龙凤胎跨年出生 相隔15分钟却相差一岁
Fatima Madrigal recently gave birth to a boy and a girl. However, the twins have different birth dates and even birth years. Alfredo Antonio Trujillo was born on December 31, 2021 at 11:45 p.m. About 15 minutes later, his sister Aylin was born, on January 1, 2022. Aylin weighed 2.66 kilograms and her brother weighed 2.75 kilograms. Fatima said her family, which includes her husband Robert Trujillo, and their three other children were happy to welcome the new babies.
The babies were supposed to come two weeks later, but their early arrival created a rare set of birth dates and years. The medical center where the twins were born said there are about 120,000 twins born each year in the U.S. However, twins with different birthdays are rare, and the chance of twins being born in different years is about one in 2 million.
“It was a surprise,” Fatima said. “I was kind of shocked because twins don’t run in my family”. Fatima went on to say her family is now complete.
When they are older, Fatima said she would tell the children the story of their birth and permit them to choose if they wanted to celebrate their birthdays separately(单独地) or together. “But right now that they’re small and they’re with me,” she said, “they’re going to celebrate their birthday together.”
1.Which of the following about the twins is NOT mentioned in Paragraph One?
A The birth date.
B The birth year.
C The birth place.
D The birth weight.
解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第一段可知这对龙凤胎出生的日期、年份和体重都各不相同，第一段并未提及他们的出生地，故选C。
2.How many children are there in Fatima’s family now?
A Two.
B Three.
C Five.
D Seven.
解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第一段Fatima said her family, which includes her partner Robert Trujillo, and their three other children were happy to welcome the new babies.可知法蒂玛家里已有三个孩子，加上两个新生儿，目前是五个孩子。故选C。
3.The underlined word “rare” in Paragraph Three can be replaced by _________.
A new
B unusual
C common
D famous
解析：选B。B 词义猜测题。根据第二段上下文可知，美国每年约有12万对双胞胎出生，双胞胎在不同年份出生的几率约为200万分之一，因此，不同出生日期的双胞胎应是非常“罕见”的，unusual与之同义，故选B。
4.What can we learn from the third paragraph?
A There were no twins in her family before.
B The twins came to the world late.
C Fatima was happy with her family.
D Aylin was heavier than Alfredo at birth.
解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据第三段 “I was kind of shocked because twins don’t run in my family”.可知法蒂玛有点震惊，因为她家里之前从未出现过双胞胎。故选A。
5.How will the twins celebrate their birthday when grow up?
A Together.
B Separately.
C It depends.
D Not mentioned.
解析：选C。C 推理判断题。根据最后一段的...permit them to choose if they wanted to celebrate their birthdays separately(单独地) or together.可知当孩子们长大后，法蒂玛会告诉孩子们他们出生的故事，并让他们自己选择是否要单独或者一起庆祝生日。故选C。