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It was December 25, 1972. Marie, a 13-year-old Australian girl, was very happy. It was 1and
Marie's mother made an unusual cake. She put four small coins (硬币) into 2. The four small coins
were for good3 .
After dinner Marie and her 4ate the cake. When they 5the 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 9couldn't speak. So Marie went to the hospital.
Doctors at the hospital 10Marie. 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 13and 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 14small 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 15you 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

B. Christmas
B. her pocket
B. health
B. brother
B. finished
B. found
B. home
B. terrible
B. also
B. looked over
B. listen
B. busy
B. sent up
B. nothing
B. tell C. holiday
C. Marie's bag
C. luck
C. daughter
C. did
C. missing
C. back
C. better
C. yet
C. looked after
C. tell
C. worried
C. grew up
C. anything
C. ask D. winter
D. the box
D. life
D. family
D. made
D. put away
D. ill
D. lonely
D. often
D. looked up
D. hear
D. sorry
D. got up
D. everything
D. think