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　　I was December 25. Marie, a 13-year-old Australian girl, was happy. It was Christmas, and Marie's mother was making a special cake. She put four small coins into the cake ,and then she baked(烤) it .The four coins were for good luck. After dinner Marie and her family ate the cake. They found three coins in the cake and put them on the table. Where was the fourth coin? It was missing, but Marie's mother didn't notice.

　　After Christmas got sick. She coughed, and she couldn't speak. Marie's parents took her to hospital. Doctors at the hospital looked her over, and then said,“ We are sorry, but we can't help her.”For 12 years Marie didn't speak. She grew up, she got a job, and she got married. But she never spoke. One day, when Marie was 25 years old, she got a sore throat at work. She began to cough. She coughed up something small and black. What was it ? Marie didn't know. She took it to the hospital. A doctor at the hospital said, “This is a coin!”The doctor told Marie, “I think you can speak again.” Marie went to a special doctor, and soon she could talk.

1. What did Marie's mother make on Christmas?

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2.What did Marie's mother put some coins in the cake for?

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3. How many coins did Marie's family find after eating the Cake?

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4. Why did Marie's parents take her to hospital after Christmas?

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5.Could Marie speak at last?

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“Where is the university?” This is a question that many visitors to Cambridge ask. But no one can give them a  1  answer, for there is no wall to be found  2the university. The university is the city. You can find classroom buildings,  3 ， museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and4 of the thirty-one colleges.
　　Cambridge was already a  5  town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, and the river was once  6  the Cam. A  7  was built over the river as early as 875. So the town got its name “Cambridge”.
　　In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew much  8  in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a  9  in 1951 and now it has a population of over 100,000. Many young students in other countries  10  to study at Cambridge. Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all around the world.

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One night a man came to my house. He said to me, “There is a family with eight 　1　. They have not eaten for days.” After I asked him where the family was, I took some 　2　 with me and left.
When I finally got to that family, I 　3　 those little children were too hungry to say 　4　. I gave the food to the mother. She took half of it, and then 　5　. When she returned, I asked her, “　6　 did you go?” She gave me this simple 　7　, “To my neighbours — they are also 　8　!”
I was not surprised that she gave the food to others, because poor people are always very 　9　. But I was surprised that she gave her 　10　 half the food when her children were still hungry. Usually, when we are in trouble, we always think of ourselves first, and we have no time for others.