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My name is Jack. It was my birthday yesterday. An old woman stopped me on the street."It's (1)y______
birthday," she said."Let me look at your hand. Yes, you have a (2)f______ Mark, and you like apples and cakes. (3)T______ you will see fire (火); your mother will go away and a tiger (虎) will come to your house."
I went to Mark's home. He and his sister made a (4)b______ cake and lighted the candles for me. But I was
thinking about the old woman's (5)w______. I wanted to go home, so I said (6)g______ to them and ran home. Good, there was no fire, but Mum wasn't at home. Oh, no…I thought about the old words (7)a______. Then
Mum walked in with Mark and a box."Here's your (8)p______. It's a lovely little dog and his name is Tiger,"
said Mum."But how (9)a______ the fire and the old woman?" I asked." The fire is the (10)c______," Mark
smiled(微笑) and said,"and we hired(雇用) the old woman."