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焦点08 任务型阅读之补全句子 备战2024年中考英语复习之优秀生拔高特训 A 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，在每小题句子空白处填入适当词语，使其意思与短文内容一致 (每空词数不限)。 Hey, hey, it’s your scientist pal Tania here. Today’s topic is…drumroll please…the human body! Human bodies can seem weird sometimes. After all, your body didn’t come with instructions. No wonder a bunch of you sent me so many questions about it. Well, read on, curious human beings! I’ve got answers for you. What are toes for? Toes aren’t just weird little things that stick out of our feet. They do most of the work of keeping our balance. Toes act like teeny pegs. They dig in and make sure we stay upright when the going gets wonky. But wait, there’s more! Ever tried to walk only on your heels? If so, you know that toes also put the spring in your step. Here’s how that works: When you raise your heel to start a step, your toes bend. That stretches your foot like a rubber band. As you finish the step, your stretched foot snaps back to normal. That springs your body forward to the next step. When you run, your toes bend even farther. This creates a super spring that sends you soaring through the air! Yup, toes let humans walk, run, and even fly. Well, for a few seconds, at least. Why are babies so cute? It’s not easy to care for a baby. Their diapers get stinky, and they cry a lot. And yet, they’re just so cute, right? Well, guess what? Their cuteness is the superpower that makes us take care of them! Babies grab us with their powers of cuteness. We love to see a cute baby, hear it gurgle, or even smell its tiny baby head. And that’s great for babies. They need our attention. But what do we get out of it? Well, we smile and get a warm and fuzzy feeling around babies. That feeling comes from chemicals that flood into our brains. Even when babies are smelly, loud, or sticky, those chemicals still flow. The chemicals make us happy, and that gets us to care for the baby’s needs. Both the needy baby and our happy-hungry brains win! How come my belly makes that weird noise when I’m