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Mary Lennox is an English girl. She is nine years old and lives in India with her mother and father. She has got blonde hair and a thin white face. She is often ill.
Her father is always busy with his work. Her mother is a beautiful woman, and she is always busy with parties and friends. No one has got time for Mary.
A lot of Indian servants look after Mary. She is not a nice child, because she only thinks about herself. She is unkind to her servants. No one loves Mary and Mary loves no one.
One hot morning she wakes up and hears a lot of people talking in her house. Then everything is silent.
“What’s happening?” thinks Mary. “Why isn’t my servant here? Who’s going to dress me?”
She waits a long time but no one comes.
Suddenly two Englishmen come into her room. She looks at them angrily.
“Look,” says Barney. “There’s a child here.”
“A child in this house!” says the other man. “What’s your name?”
“I’m Mary Lennox. Why am I alone this morning?”
“Poor little girl!” says Barney. “A lot of people in this house are very ill. And some are dead.”
“Are my mother and father dead?” asks Mary.
“I’m very sorry Mary,” says Barney. “They are.”
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( From The Secret Garden )

第一空：India；第二空：dead

我们可以从给出的《秘密花园》节选阅读原文中定位对应信息：
1. 第一段第二句明确提到"She is nine years old and lives in India with her mother and father"，可知第一空的地点是India；
2. 从文末的对话内容可知，Mary在这天早上得知自己的父母已经离世，对应原文描述父母状态的单词是dead。