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Passage One My surprise over the past few winters has been the personality transformation my parents go through around mid-December as they change from Dad and Mom into Grandpa and Grandma. Yes, they become grandparents and are completely different from the people I know the other eleven and a half months of the year. The first sign of my parents’ change is the delight they take in visiting toy and children’s clothing stores. These two people, who usually dislike anything having to do with shopping malls, become crazy consumers. While they tell me to budget my money and shop wisely, they are buying up every doll and dump truck in sight. And this is only the beginning of the holidays! When my brother’s children arrive, Grandpa and Grandma come into full form. First they throw out all ideas about a balanced diet for the grandkids. While we were raised in a house where everyone had to take two bites of corn, beets (甜菜) , or liver (foods that appeared quite often on our table despite constant complaining), the grandchildren never have to eat anything that does not appeal to them. Grandma carries chocolate in her pockets to bribe (贿赂) the littlest ones into following her around the house, while Grandpa offers "surprises" of candy and cake to them all day long. Boxes of chocolate-pie disappear while the whole-wheat bread get hard and stale. The kids love all the sweets, and when the sugar raises their energy levels, Grandma and Grandpa can always decide to leave and do a bit more shopping or go to bed while my brother and sister-in-law try to deal with their highly active kids. Once the grandchildren have arrived, Grandma and Grandpa also seem to forget all of the responsibility lectures I so often hear in my daily life. If Mickey screams at his sister during dinner, he is "developing his own personality"; if Nancy breaks Grandma’s mirror, she is "just a curious child". But, if I track mud into the house while helping to unload groceries, I become "careless"; if I scold one of the grandkids for tearing pages out of my textbook, I am" impatient". If Paula talks back to her mother, Grandma and Grandpa smile at her spirit. If I say one word about all of this excessive love, Mom and Dad reappear to have a talk with me about petty jealousies. "Personality transformation" in the author’s parents means that they ______

A. have turned into loving parents
B. have become strict parents
C. no longer care for the author
D. used to believe in discipline for children

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A. that
B. when
C. if
D. because

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In recent years a new farming revolution has begun, one that involves the (61) of life at a fundamental level--the gene. The study of genetics has (62) a new industry called biotechnology. As the name suggests, It (63) biology and modern technology through such techniques as genetic engineering. Some of the new biotech companies specialize in agriculture and are working feverishly to (64) seeds that give a high yield, that (65) diseases, drought and frost, and that reduce the need for (66) chemicals. If such goals could be achieved, it would be most (67) . But some have raised concerns about genetically engineered crops. In nature, genetic diversity is created within certain (68) . A rose can be crossed with a different kind of rose, but a rose will never cross with a potato. Genetic engineering, (69) usually involves taking genes from one species and inserting them into another (70) to transfer a desired characteristic. This could mean, for example, selecting a gene which leads to the production of a chemical with anti-freeze (71) from an artic fish, and inserting it into a potato or strawberry to make it frost-resistant. (72) , then, biotechnology allows humans to (73) the genetic wails that separate species. Like the green revolution, (74) some call the gene revolution contributes to the problem of genetic uniformity--some say even more so (75) geneticists can employ techniques such as cloning and (76) culture (培养), processes that produce perfectly (77) copies. Concerns about the erosion of biodiversity, therefore, remain. Genetically altered plants, however, raise new (78) , such as the effects that they may have on us and the environment. "We are flying blindly into a new (79) of agricultural biotechnology with high hopes, few constraints, and little idea of the potential (80) " said science writer Jeremy Rifkin.

A. in an attempt
B. in no case
C. to the point
D. with regard

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