It was December 25，1972．Marie Orr，a 13-year-old Australian girl，was happy．It was 1 and Marie's mother made an usual 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（注意）．
After Christmas Marie got 7 ．She coughed（咳嗽）and couldn't speak． Six weeks later she felt 8 ，but she 9 couldn't speak．So Marie went to the hospital．
Doctors at the hospital 10 Marie．They took an X-ray（X光）．Marie's mother asked the doctors，“Why can't Marie 11 ？”The doctors 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 25years 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．love
4．A．teacher B．brother C．daughter D．family
5．A．began B．finished C．did D．made
6．A．interesting B．exciting C．missing D．losing
7．A．tired B．home C．back D．ill
8．A．worse B．happy C．better D．sorry
9．A．still B．also C．sometimes D．often
10．A．looked for B．looked over C．looked after D．looked up
11．A．talk B．listen C．tell D．hear
12．A．sure B．busy C．worried D．careless
13．A．got up B．put up C．GREw up D．hurried up
14．A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
15．A．wish B．hope C．know D．think
Key:
1．B 2．A 3．C 4．D 5．B 6．C 7．D 8．C 9．A 10．B 11．A 12．C 13．C 14．A 15．D
