第二节 完型填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Mary. was【16】. English girl, but she lived【17】Paris. She was seven years old. Last year her mother【18】her, "You are six years old Make, and you are going to begin【19】to a school here. You are going to like it very much because it's a very nice school." "Is it a beautiful school？" Mary asked. "Yes, it is," her mother said.
Mary went to school, and enjoyed her lessons. Her mother always【20】her to school in the morning and【21】her home in the afternoon. Last Monday her mother went to the school【22】4 o'clock, and Mary ran out of her classroom. "We've got a new girl in our school today, Mummy," she said. "She's six years old, too, and she is very nice, but she isn't English. She is a German."
"Does she【23】English？" Mary's mother asked.
"No, but she【24】in English," Mary said【25】.
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A. a
B. an
C. the