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Twelve years ago, Danny called me from a dark, damp subway station. “A baby!” he shouted. “Get down ...
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Twelve years ago, Danny called me from a dark, damp subway station. “A baby!” he shouted. “Get down here, and flag down a police car or something.” By nature, Danny is a remarkably calm person, so when I felt his heart pounding through the phone line, I ran.
When I got to the subway station, Danny was holding a light-brown-skinned baby, about a day old. The baby had been wrapped in an oversize black sweatshirt and left on the ground in a corner behind the gate.
Three months later, Danny appeared in family court to give an account of finding the baby. Suddenly, the judge asked, “Would you be interested in adopting this baby?” The question stunned everyone in the courtroom, except Danny, who answered, simply, “Yes.”
“But I know it’s not that easy,” he said.
“Well, it can be,” assured the judge before barking out orders to allow me to be a parent-to-be.
My first reaction, when I heard, went something like: “Are you crazy? How could you say yes without consulting me?”
In three years as a couple, we had never discussed adopting a child. I was an ambitious playwright working as a part-time word processor. Danny was a respected yet wildly underpaid social worker. We had a roommate, who slept in our living room, to help pay the rent.
We knew how many challenges couples usually faced when they wanted to adopt. And while Danny had patience and selflessness, I didn’t know how to change a diaper(尿布), let alone nurse a child. I didn’t trust the system and was sure there would be obstacles. Also, I couldn’t handle parenthood. So I promised myself I wouldn’t get attached.
The caretaker held him and then placed him in my arms. But when the baby stared up at me, with all the innocence and hope he represented, I, like Danny, was completely hooked.
1.Why did the author rush to the subway station?
A. Because Danny finally found their long lost son.
B. Because she sensed Danny met something urgent.
C. Because Danny was knocked down by a police car.
D. Because Danny wasn’t a remarkably calm person by nature.
2.How did the author react on hearing Danny’s answer to the judge’s question?
A. Surprised by the question.
B. Crazy to be a parent-to-be.
C. Annoyed at Danny’s decision.
D. Interested in adopting this baby.
3.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that_________.
A. the author will adopt the baby
B. the caretaker will take the baby away
C. the couple love each other very much
D. the baby will bring hope to the family
4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To introduce a story of a poor family.
B. To inform people of how to adopt a baby.
C. To call on people to donate money to them.
D. To show human’s kindness and love by nature.
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