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(假体的)legs, he asked her ? ? she didn't have any legs.? Thinking quickly she asked him whether he had read The Little Mermaid（美人鱼）．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

　　We moved into our new house ____(1)____ a warm September day. It's not ___(2)_____ a new house, as it has been a hundred years old. The house had ___(3)_____ water, gas, electricity, but for some reason there was no __(4)______ light in the kitchen. We had not noticed this shortage（缺点）when we had first looked over the house. It was something quite unexpected. A house with electricity but __(5)______ a kitchen light. It was even ___(6)_____ because our kitchen was a large room. I phoned the electrician. It wasn't long __(7)______ he came and repaired it. And he asked money for __(8)______ the job.

One will feel happy when others flatter（ 奉承） him in his face. It is said that the best way of flattering someone is to give him a “top hat” 1 .

A student was going to leave the capital to become  2  official （官员） in a city far away. Before he started, he came to say  3  to his teacher.

“It is  4   job to be a good official.” his teacher said.“ you must be strict  5  yourself and never be careless.”

“Don’t worry about me, sir.” The student answered. “I have already   6   anyone hundred top hats, which will  7  those people quite happy.”

“But we are really gentlemen!  8  could a real gentleman do such a thing ? ” His teacher was a bit _9  . “ Never forget  10  I taught you in class!”

“  11  are always right, sir. I also hate such things. But, sir,   12   no one really gentleman like you can be seen in the world now.” said the student. It seemed that he had to do so.

13hearing this, the teacher was pleased. “What you said is true!”

“I have  14  one top hat already. Now I have ninety-nine  15  .” the student said to his friend later on when he asked the student what he had talked with the teacher about.

1. A．to dress                      B．dressing                C．wearing                 D．to wear

2. A．a                          B．the                      C．an                         D．/

3. A．hello                   B．goodbye                C．OK                      D．thanks

4. A．not an easy             B．not easy                C．a good                  D．difficult

5. A．about                        B．with                   C．from                   D．to

6. A．made                  B．bought               C．prepared                D．repaired

7. A．give                   B．let                    C．keep                  D．make

8. A．How                  B．What                  C．Why                  D．When

9. A．pleased                B．angry             C．excited             D．sorry

10. A．that                     B．how                   C．why                   D．what

11.A．You                  B．We               C．They                 D．Us

12. A．hardly               B．about                  C．almost                D．nearly

13. A．Before                B．After              C．Because             D．If

14. A．sent out                 B．bought                 C．sold                  D．borrowed

15. A．left                    B．already               C．yet                   D．else