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完形填空 A little girl took out the bottle. She 1 the coins carefully. The total number had to be exactly perfect. No chance for2.
Carefully placing the 3in the bottle, she walked to a drugstore and waited patiently for the pharmacist's (药剂师) 4, but he was too busy.
She 5her throat. Nothing. 6she put a coin on the counter heavily. That 7!
“What do you want?” the pharmacist asked 8. “I'm talking to my brother from Chicago whom I haven't9for ages,” he shouted.
“My brother,” Tess answered, “is really 10and I want to buy a miracle (奇迹).”
“Pardon?” said the pharmacist.
“Andrew has something bad growing inside his head. Dad says only a miracle can11 him. So how much does a miracle cost?”
“We don't sell miracles. I'm sorry,” the pharmacist said.
“I have money. 12 it isn't enough, I will get the rest.”
The pharmacist's brother asked the little girl, “What miracle does your brother need?”
“I don't know,” Tess replied with tears. “Mum says he needs a(n)13. But Dad can't14 it, so I want to use my money.”
“How much do you have?” he asked.
“One dollar and eleven cents. And it's all the money I have.”
“A dollar and eleven cents? That's the 15 price of a miracle for your little brother,” smiled the man from Chicago.
He took her money in one hand and held her with 16, “Take me to where you 17. Let's see if I have the right miracle.”
That man was doctor Carlton Armstrong.
The operation was done with no18and soon Andrew recovered. Mum and Dad were happily 19 the miracle.
“The operation,” Tess's mom smiled, “was a real miracle. How much did it cost?”
“One dollar and eleven cents and the 20 of a little child.”
