Question

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

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要介绍了Nadya Vessy 是一个天生残疾的女孩，在她16岁时进行了膝盖以下双腿的截肢。一个小男孩的提问让她产生了成为美人鱼的梦想，并且在别人的帮助下实现了自己的梦想。

1.考查代词及语境的理解。因为legs 是复数，所以只能是两条腿了，故选B。Both of her legs below the knees were cut off. 她的双腿膝盖以下被截肢。

2.考查代词及语境的理解。因为要做watch 的宾语，前面又提到her legs，所以要用宾格形式her，故选D。when a little boy was watching her take off her prosthetic(假体的)legs，当一个小男孩在看她脱下假肢的时候。

3.考查疑问词及语境的理解。结合上文，她用的是假肢，所以小男孩问的应该是为什么，故选A。he asked her why she didn't have any legs.他问她为什么没有腿。

4.考查副词及语境的理解。结合上下文，小男孩应该没读过美人鱼的故事，所以他才相信，故选A No。

5.考查形容词及语境的理解。surprised 感到吃惊的，主语是人，surprising 令人吃惊的，主语是物，故选C。结合上文，Nadya told him that she was a mermaid. 所以他应该是感到吃惊，而不是 sad难过的，afraid 害怕的，fortunate幸运的。

6.考查名词及语境的理解。The idea of becoming a mermaid became clearer and clearer in Nadya's mind. 结合上文，应该是成为美人鱼的想法在她的思想里越来越清晰。不是新闻，故事或历史，故选B。

7.考查介词及语境的理解。after 在些处为介词，后跟动名词，think over 仔细考虑，她应该是认真考虑之后她才会写信求助，故选D。

8.考查动词及语境的理解。结合上文，应该是问问能否帮助她，to ask if they could help her. 所以选D help。

9.考查动词及语境的理解。结合上文She never believed they actually would,所以she was excited when she knew they agreed. 当她知道他们同意的时候很激动，故选A。

10.考查形容词及语境的理解。根据上文Richard Taylor, was very pleased to make it true,那么他当然想让Nadya 变得美丽， and wanted Nadya to be beautiful，故选B。

11.考查名词及语境的理解。根据上文，应是做了一套特殊的假肢给她，所以用a special suit,而hat,jacket,sweater都是普通的衣服,，故选D。It took sb. … to do sth.花某人多长时间做某事

12.考查介词及语境的理解。上文提到两年时间做出的假肢，戴着它当然既好看又要舒服。with 随身带着，故选A。your body has to be comfortable with it 戴着它你的身体必须是舒服的。

13.考查反身代词及语境的理解。根据上文，舒服就是要让它成为身体的一部分。you have to make it part of yourself.你必须让它成为你身体的一部分，并且反身代词要与前面的主语一致，故选C。

14.考查动名词短语及语境的理解。根据下文Nadya went to the open sea to try on her mermaid suit. 可知，她应该在游泳池里练习之后再去海上尝试的，故选D。其它选项都跟陆地有关。

15.考查副词及语境的理解。It was really amazing and great to watch Nadya swim看Nadya 游泳真的是很令人惊异很棒的。really为副词，修饰形容词amazing,great，其它三项都是形容词，故选B。

考点：故事类短文。