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An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was
very
1 and only a very expensive operation could save him. They were a poor family and no one would
lend them the
2 .
One day, her daddy said to her tearful mother, "Only a miracle (奇迹) can save him now."
3 this, the
little girl went to her bedroom and
4 her money from its hiding place and counted it
5 . Then she hurried
to a drugstore with the money in her hand.
"My brother Andrew has
6 bad growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save
him. So how much does a miracle
7 ?"
"We don't sell a miracle here, child. I'm sorry," the salesman said with a smile. Just then, a well-dressed
man heard it and asked,"What kind of miracle does your brother
8 ?"
"I don't know," she answered with her eyes full of
9 . "He's really sick and Mum says he needs an
operation. But my daddy can't
10 it, so I have brought all my money."
"How much do you have?" asked the man.
"$1.11, but I can try and get some more," she answered.
"Well, what luck," smiled the man. "$1. 11, the
11 of a miracle for your little brother." He took up the
girl's hand and said, "Take me to where you
12 . I want to see your brother and meet your
13 . Let's see
if I have the kind of miracle you need."
That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a
14 doctor who had saved many people's lives. The
operation was
15 and it wasn't long before Andrew was home again.
( )1. A. sad ( )2. A. money ( )3. A. Seeing ( )4. A. pulled ( )5. A. nervously ( )6. A. nothing ( )7. A. take ( )8. A. have ( )9. A. hope ( )10. A. afford ( )11. A. prize ( )12. A. study ( )13. A. parents ( )14. A. rich ( )15. A. unusual |
B. mad B. food B. Reading B. picked B. carefully B. anything B. cost B. need B. anger B. offer B. value B. work B. teachers B. poor B. successful |
C. sick C. chance C. Realizing C. pushed C. politely C. everything C. spend C. know C. tears C. support C. price C. play C. neighbours C. handsome C. difficult |
D. dangerous D. medicine D. Hearing D. placed D. patiently D. something D. pay D. like D. thanks D. provide D. bill D. live D. friends D. famous D. expensive |