Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions that follow: One day eight–year-old Tess over heard her parents talking about her little brother Andrew.She came to know that Andrew was very sick and that her parents didn’t have enough money for his treatment. Tess heard her father say,‘ Only a miracle can save him now.’ Tess started thin king about it.She went toher room and took out a jar from her cupboard.There were some coins in it. She counted the money carefully. Then Tess put the money into a purse and made her way to a drug store.The chemist saw her didn’t pay any attention. He was deep in conversation with a man. WhenTess continued to stand before the counter, he said to her, sounding rather annoyed,‘ what do you want? I’m talking to my brother who has just arrived from Chicago.’ ‘I want to buy a miracle,’ said Tess.‘My brother Andrew is really sick.He has something bad growing inside his head,and my father says that only a miracle can save him now.Can you tell me how much a miracle costs?’the chemist’s brother,a well-dressed man, was listening to the conversation between his brother and the little girl.He turned toTess and asked,‘What kind of miracle does your brother need?’‘Don’t know,’ replied Tess, her eyes full of tears.Her brother was really sick and her father cannot afford to pay a huge amount for a treatment.So she wanted to use her own money.‘How much money do you have?’ asked the man. ‘One dollar and eleven cents,’ said Tess.‘Wonderful!’ said the man, smiling. ‘A dollar and eleven cents-that’s thee x act price of a miracle for your little brother.’ He took Tess’s money in one hand and held her hand with the other, saying,‘ Take me to your house.I want to see your brother. Let me see if I have the kind of miracle he needs.’ Thechemist’s brother was Dr.Carlton Armstrong,a famous neurosurgeon.He soon had Andrew admitted to hospital, where he operated on him.With in a few weeks,Andrew was back at home and doing well. One day Tess’s mother said to her husband ,‘I wonder how much Andrew’s surgery cost. Dr.Armstrong wouldn’t take any money from us!’ Hearing thisTess smiled to herself.She knew exactly how muchca miracle cost.One dollar and eleven cents….. plus the faith of a little child!
a.Answer these questions:
1.Why was the chemist not very happy to seeTess at the shop?
2.How much money did Dr.Armstrong take from Andrew’s parents for operation, and Why?
3. From her parent’s conversation ,what were the things that Tess came to know about?
4. why did tess want to buy a medicine in a drugstore?
5.think and write any two words each to describe tess and dr armstrong?
6.write the meaning of
a.neurosurgeon (from line24)
b.drugstore(from line7)
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1.Because the chemist was talking to his brother from Chicago.
2.He took 1 dollar and eleven cents, saying that was the exact cost of a miracle. He wanted to see Andrew, Tess' brother.
3.Tess came to know from her parents that her brother was very sick with something growing in his head, and they don't have enough money to treat him.
4.Tess wanted to treat her brother with the she thought would buy medicine for her brother. She wanted to save him.
5.Tess- helpful,innocent
dr.Armstrong - Symathetic,considerate.
6.a.a neurosurgeon is a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats conditions of the brain, spine, and nervous system
b.a retail store where medicines are sold; Pharmacy.
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