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　　"Can I see my baby?" the happy new mother asked．When the 　　1　　 was placed in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she 　　2　　．The doctor turned quickly and 　　3　　 the tall hospital window．The baby had been born without ears．

　　Time proved that the baby's hearing was perfect．It was only his appearance that was 　　4　　．When he rushed home from school one day and 　　5　　 himself into his mother's arms, she sighed, knowing that his life was to be a series of 　　6　　．He cried out the tragedy．"A boy, a big boy．．．called me a freak(不正常的人)．"

　　He grew up, handsome, a favorite with his fellow students．He might have been class president, 　　7　　 that．He developed a 　　8　　 for literature and music．

　　The boy's father had 　　9　　 with the family physician…"Could nothing be done?" "I believe I could graft(移植)on a pair of outer ears if they could be 　　10　　," the doctor decided．And then the search began 　　11　　 a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man．Two years went by．One day, his father said to the son, "You're going to the hospital, son．Mother and I have someone who will donate the 　　12　　 you need．But it's a secret．" The operation was a brilliant 　　13　　, and a new person emerged．His talents blossomed into genius, and school and college became a series of 　　14　　．

　　Later he married and entered the diplomatic service．One day, he asked his father, "Who gave me the ears?Who gave me so much?I could never do 　　15　　 for him or her．" "I do not believe you could," said the father, "　　16　　 the agreement was that you are not to know．．．not yet．"

　　The years kept their profound secret, but the day 　　17　　 come, one of the darkest days that ever pass through a son．He stood with his father over his mother's coffin．Slowly, tenderly, the father stretched forth a hand and 　　18　　 the thick, reddish brown hair to reveal the mother had no outer ears．"Mother said she was glad she never let her hair 　　19　　," his father whispered gently, "and nobody ever thought mother 　　20　　, did they?"

Dear Mrs Liu,

How are you?

My summer classes started last week, and I am enjoying it very much．

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I am living with a American student．She is a nice girl of eighteen．

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She is studying in same university as me．She often helps me

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with my school work．We are friend now．

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She and I visited Boston last weekend．We go to some

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interesting parts of the city．How was your summer holiday?

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Did you find some time to go to Tibet? How many students

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are you teaching now? I often think up of you and

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remember your classes．They are so interested．

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I know I should thank you for your success in English．

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Sincerely,

Zhang Liang

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　　Jenny likes her work with computers and can do a lot of clever things with them．

　　“Computers are really like 　　1　　 to me nowadays,” Jenny told her mother one day．“I can ask them questions, and they 　　2　　 just like people, but more politely and without arguing(争论), and you don’t have to 　　3　　 whether you are going to hurt their feelings．And they never lie!”

　　“I should hope not!” her mother answered．“It 　　4　　 a nice thing, doesn’t it?” “But can 　　5　　 of them think for themselves?”

　　“I’m afraid 　　6　　,” Jenny said．“you can get no more out of them than what you’ve put in．It’s called programming．But it’s wonderful what you can 　　7　　 them to do．”

　　“Well,” Jenny’s mother said, “I’d like to 　　8　　 whether you can program me one of them to give me some advice．”

　　“I hope so,” answered Jenny．“I’ll try it 　　9　　, what do you want advice about?”

　　“Well,” her mother answered, “I have 　　10　　 watches：one of them gains(走快)one second every minute, and the other has stopped and 　　11　　 start again．I would feel pleased if I know which I should 　　12　　．Do you 　　13　　 to ask one of your computers?”

　　Jenny laughed and answered, “That’s 　　14　　 to ask a computer, but I’ll do so．I’ll ask Donald．He’s my best 　　15　　．

　　The next evening when Jenny got home from 　　16　　, she said to her mother, “Donald advised you to keep 　　17　　 has stopped．”

　　“Really?” Jenny’s mother said．“　　18　　 did he advise that?”

　　“Because he pointed out that watch will 　　19　　 the right time once every twelve hours, 　　20　　 the other one will be right only once every five years．”