Nadya Vessey, of Auckland, New Zealand, was born with an illness. So at the age of 16, of her legs below the knees were cut off. One day when a little boy was watching _ take off? her prosthetic假體的legs, he asked her???? she didn't have any legs.? Thinking quickly she asked him whether he had read The Little Mermaid美人魚.He said“_???? .”So Nadya told him that she was a mermaid. The Little boy was?????? ? and said,"Wow! That's so cool!” And then he ran off to tell his Dad.

The????? ? of becoming a mermaid became clearer and clearer in Nadya's mind. After????? it over, she wrote to Weta Workshop in Wellington to ask if they could????? her. She never believed they actually would, so she was excited when she knew they_???? _. Weta workshop's manager, Richard Taylor, was very pleased to make it true, and wanted Nadya to be _???? .

It took Weta Workshop two years to make a special????? for Nadya. "A prosthetic is a prosthetic, and your body has to be comfortable????? it and you have to make it part of?????? ". After practicing in the????? , Nadya went to the open sea to try on her mermaid suit. It was??????? amazing and great to watch Nadya swim, and to see her dream come true.

Nadya Vessey herself has written the story of a real mermaid.

1.A. either??????? B. both???????? C. neither????????? D. none

2.A. me????????? B. you????????? C. him??????????? D. her

3.A. why???????? B. how????????? C. when?????????? D. where

4.A. No????????? B. Yes????????? C. Sorry?????????? D. Goodbye

5.A. sad????????? B. afraid??????? C. surprised??????? D. fortunate

6.A. news???????? B. idea???????? C. story?????????? D. history

7.A. going???????? B. taking??????? C. turning???????? D. thinking

8.A. save???????? B. pick????????? C. treat? ???????? D. help

9.A. agreed?????? B. checked?????? C. refused???????? D. received

10.A. ugly????????? B. beautiful????? C. friendly???????? D. relaxed

11.A. hat?????????? B. jacket??????? C. sweater???????? D. suit

12.A. with????????? B. about???????? C. from????????? D. of

13.A. myself??????? B. ourselves????? C. yourself??????? D. yourselves

14.A. dining hall???? B. waiting room? C. living room????? D. swimming pool

15.A. too?????????? B. really??????? C. well??????????? D. enough

Jack will have a math test this afternoon. He needs a__________.

A. hat      B. ruler       C. radio             D. camera

Mr. Green        a small town. He can’t speak very         . He stammers (口吃) a lot when he        .

One day he goes to a shop. He wants to buy a parrot(鸚鵡). He         the shopkeeper(店主), “D-do-do you have a p-parrot?”  “Yes, sir.” answers the shopkeeper. “         a nice green        . It knows everything.” So Mr. Green buys           and goes        with his bird. But           a few days, he          it back to the shopkeeper. “This bird can’t t-t-talk. It can only st-t-ammer.”

1.A. live                       B. lives                        C. live in                  D. lives in

2.A. good                     B. well                         C. nice                      D. fine

3.A. tells                      B. talks                        C. says                      D. speaks

4.A. says                  B. asks                         C. answers                D. talks

5.A. Here are                B. Here is                    C. Here have             D. Here has

6.A. bird                      B. cat                          C. parrot                    D. dog

7.A. it                     B. them                        C. one                        D. that

8.A. home                     B. to home                  C. homes                   D. home’s

9.A. first                        B. later                        C. after                      D. then

10.A. makes                  B. gives                       C. buys                    D. borrows

Growing up is not always easy. When we face difficulties, a spirit of depending on _ 41   is more useful than crying for help. That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of growing from boy to man    42   family hardship tells us.

Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County(縣), Henan Province. When he was only 11, his father became badly ill and one day he came back with an unwanted baby   43   . A year later, Hong’s mother   44    home. She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick husband. So everything hard fell onto the young boy’s    45   : to take care of his father and the younger sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.

Although his life was hard, Hong didn’t go away from his father and sister. He took several part-time jobs to    46    his family. He climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his sister. He walked 2 hours at weekends to the market to   47    different things to sell around his school. A few years later, he studied at a college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to    48    a room near his college for her, and sent her to school.

After Hong’s story went    49   , he became a hero in people’s eyes. But Hong ___50___ offers from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could depend on his own work.

Through his hard life, he has grown up from boy to man.

1.A. parents                         B. friends                      C. yourself                 D. God

2.A. out of                           B. into                            C. without                  D. with

3.A. dog                       B. cat                              C. girl                          D. boy

4.A. left                                 B. arrived                      C. went              D. came

5.A. back                     B. shoulders                 C. head              D. body

6.A. help                     B. save                           C. protect                   D. feed

7.A. make                    B. buy                            C. produce                 D. collect

8.A. build                    B. borrow            C. rent                        D. share

9.A. public                            B. clear                          C. by                            D. far

10.A. accepted          B. asked                         C. received                D. refused