"Can I see my baby？"asked the new happy mother．Unluckily，she found her baby had been （31）　　without ears when it was in her arms．

Time proved that the baby′s （32）　　 was perfect．He got on well with his classmates．But one day，he rushed home and said to his mother （33）　　tears in his eyes．"A boy，a big boy（34）　　me a freak（怪胎）．"

As the boy （35）　　，he developed a talent for art and music．

The boy′s father had a meeting with the family doctor．"Could anything （36）　　done？"He asked the doctor．

"I believe I could graft（移植）a pair of outer ears （37）　　you could get them，"the doctor said．

However，two years （38）　　，nobody wanted to offer the young man ears．Then one day the father said，"Son，（39）　　will offer his ears to you．But it's a secret．"The operation was a great （40）　　．

Time kept the secret，but the day did come…The young man stood with his father（41）　　his mother′s body．Slowly，the father held out a hand and raised the thick，brown hair．（42）　　，the son found his mother had no outer ears．

"Mother said she was glad she （43）　　 let her long hair be cut，"the father said gently．"and nobody ever thought mother （44）　　beautiful，did they？"

Real （45）　　lies not in what is done and known，but in what is done not known．

31．A．active	B．dead	C．born	D．awake
32．A．speaking	B．hearing	C．writing	D．reading
33．A．of	B．in	C．around	D．with
34．A．called	B．asked	C．said	D．told
35．A．looked up	B．grew up	C．brought up	D．caught up
36．A．is	B．was	C．are	D．be
37．A．if	B．until	C．unless	D．because
38．A．went down	B．got over	C．went by	D．arrived
39．A．nobody	B．someone	C．anyone	D．everyone
40．A．succeed	B．successful	C．success	D．failure
41．A．between	B．besides	C．towards	D．beside
42．A．With interest	B．To be surprise	C．In silence	D．What anger
43．A．always	B．often	C．never	D．sometimes
44．A．less	B．more	C．most	D．least
45．A．idea	B．friendship	C．thought	D．love