完形填空。      An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was
very    1   and only a very expensive operation could save him. They were a poor family and no one would
lend them the    2  .
     One day, her daddy said to her tearful mother, "Only a miracle (奇迹) can save him now."    3   this, the
little girl went to her bedroom and    4   her money from its hiding place and counted it    5  . Then she hurried
to a drugstore with the money in her hand.
     "My brother Andrew has    6   bad growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save
him. So how much does a miracle    7  ?"
     "We don"t sell a miracle here, child. I"m sorry," the salesman said with a smile. Just then, a well-dressed
man heard it and asked,"What kind of miracle does your brother    8  ?"
     "I don"t know," she answered with her eyes full of    9  . "He"s really sick and Mum says he needs an
operation. But my daddy can"t   10  it, so I have brought all my money."
     "How much do you have?" asked the man.
     "$1.11, but I can try and get some more," she answered.
     "Well, what luck," smiled the man. "$1. 11, the   11  of a miracle for your little brother." He took up the
girl"s hand and said, "Take me to where you   12 . I want to see your brother and meet your   13 . Let"s see
if I have the kind of miracle you need."
     That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a   14  doctor who had saved many people"s lives. The
operation was   15  and it wasn"t long before Andrew was home again.

(     )1. A. sad      (     )2. A. money    (     )3. A. Seeing   (     )4. A. pulled   (     )5. A. nervously (     )6. A. nothing  (     )7. A. take     (     )8. A. have     (     )9. A. hope     (     )10. A. afford  (     )11. A. prize   (     )12. A. study   (     )13. A. parents (     )14. A. rich    (     )15. A. unusual

B. mad           B. food           B. Reading        B. picked       B. carefully     B. anything       B. cost          B. need          B. anger           B. offer         B. value       B. work           B. teachers       B. poor         B. successful

C. sick            C. chance           C. Realizing        C. pushed         C. politely       C. everything        C. spend           C. know            C. tears              C. support        C. price        C. play              C. neighbours       C. handsome        C. difficult

D. dangerous       D. medicine         D. Hearing         D. placed          D. patiently    D. something         D. pay             D. like             D. thanks          D. provide           D. bill         D. live              D. friends          D. famous            D. expensive