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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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Mary’s dime（一毛钱）
It was Sunday afternoon. I decided to clean up the room nicely so that my parents would feel   1  when they returned from a long ride! Then, I sat in the room, having nothing to do.
　　 What else could I do? Then, with no reason, I suddenly  2  the pale face of that little beggar(乞丐) girl. I could see the glad light   3  her eyes when I put the dime in her little dirty hand.
　　  How much I  4  that dime, too! Grandpa gave it to me a whole month ago, and I had kept it ever since in my red box upstairs, but those sugar apples looked so attractive, and were so   5  — only a dime a piece — that I wanted to have one.
　　  I could imagine the little girl stood there in front of the  6  in her old dirty dress, looking at the   7  that were put all in a row in the window. I wonder what I should say, “Little girl, what do you want?” I gently asked. She felt   8  and looked straight at me, just as if（似乎）nobody had spoken so   9  to her before. She realized what I had meant, so she said seriously and sadly. “I was thinking how good one of those delicious hamburgers would  10 . I haven’t had anything to eat today.”
　　 Now I thought to myself, “Mary Williams, you have had a good breakfast and a good lunch today,   11  this poor girl has not had a mouthful yet. You can give her your  12 . She needs it a great deal more than you do.”
　　 I could not run away from that little girl’s sad,  13  look — so I dropped the dime right into her hand. How  14  the girl was! I am so glad I gave her the dime,  15  I had to go without the apple lying there in the window.

从方框中选择恰当的句子完成对话，其中有两个多余项。

Sally and Li Ming are talking about making the delicious chicken.

 L: The chicken tastes great.

S:1.　    　　    　    　　          

L: Could you tell me how to cook it? I want to have a try.

 S: Of course. 2.　    　　          

L:3.　    　　       

S: Next, fill the chicken with many herbs, and put the chicken into the oven.

L: And then?

S:4.　    　　              

L: That’s a long time.

 S: Yeah. Finally when the chicken is ready, put it on the table and then cut it into slices.

 L: Thanks for your recipe.

S:5.　    　　    　　    　

A. You should cook the chicken in the oven for several hours.

B. Thanks for saying so.

C. What can I do for you?

D. My pleasure.

E. First, you need to clean the chicken.

F. I’m sorry. I don’t like it.

G. What’s the next?

从方框中选择恰当的句子完成对话，其中有两个多余项。

Sally and Li Ming are talking about making the delicious chicken.

 L: The chicken tastes great.

S:1.　    　　    　    　　          

L: Could you tell me how to cook it? I want to have a try.

 S: Of course. 2.　    　　          

L:3.　    　　       

S: Next, fill the chicken with many herbs, and put the chicken into the oven.

L: And then?

S:4.　    　　              

L: That’s a long time.

 S: Yeah. Finally when the chicken is ready, put it on the table and then cut it into slices.

 L: Thanks for your recipe.

S:5.　    　　    　　    　

A. You should cook the chicken in the oven for several hours.

B. Thanks for saying so.

C. What can I do for you?

D. My pleasure.

E. First, you need to clean the chicken.

F. I’m sorry. I don’t like it.

G. What’s the next?