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　　When a first-time father saw his newborn son, he immediately noticed the baby's ears obviously standing out from his head．He expressed his concern to the nurse that some children might tease his child．A doctor examined the baby and reassured the new dad that his son was healthy-the ears presented only a minor problem with its appearance．

　　But the nervous father persisted．He wondered if the child might suffer psychological effects of ridicule, or if they should consider plastic surgery(整形手术)．The nurse assured him that it was really no problem, and he should just wait to see if the boy grows into his ears．

　　The father finally felt more optimistic about his child, but now he worried about his wife's reaction to those large ears．She had been delivered by operation, and had not yet seen the child．

　　“She doesn't take things as easily as I do, ” he said to the nurse．

　　By this time, the new mother was settled in the recovery room and ready to meet her new baby．The nurse went along with the dad to lend some support in case this inexperienced mother became upset about her baby's large ears．

　　The baby was in a receiving blanket with his head covered for the short trip through the cold air-conditioned corridor．The baby was placed in his mother's arms, who eased the blanket back so that she could look at her child for the first time．

　　She took one look at her baby's face and looked to her husband and gasped, “Oh, Honey! Look! He has your ears! ”

　　No problem with Mom．She married those ears．．．and she loves the man to whom they are attached．

　　The poet Kahlil Gibran said, “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart．” It's hard to see the ears when you're looking into the light．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

　　Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person to win it twice．However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner．

　　Born in September, 1887, Irene Curie was the first of the Curies’ two daughters．Along with nine other children whose parents were also famous scholars, Irene studied in their own school, and her mother was one of the teachers．She finished her high school education at the College of Sévigné in Paris．

　　Irene entered the University of Paris in 1914 to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics．When World War I began, Irene went to help her mother, who was using X-ray facilities(设备)to help save the lives of wounded soldiers．Irene continued the work by developing X-ray facilities in military hospitals in France and Belgium．Her services were recognized in the form of a Military's Medal by the French government．

　　In 1918, Irene became her mother's assistant at the Curie Institute．In December 1924, Frederic Joliot joined the Institute, and Irene taught him the techniques required for his work．They soon fell in love and were married in 1926．Their daughter Helene was born in 1927 and their son Pierre five years later．

　　Like her mother, Irene combined family and career．Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel Prize, along with her husband, in 1935．Unfortunately, also like her mother, she developed leukemia because of her work with radioactivity(辐射能．Irene Joliot-Curie died from leukemia on March 17, 1956．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　He was the baby with no name．Found and taken from the north Atlantic 6 days after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912,his tiny body so moved the salvage（救援）workers that they called him“our baby．”In their home port of Halifax,Nova Scotia,people collected money for a headstone in front of the baby's grave（墓）,carved with the words:“To the memory of an unknown child．”He has rested there ever since．

　　But history has a way of uncovering its secrets．On Nov．5,this year,three members of a family from Finland arrived at Halifax and laid fresh flowers at the grave．“This is our baby,”says Magda Schleifer,68,a banker．She grew up hearing stories about a greataunt named Maria Panula 　　1　　,who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband．According to the information Mrs．Schleifer had gathered,Panula gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children-including a 13-month-old boy named Eino-from whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing．“We thought they were all lost in the sea,”says Schleifer．

　　Now,using teeth and bone pieces taken from the baby's grave,scientists have compared the DNA from the Unknown Child with those collected from members of five families who lost relatives on the Titanic and never recovered the bodies．The result of the test points only to one possible person:young Eino．Now,the family sees no need for a new grave．“He belongs to the people of Halifax,”says Schleifer．“They've taken care of him for 90 years．”

Adapted from People,November 25,2002

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