It was December 25 , 1972. Marie Orr, a 13-year-old Australia girl, was happy. It was __1__ and Marie’s mother made an unusual cake. She put four small coins into __2___ . The four small coins were for good __3__.

After dinner, Marie and her ___4__ ate the cake. When they __5__ the cake, there were three coins on the table. One coin was __6___ . Marie’s mother didn’t notice.

After Christmas, Marie got ___7__ . She coughed and couldn’t speak. Six weeks later, she felt __8_ , but she __9___couldn’t speak. So Marie went to hospital.

Doctors at the hospital ___10___ Marie. They book an X-ray, 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 　13­­　 　and 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 __14___ small 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 ___15__ you can speak again.”　 Soon Marie began talking.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

(　 ) 1. A. party　　　 B. Christmas　 C. holiday　　　　 D. winter

(　 ) 2. A. the cake　　 B. Her pocket　 C. Marie’s bag　　 D. the box

(　 ) 3. A. Friends　　 B. health　　　 C. luck　　　　 　　D. life

(　 ) 4. A. teacher　　 B. brother　　 C. daughter　　　　 D. family

(　 ) 5. A. began　　　 B. finished　　 C. did　　　　　　　 D. made

(　 ) 6. A. paid　　　　 B. found　　　 C. missing　　　　 D. put away

(　 ) 7. A. tired　　　　 B. home　　　 C. back　　　　　　 D. ill

(　 ) 8. A. worse　　　 B. terrible　　 C. better　　　　　 D. lonely

(　 ) 9. A. still　　　　 B. also　　　 C. sometimes　　　　 D. often

(　 ) 10. A. looked for　 B. looked at　 C. looked after　　　 D. looked up

(　 ) 11. A. talk　　　　 B. listen　　　 C. tell　　　　　　　 D. hear

(　 ) 12. A. sure　　　　 B. busy　　　 C. worried　　　　　 D. sorry

(　 ) 13.A. got up　　　　 B. put up　　　 C. grew up　　　　　 D. sent up

(　 ) 14. A. something　　 B. anything　　 C. everything　　　　 D. nothing

(　 ) 15. A. wish　　　　 B. hope　　　 C. know　　　　　　 D. think

15. Let’s write them _____ before we forget them.

A. down　　　　 B. on　　　 C. to　　　 D. with

14. It _____ us five hours to work out the problem.

A. cost　　　　　 B. spent　　　　 C. paid　　　 D. took

13. _____ of them is a farm worker.

A. Both　　　 B. All　　　　 C. Neither　　　　　 D. Some

12. We have never seen _____ good a car _____ this.

A. as, as　　　 B. so, as　　　 C. such, that　　 D. so, that

11.(　　 ) He is a _____ boy, so he can’t go to the park by himself.

A. six-year-old　 B. six year old　 C. six-years-old　 D. six years old