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It was December 25, 1972. Marie, a 13-year-old Australian girl, was very happy. It was
1 and
Marie's mother made an unusual cake. She put four small coins (硬币) into
2 . The four small coins
were for good
3 .
After dinner Marie and her
4 ate the cake. When they
5 the cake, there were three coins on
the table. One coin was
6 . Marie's mother didn't notice that.
After Christmas Marie got
7 . She coughed and couldn't speak. Six weeks later she felt
8 ,
but she
9 couldn't speak. So Marie went to the hospital.
Doctors at the hospital
10 Marie. They took an X-ray (X光). Marie's mother asked the doctors,
"Why can't Marie
11 ?" The doctor said, "We don't know. Maybe she will speak again. Maybe she won't.
We're
12 , but we can't help her."
For twelve years Marie didn't speak. She
13 and got a job. But she never spoke.
One day when Marie was 25 years old, she got ill. She began to cough. She coughed up a lot of blood
(血). She also coughed up
14 small and black from her throat (喉咙). What was it? Marie didn't know.
She took it to the hospital. A doctor said, "This is a coin."
The doctor told Marie, "I
15 you can speak again." Soon Marie began talking.
( )1. A. party
( )2. A. the cake
( )3. A. friends
( )4. A. teacher
( )5. A. began
( )6. A. paid
( )7. A. tired
( )8. A. worse
( )9. A. still
( )10. A. looked for
( )11. A. speak
( )12. A. sure
( )13. A. put up
( )14. A. something
( )15. A. sure