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An eightyearold child heard her parents talking about her little brother.All she knew was that he was
very __
1__ and they had no money left.When she heard her daddy say to her __
2__ mother with
whispered desperation (绝望), "Only a miracle (奇迹) can save him now, " the little girl went to her
bedroom and took out her piggy bank.She poured all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully.
Then she __
3__ her way six blocks to the local drugstore (药店).
"And what do you want?" asked the chemist.
"It's for my little brother, " the girl answered back."He's really, really sick and I want to buy a __
4__.
His name is Andrew and he has something bad growing inside his head and my __
5__ says only a
miracle can save him."
"We don't sell miracles here, child.I'm sorry, " the chemist said, smiling __
6__ at the little girl.
In the shop was a __
7__ customer.He stooped down and asked the little girl, "What kind of miracle
does your brother need?"
"I don't know, " she replied."He's really sick and mommy says he needs a(n) __
8__.But my daddy
can't pay for it, so I have brought my __
9__."
"How much do you have?" asked the man.
"One dollar and eleven cents, but I can try and get some more, " she answered quietly.
"Well, what a coincidence (巧合), " smiled the man."A dollar and eleven cents? The __
10__ price of
a miracle for little brothers.__
11__ me to where you live.I want to see your brother and meet your parents."
That welldressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon (外科医生). The operation was
completed without __
12__ and it wasn't long before __
13__ was home again and doing well.
The little girl was __
14__.She knew exactly how much the miracle cost...one dollar and eleven
cents...plus the __
15__ of a little child.
( )1. A.cold ( )2. A.tearful ( )3. A.followed ( )4. A.favor ( )5. A.doctor ( )6. A.gently ( )7. A.welldressed ( )8. A.doctor ( )9. A.suggestions ( )10. A.same ( )11. A.Take ( )12. A.difficulty ( )13. A.chemist ( )14. A.satisfy ( )15. A.cleverness |
B. sad B. helpless B. made B. doctor B. mum B. sadly B. kindhearted B. surgeon B. wishes B. exact B. Bring B. delay B. doctor B. happy B. faith |
C. sick C. hopeful C. took C. hope C. family C. strangely C. wellbehaved C. operation C. ideas C. proper C. Fetch C. charge C. Andrew C. frightened C. courage |
D. pain D. kind D. found D. miracle D. daddy D. coldly D. goodlooking D. kindness D. savings D. necessary D. Send D. result D. girl D. angry D. devotion |