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Tess went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jar from its hiding place. She poured all the coins out on the floor and counted it __1__. Then cautiously placing the __2__back in the jar, she made her way six blocks to the chemist's. She waited for the chemist to give her some __3__, but he was busy talking with a well-dressed gentleman at that moment.__4__she took a quarter from her jar and banged it on the glass counter. That did it! "And what do you want?" the chemist asked in an __5__tone of voice. He turned back__6__expecting a reply to his question. "I want to buy a __7__," Tess answered back to the chemist in the same annoyed tone. "My brother Andrew is really, really __8__. Daddy says only a miracle can save him. And I believe I can find it here. How much does it cost?" InstInstantly they __9__ talking. The well-dressed gentleman came up to Tess, and __10_ to ask how much money she had on her. "One dollar and eleven cents," Tess answered. "And it's all the money I have." "Well, what a coincidence(巧合). A dollar and eleven cents-the _11_ price of a miracle for your little brother," smiled the man. Actually, the gentleman was an expert surgeon in his field. He performed an _12_ on Andrew without charge and it wasn't long _13_ Andrew recovered. Mom and Dad were always _14_ how much the operation would have cost. Tess smiled. Only she knew exactly how much a miracle cost…one dollar and eleven cents…plus the _15_ of a little child. | |||
( )1. A. carefully ( )2. A. currency ( )3. A. admission ( )4. A. So ( )5. A. astonished ( )6. A. by ( )7. A. pill ( )8. A. sick ( )9. A. started ( )10. A. went down ( )11. A. basic ( )12. A. action ( )13. A. after ( )14. A. knowing ( )15. A. faith |
B. contently B. cash B. attention B. And B. appreciated B. for B. miracle B. weak B. stopped B. broke down B. low B. experiment B. when B. wondering B. chat |
C. carelessly C. change C. attraction C. But C. annoyed C. beyond C. medicine C. unhappy C. continued C. settled down C. exact C. operation C. until C. doubting C. fantasy |
D. considerately D. collection D. adjustment D. Or D. amused D. without D. drug D. naughty D. considered D. bent down D. average D. assignment D. before D. realizing D. curiosity |
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Tess was an eight-year-old girl when she heard her parents talking about her sick brother, Andrew. Only a 1 surgery could save him now and no one would 2 them the money. She heard Daddy say to her tearful Mother with 3 . "Only a miracle can save him now." Tess went to her bedroom and 4 a glass jar from the closet. She poured all the change out on the floor and counted it 5 . No chance here for mistakes. Placing the coins back in the jar, she 6 out of the back door and made her way 6 7 to Rexall's Drug Store. She waited 8 so long but the pharmacist was too busy at this moment. "And what do you want?" the pharmacist asked in a(n) 9 tone of voice. "I'm talking to my brother from Chicago whom I haven't seen for ages," he said. "Well, I want to talk to you about my brother," Tess answered. "He's really, really sick and I want to buy a 10 ." "I beg your pardon?" said the pharmacist. "My brother has something bad growing 11 his head and only a miracle can save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?" "Sorry, little girl. We don't sell miracles here." he said, 12 a little. The pharmacist's brother 13 down and asked her "What kind of a miracle does your brother need?" "I don't know," Tess replied with her eyes 14 up. "He needs an operation. But my Daddy can't pay for it, so I want to use my money." "How much do you have?" he asked."One dollar and eleven cents," she 15 . "It's the exact price of a miracle for little brothers. Take me to 16 your brother. Maybe I have the miracle you need." That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon, 17 in neurosurgery. The operation was completed without charge and it wasn't long 18 Andrew was home again. "That surgery," Mom whispered, "was a(n) 19 miracle. I wonder how much it would have cost?" Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost: one dollar and eleven cents plus the 20 of a little child. | ||||
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