Gillian Burnett and Garth Saunders received the call every parent fears. Their 20-month-old son, Waylon Saunders, fell into a swimming pool at the daycare he attended and was underwater for about 5 minutes. When he was finally pulled from the freezing water, he had no pulse and was technically dead.

Waylon was rushed to the emergency room. Dr. Nathan Taylor was on duty, and he reports that staff members dropped everything when they heard the toddler was on his way. “The other doctors that I work with at our family health team came running, left their offices, to help out,” he said.

Waylon’s body temperature was so low when he arrived that their equipment couldn’t even pick it up. He had no pulse, and everyone from nurses to lab techs and EMS workers took turns doing CPR on the boy for almost three hours. “Lab techs were holding portable heaters in the room at one point; EMS personnel also helped out by rotating through as compressors and helping with managing his airway(气道) and nurses were even running to microwave water to help with warming,” recalled Dr. Taylor. “And the whole time we had support on the line from the team in London.” Dr. Janice Tijsenn, from London Health Sciences Centre, was on the phone guiding the team remotely. When the child’s body temperature rose and his heart started beating on its own, he was transported to London Victoria Hospital for further care.

Two weeks later, Waylon walked out of the hospital on his own two feet. “We are going home today!!!!” his mother wrote on the Internet. “This little boy has amazed so many. They have no explanations as to how he’s progressed so well and so fast.” “Waylon is a little fighter, against many odds he survived the night,” a family friend said.

The family recently paid a visit to the doctors, nurses, and staff to say thank you for saving Waylon’s life. These dedicated medical workers really stepped up to turn a would-be tragedy into a miraculous recovery! Well done, everyone.

1.Who does the underlined word “toddler” refer to?

A Gillian.

B Garth.

C Waylon.

D Dr. Nathan.

解析：选C。C词意指代题。根据划线部分上文第二段第一句“Waylon was rushed to the emergency room.”可知toddler指的是Waylon。故选C。

2.What can we know from Paragraph Three?

A Waylon was well-cared-for during the time.

B It takes a village to raise a child.

C Waylon was dead at that time.

D The success was truly a team effort.

解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据第三段“everyone from nurses to lab techs and EMS workers took turns...”“Lab techs”“EMS personnel”“nurses”“the team in London”等可知，该次急救成功是团队共同的努力。故选D。

3.Which word can best describe the little boy’s experience?

A Destiny.

B Welfare.

C Terror.

D Miracle.

解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据全文内容，尤其是倒数第二段男孩妈妈说的话“has amazed so many”“have no explanations”可知小男孩让很多人感到惊讶，他好得如此之快。再结合第一段的“he had no pulse and was technically dead”可知当时男孩情况危急，已经没有了脉搏。由此可见他被成功救回实属奇迹。故选D。

4.What’s the tone of the author?

A Critical.

B Humorous.

C Serious.

D Appreciative.

解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句“Well done, everyone.”可知，作者持着欣赏的基调写了本文。故选D。