完形填空。Bringingagiraffeintotheworldisatallorder．Ababygiraffefalls10feetfromitsmother'swomb(子宫)andusuallylandsonits1_．Withinsecondsitrollsoverandtucks(缩

　　完形填空。 Bringingagiraffeintotheworldisatallorder．Ababygiraffefalls10feetfromitsmother's

　　womb(子宫)andusuallylandsonits 1_．Withinsecondsitrollsoverandtucks(缩拢)itslegs

　　underitsbody．GaryRichmonddescribeshowanewborngiraffelearnsitfirst 2 inhisbook

　　AViewfromtheZoo．

　　Themothergiraffe 3 herheadlongenoughtotakeaquicklook．Thenshe _4 herself

　　directlyoverhercalf．Shewaitsforaboutaminuteandthenshedoesthemost 5 thing．She

　　swingsherlonglegoutwardandkicksherbaby．

　　Ifthebabygiraffedoesn't 6 theviolentprocessisrepeatedoverandoveragain．The _7

　　toriseisveryimportant．Asthebabycalfgrows 8 themotherkicksitagaintostimulate(激励)

　　itsefforts．Finallythecalfstandsforthefirsttimeonits 9 legs．

　　Thenmothergiraffedoesthemostremarkablething．Shekicksitoffitsfeetagain． 10 ?

　　Shewantsittorememberhowitgotup．Inthewildbabygiraffesmustbeabletogetupas 11

　　aspossibletostaywiththeherd(鹿群)wherethereis 12 ．Wildanimalsandhuntingdogsall 13

　　younggiraffesandcalveswouldbepunishedifthemotherdidn't 14 hercalftobewatchfuland

　　getupquickly．

　　IrvingStone 15 this．Hespentalifetimestudying 16 writingnovelizedbiographiesof

　　suchmenasMichelangeloVincentvanGoghandCharlesDarwin．

　　Stonewasonceaskedifhehadfounda 17 thatrunsthroughthelivesofalltheseexceptional

　　people．Hesaid"Theyare 18 overtheheadknockeddownandforyearstheystillget 19 ．

　　Buteveryti