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Tess，a little girl，entered Rexall's Drug Store with one dollar and eleven cents．She waited patiently for the pharmacist（药剂师）to give her some attention．But he was too busy at that moment．

“And what do you want?” the pharmacist asked while he was ___1___ his brother from Chicago．

“Well，I want to talk to you about my ___2___，Andrew，” Tess answered．“He's really，really sick．．．and I want to buy a miracle（奇迹）．”

“I beg your pardon?” said the pharmacist．

“He has ___3___ growing inside his head，and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now．So ___4___ does a miracle cost?’’

“We don’t sell miracles here，little girl．So I ___5___ help you．” the pharmacist said，softening a little．

“What kind of miracle does your brother ___6___?” asked the pharmacist’s brother，a well dressed man．

“I don’t know．I just know he's really sick，and Mommy says he needs an ___7___．But my Daddy can't pay for it，So I want to use ___8___ money．”

“How much do you have?” asked the man．

“Only one dollar and eleven cents．”

“What a coincidence（巧合）!” smiled the man．“That's just the ___9___ of a miracle for the little boy．”

It wasn't long ___10___ Andrew was home again and doing well．That man was a surgeon（外科医生）．He performed a successful operation on the little boy for free and he did give the family a real miracle．

1．A．calling               B．talking to            C．writing to          D．waiting for

2．A．father                B．mother            C．brother            D．sister

3．A．something good       B．something bad      C．anything good      D．nothing bad

4．A．how much           B．how often        C．how many          D．how soon

5．A．don't                B．can               C．can't              D．shouldn't

6．A．like                 B．use               C．have              D．need

7．A．orange                B．apple              C．operation            D．award

8．A．your                B．my               C．their                       D．his

9．A．price                B．form              C．type              D．way

10．A．after              B．since            C．until              D．before