One Friday night, a poor young man stood at the gate of the railway station, playing his violin. Many people put some money into the (1) lying in front of him.

The next day, the young man came to the gate of the railway station again, and put his hat on the ground. But (2) from what he always did in the past days, he took (3) a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground. It said, “Last night, a gentleman (4) George Miller put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come soon, Mr. Miller.”

About half an hour later, a middle-aged man ran to the young man in a hurry and said, “It’s you! You do come. I know you are an (5) man and will certainly come here.” The young man asked, “Are you Mr. Miller? Did you lose anything?” “A lottery ticket.” answered the middle-aged man. The young man then (6) it to the man.

Yesterday when the man knew the fact that his lottery ticket was worth $ 500,000, he was so (7) that he threw the ticket together with the money into the young man’s hat!

Someone asked the young man, “You play the violin to make (8). Why didn’t you keep the ticket and take the prize for yourself?” The young man said, “(9) I don’t have much money, I live happily. But if I (10) honesty, I won’t be happy forever.”

1.  A. hat              B. paper               C. bag              D. ground

2.  A. next             B. away               C. far               D. different

3.  A. down           B. out                  C. care of                  D. away

4.  A. name           B. named               C. was named      D. names

5.  A. interesting       B. able                 C. honest           D. energetic

6.  A. returned        B. gave back            C. got back         D. handed

7.  A. exciting         B. excited              C. excites                  D. felt excited

8.  A. yourself         B. living                C. music            D. money

9.  A. Even            B. Even if              C. If               D. In spite of

10.  A. have          B. make                C. lose            D. don’t do

In the 13th century, Marco Polo travelled a long way to China. He was a famous Italian 31 During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he 32 was that the Chinese used paper money. People in 33 coun­tries didn't use paper money until the 17th century. However,people in China began to use paper money in the 10th century. 34     was invented by a Chinese about 2 000 years ago. His name was Cai Lun. He then  35 these pieces of paper together and made them into a 36 .

Now paper mainly comes from trees. We use it every day. 37 we waste a lot of it. If we keep on doing so, people 38 cut down many more trees. Then there will not be any trees left. If there are no 39 , there will be no paper.

So how can we 40 paper? When we mak­ing notes,we can use 41 sides of each piece of paper. We  can  buy  drinks  in bottles instead of 42  in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs ( ??????) and not the paper ones.

43  we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the salesman gives us a paper bag, we can keep it and  44  it later. We can help to protect trees if we think 45 . We should to it now,before it is too late.

1. A. traveller       B. actor         C. doctor       D. driver

2. A. disliked        B. disagreed        C. invented     D. discovered

3. A. Eastern        B. Western         C. Southern     D. Northern

4. A. Iron           B. Paper           C. Television    D. Silk

5. A. collected       B. divided         C. moved       D. put

6. A. magazine       B. newspaper      C. book         D. dictionary

7. A. Sometime       B. Some time      C. Sometimes    D. Some times

8. A. have to         B. mustn't         C. used to       D. shouldn't

9. A. books          B. trees           C, leaves        D. factories

10. A. make          B. use C.save       D. buy

11. A. all            B. each            C. every        D. both

12. A. them          B. those           C. these        D. ones

13. A. Before         B. After           C. As soon as    D. When

14. A. repair          B. record         C. reuse         D. return

15. A. carefully        B. badly          C. quickly      D. freely

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