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　　Christmas was a quiet affair when I was growing up．There were just my parents and 　　1　　．I wished that someday I'd 　　2　　 and have six children, and at 　　3　　 my house would be full of 　　4　　 and love．

　　I found the 　　5　　 who shared my dream, but we had not 　　6　　 the possibility of infertility(不能生育)．So we asked for adoption(收养)and, within a year, he arrived．We called him our Christmas boy because he came to us during that season of joy, 　　7　　 he was just six days old．Then nature 　　8　　 us again．Within two years we 　　9　　 two biological children to the family－not as many as we had hoped for, 　　10　　 compared with quiet childhood, three made an entirely satisfactory 　　11　　．

　　　　12　　 our Christmas boy grew, he made it clear that only he had the special skill to select and decorate(装饰)the Christmas 　　13　　 each year．He started his Christmas gift list 　　14　　 before we'd finished the Thanksgiving turkey．He encouraged us to sing songs, using our froglike 　　15　　 comparing with his musical gift of perfect voice．

　　Our friends thought that adopted children were not the same and they were right．Our Christmas boy brought 　　16　　 into our lives with his good cheer, his wit(智慧)．He made us 　　17　　 and act better than we were．

　　Then on his 26th Christmas, he left us as 　　18　　 as he had come．He was killed in a car accident on an icy Denver street, on his way home to his young wife and daughter．But first he had 　　19　　 by our home to decorate our tree, as usual．His father and I sold our home, where memories remained in every room．We moved to California, leaving 　　20　　 our friends and church．

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　　Christmas was a quiet affair when I was growing up．There were just my parents and 　　1　　．I wished that someday I'd 　　2　　 and have six children and at 　　3　　 my house would be full of 　　4　　 and love．I found the 　　5　　 who shared my dream, but we had not 　　6　　 the possibility of infertility(不能生育)．So we asked for adoption(收养)and, within a year, he arrived．We called him our Christmas boy because he came to us during that season of joy, 　　7　　 he was just six days old．Then nature 　　8　　 us again．within two years we 　　9　　 two biological children to the family not as many as we had hoped for, 　　10　　 compared with 　　11　　 childhood, three made an entirely 　　12　　 crowd．

　　As our Christmas boy grew, he made it clear that only he had the special skill to select and decorate(装饰)the Christmas 　　13　　 each year．He started his Christmas gift list 　　14　　 before we'd finished the thanksgiving turkey(感恩节火鸡)．He encouraged us to sing songs, using our froglike 　　15　　 comparing with his musical gift of perfect voice．

　　Our friends thought that adopted children were not the same and they were 　　16　　．Our Christmas boy brought 　　17　　 into lives with his good cheer, his wit．He made us look and act better than we were．

　　Then on his 26th Christmas, he left us as 　　18　　 as he had come．He was killed in a car accident on an icy Denver street, on his way home to his young wife and daughter．But first he had 　　19　　 by our home to decorate our tree, as usual．His father and I sold our home, where memories clung to every room．We moved to California, leaving 　　20　　 our friends and church．

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阅读理解

　　Research on the human brain has been attracting more and more scientists in recent years, just like the booming hi-tech industry．One of the latest research topics is how to change the human brain or combine the computer and the human brain, i．e．to transplant a chip into o human brain．This innovation(改革) may make everyone’s dream come true．If we compare a human brain to a hard disc, what the scientists are doing is to enlarge the applicable capacity of the hard disc．For the time being, there are some difficulties in such transplant experiments, but scientists never give up．

　　Experiments have started on animals．In 1996, a transplant experiment performed at the Defense and Military Physiology Research Institute in the U．S．turned a bear into a dolphin．

　　The dolphin was named Ted, and the bear was named Tallin．Using the most advanced technology available, deep and detailed images were made of the memory area in Ted’s brain containing information about swimming by the scientists．They obtained a series of useful information, the signals transferred by the nervous system．Such information was saved into a button-sized chip, which was then transplanted into the action memory area in Tallin’s brain．The information saved on the chip was released by means of electric power．

　　Recently, another comprehensive memory transplant was performed at the Motor Never Research Institute of the University of California．The comprehensive memory transplanted in the experiment included actions, moods, logic, words, images, etc．The experiment involved an entire transplant of the memory area．This was the largest such experiment done so far．

　　The transplant was performed making a transfer from a dog named“Genius”to a dog named“Idiot”．“Genius”could understand and follow up to 100 gestures and orders made by its master．It was a real genius in memorizing．“Idiot”was the younger brother of“Genius”．It had no contact with people at all since its birth．It became an animal with nothing in its brain, without any memory．

　　The operation was a complete success．When the two dogs woke up．“Idiot”had grasped all the abilities“Genius”possessed; it was good at memorizing and sensible．It could follow every gesture and any command given by its master．But“Genius”gave no response to its master, and in fact did not recognize him at all．

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阅读理解

　　Research on the human brain has been attracting more and more scientists in recent years, just like the booming hi-tech industry．One of the latest research topics is how to change the human brain or combine the computer and the human brain, i．e．to transplant a chip into o human brain．This innovation(改革)may make everyone’s dream come true．If we compare a human brain to a hard disc, what the scientists are doing is to enlarge the applicable capacity of the hard disc．For the time being, there are some difficulties in such transplant experiments, but scientists never give up．

　　Experiments have started on animals．In 1996, a transplant experiment performed at the Defense and Military Physiology Research Institute in the U．S．turned a bear into a dolphin．

　　The dolphin was named Ted, and the bear was named Tallin．Using the most advanced technology available, deep and detailed images were made of the memory area in Ted’s brain containing information about swimming by the scientists．They obtained a series of useful information, the signals transferred by the nervous system．Such information was saved into a button-sized chip, which was then transplanted into the action memory area in Tallin’s brain．The information saved on the chip was released by means of electric power．

　　Recently, another comprehensive memory transplant was performed at the Motor Never Research Institute of the University of California．The comprehensive memory transplanted in the experiment included actions, moods, logic, words, images, etc．The experiment involved an entire transplant of the memory area．This was the largest such experiment done so far．

　　The transplant was performed making a transfer from a dog named“Genius”to a dog named“Idiot”．“Genius”could understand and follow up to 100 gestures and orders made by its master．It was a real genius in memorizing．“Idiot”was the younger brother of“Genius”．It had no contact with people at all since its birth．It became an animal with nothing in its brain, without any memory．

　　The operation was a complete success．When the two dogs woke up．“Idiot”had grasped all the abilities“Genius”possessed; it was good at memorizing and sensible．It could follow every gesture and any command given by its master．But“Genius”gave no response to its master, and in fact did not recognize him at all．

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