girls to be raised by the wrong mothers?

A Gisella Fodera.

B The hospital.

C Marinella Alagna.

D The nursery school.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第一段…but a hospital mix-up caused them to be raised by the wrong mothers.可知，医院的混乱导致她们被错误的母亲抚养。故选B。

2.Who bore striking similarity to Marinella Alagna’s two daughters?

A Melissa.

B Caterina.

C Gisella.

D Mauro

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第二段的when she noticed the surprising similarity between one of the other children, Caterina, and her two daughters，可知Marinella Alagna发现Caterina和她的两个女儿很相像，故选B。

3.By the underlined part, Gisella probably meant _________.

A she took her daughter home by mistake

B she was not sure if someone could do better than her

C she doubted if someone would understand her emotion

D she believed that no one would cut off the family love

解析：选D。D 推理判断题。根据第六段内容可知, 两位母亲每天都在电话里哭，三个月后，她们无法忍受分离之苦，决定相见并承诺永不分离。由此推断Gisella相信没有人愿意切断亲情。故选D。

4.What did the two families do to make the switch easier?

A They moved away from each other.

B They lived together for some time.

C They spent six months apart.

D They cried on the phone to each other.

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据第五段第一二句可知，两名女孩和两边父母都一起生活过，为了两个孩子熟悉对方家庭、让她们感到舒服，他们甚至搬家到同一幢房子里一起生活。而他们做这一切的原因都是为了让交换这两个孩子更容易一些。故选B。