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    Two years ago, the Funk family of suburban Chicago adopted a Chinese baby girl who had been abandoned on a sidewalk near a Yangzhou textile factory.
    Last year and halfway across the United States, the Ramirez family of suburban Miami adopted a girl who had been abandoned a week later on the same spot.
    Both families named their daughters Mia. It turns out, a first name and Chinese heritage aren’t the only things the three-year-olds have in common. The girls’ mothers—Holly Funk and Diana Ramirez—met on a website for parents who had gone through international adoptions. After a flurry of e-mails comparing photographs and biographical details, DNA testing proved the families’ suspicions: The girls are probably fraternal (手足般的) twins.
    “I was in shock,” said Ramirez, who lives with her husband Carlos in Pembroke Pines, Florida. “Well, now this is for real.”
    The Internet and Web groups revolving around international orphanages are increasingly being used to link adopted children with biological kin(亲属). The site that the Funks and Ramirezes used has a membership of 137 people, with 15 sets of twins and seven sets of siblings whose relationships have been confirmed.
    At a reunion on Friday at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, Mia Diamond Funk Mia Hanying Ramirez shyly surveyed each other, then reached for each other’s hand.
    DNA tests established an 85 percent probability that the girls are at least half sisters. Scientists did not have a biological parent to test and reach a greater certainty, but given their ages and physical similarities, experts say it is likely they are fraternal twins.
    Douglas and Holly Funk hope to take Mia to Miami in October. Both sets of parents say they are committed to staying in touch and often let the twins talk to each other on the phone.
    小题1:. Both the adopted girls shared a first name ________.
    A．because they both came from China
    B．because of their physical similarities
    C．because their US parents suspected they were twins
    D．for no good reason
    小题2: Why did the girls’ mothers meet on the Internet?
    A．To compare photographs of the two girls.
    B．To communicate with other people who had adopted children abroad.
    C．To test their suspicion.
    D．To exchange experiences on adopting children.
    小题3:Experts are still not 100 percent sure that the two girls are fraternal twins because ________.
    A．DNA tests are still not accurate enough
    B．the two girls were born by different parents
    C．the DNA of a biological parent is still missing
    D．one girl is born a week later than the other
    小题4:What would be the best title for the passage?
    A．Adopted Twins Reunited on Internet
    B．Adopted Twins Live happily in the US.
    C．Suspicion Turned into Reality
    D．The Story of Adopted Twins and Their Parents

    小题1:D
    小题1:B
    小题1:C
    小题1:A

    小题1:D推理判断题。两位母亲都给女儿取了Mia这个名字，后来在网上交流时才发现两个女孩长得很像，因此断定两个母亲取名时是无意的，仅是一种巧合。
    小题1:B细节理解题。从文章第五段中的“The Internet and Web groups revolving around international orphanages are increasingly being used to link adopted children with biological kin(亲属)．”可知答案。
    小题1:C细节理解题。文章倒数第二段说科学家还没有女孩亲生父亲或母亲的DNA，因此不能作出确切的判断。
    小题1:A标题归纳题。一对双胞胎姐妹最终得以团聚，收养她们的两个母亲在网上的交流起了非常关键的作用。A项最能体现本文的中心。
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