【正文】 ， or flowers． She had never had a dog before and was a bit afraid of them． I’ m sure that she initially agreed that we could keep Feifei just because I had been badly missing having a dog． I had to go on a fourday reporting trip the first week after Feifei moved in． My wife would call frequently and say，“ She’ s barking． What does she want?!!!” Now， a month later， I hear her whispering，“ I love you， little girl．” I’ ve found that Chinese culture and American culture is usually not that different． But， I have to say， with respect to dogs， Americans have it right． It saddens me to see small kids shying away in fear from a fivekilogram puppy． In the US， they would run up and give her a hug． On the other hand， this attitude is changing． I walk Feifei every morning in the great park by the Yuan dynasty(12711378)walls， where many people walk dogs． Growing up， my big collie(牧羊犬 )named Lad was my best friend． I can’ t imagine going through the difficult middleschool years without him． Young children with dogs were found to learn language faster， read better， and have larger vocabularies． Adolescents with dogs are more emotionally stable and selfconfident． Dogs are not just for the kids． My wife says I smile a lot more since we got Feifei． The scientific evidence says she’ s right about that． [KS5 UKS5 U] 24． Why did the author take Feifei home? A． His wife needed a dog friend． B． He wanted to send a gift to his wife． C． He loved to keep a dog deeply． D． His wife was good at looking after a dog． 25． What made the author believe the Chinese love dogs too? A． Many people walking dogs in China． B． His wife treating Feifei carefully． C． His difficult middleschool years． D． His China Daily colleague’ s work． 26． The author mentioned his collie Lad in Paragraph 4 to________． A． recall his happy childhood B． show it’ s helpful to raise a dog C． show Lad helped him learn language D． prove all Americans love dogs 27． What can we learn from the text? A． Dogs are human’ s friends． B． Few people love dogs in China． C． Dogs are good only for kids． D． Chinese and American culture is quite different． C In any given week， about four dozen kids visit Dr． David Abramson’ s preschool— like clinic at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City． And while most of them are barely old enough to speak， because of Dr． Abramson and the groundbreaking medical procedure he has created for a rare and potentially deadly eye cancer called retinoblastoma， they can see． The technique Dr． Abramson pioneered is called ophthalmic artery chemosurgery(OAC)， and it involves delivering one fifth of a teaspoon of chemotherapy to a blood vessel in the eye． In the past， if the cancer didn’ t respond well to thenavailable treatments， survival required removing the cancerous eyeif the parents would allow that． Throughout Asia and Africa， says Dr． Abramson，parents whose children have been diagnosed with retinoblastoma will often choose to let their children die with their eyes intact(完好無缺 )rather than live without them． “ This was a transformational change in our field，” says Dr． Abramson， who began using the technique in 2021．“ Overnight， we went from taking out children’ s eyes to not taking out children’ s eyes．” OAC is now performed in 45 countries， where it allows doctors to save 95 percent of eyes with retinoblastoma． But there’ s an aspect of OAC that Dr． Abramson doesn’ t talk about much， even though it is as inspirational as the technique itself． He won’ t make a dime off OAC， because he refused to patent it． Pursuing a patent， he feared， would have meant keeping the technique under wraps for a long period of time while the paperwork was approved by the U． S． Trademark and Patent Office． In the meantime， untold numbers of children would have suffered and perhaps died． By not patenting， Dr． Abramson chose to give up the profits．“ I want people to know that when I endorse(認(rèn)可 )something， it’ s from my scientific heart， not because I had any financial benefit，” he says．“ And eventually， our goal was to help ch