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Mr and Mrs Green were very worried about their son, Daniel. He was born normal (正常) in every other way, ______ seemed to be dumb (哑的). Mr and Mrs Green tried everything to get him to ______ , but with no success.

When Daniel was six years old, the best doctors in the town examined (检查) him ______ , but could find nothing wrong. And he seemed to be smart. It was just that he ______ spoke.

“There might be something wrong with his ______ , and he doesn’t know he’s able to speak,” one doctor said.

“But he can read and write,” said Mr Green, “We’ve written him notes, telling him to speak some day.”

“It’s certainly very ______ ,” another doctor said. “Perhaps he will be able to speak some day.”

______ passed. Daniel went to university. But he didn’t speak a single word.

Then one day Daniel was having a meal with his parents. Without any warning, he looked up from his ______ and said, “Pass me the salt, please.”

Mr and Mrs Green were excited. “You spoke! You spoke!” they cried. “Why have you ______ so long to speak?”

“I didn’t have anything to say,” he said. “Until now everything was ______ . But you forgot to put salt in these potatoes.”

1.A. because B. when C. but D. before

2.A. speak B. walk C. play D. laugh

3.A. angrily B. slowly C. carefully D. quickly

4.A. never B. often C. usually D. always

5.A. back B. hair C. face D. mind

6.A. exciting B. strange C. noisy D. quiet

7.A. Hours B. Weeks C. Months D. Years

8.A. chair B. meal C. hands D. books

9.A. slept B. walked C. missed D. waited

10.A. wrong B. easy C. perfect D. new

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