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The little boy entered the house unhappily. His mother was 31   cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she 32   but stopped when she saw his face. “Tyler, 33  happened? Is everything okay?”

“Nothing is okay, mom.” said the boy, “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs Green was talking about the 34 . She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way, but there is 35  I can do to make a difference.”

“Let me tell you 36 .” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish covering the beach, they were pushed up by the 37 , and it was too far up for them to make their way back by 38 . The man shook his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very sorry 39  those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was 40 to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as 41 as he could, ‘how silly you are! My 42 ,’ the man said, ‘There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing, ’43 I can’t help them all. I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”

“Thinking for a moment, the man 44  to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the 45  person.

1.	A．drinking B．making C．selling D．washing

2.	A．turned around B．turned down C．turned on D．turned off

3.	A．what B．when C．where D．why

4.	A．air B．land C．water D．environment

5.	A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing

6.	A．a lie B．a joke C．a story D．a truth

7.	A．wind B．rain C．waves D．sands

8.	A．himself B．itself C．ourselves D．themselves

9.A of             B. for              C. from             D. forward

10.	A．afraid B．surprised C．sad D．angry

11.	A．slow B．fast C．soon D．high

12.	A．father B．mother C．son D．daughter

13.	A．Or B．So C．Because D．Though

14.	A．began B．continued C．forgot D．waited

15.A shortest             B. tallest          C. smallest         D. biggest

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.B

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.C

本文主要讲了小男孩觉得自己无法保护环境，然后妈妈就讲了一个故事，告诉他大的改变往往是最普通的人做的，往往从小事做起。

【解析】

1.B词义辨析。  A 喝 B做C 卖D 洗 这里指他的妈妈在做蛋糕

2.A短语辨析。  A 转身B 拒绝，调低音量C打开D关掉 应是她转过身来。故选A

3.A特殊疑问词词义辨析，A 什么 B 何时  C 在哪里  D 为什么 这里指妈妈问孩子发生了什么，故选A

4.D上下文和词义辨析A空气B大地C水D环境，由下文知谈论的是环境问题 选D

5.D词义辨析。由他不开心可以得出他没有想出什么方法，所以选择nothing

6.C词义辨析。A一个谎言B一个玩笑C一个故事D一个真理。由下文可知,他妈妈讲的是一个故事 故选C

7.C词义辨析。  A 风 B 雨C 浪花D 沙子  海鱼应是被浪花带到海滩上的 故选C

8.D反身代词词义辨析。A他自己B它自己C我们自己D他们自己 海滩上的鱼不止一条。故是复数，故选D

9.B 介词辨析。feel sorry for 为。。感到遗憾 这里指男人对海鱼不能回到海里而死掉感到遗憾

10.B词义辨析。A害怕的 B 惊奇的 C 伤心的  D生气的 根据句意 他很惊奇的发现一个小男孩 故选B

11.B词义辨析。A 慢慢的B 快速的C一会儿 D高高的  海鱼在海滩上时间久了就会死，所以这个小男孩肯定在尽快的把鱼送回海里 。故选B

12.C词义和上下文辨析A父亲B母亲C儿子D女儿。根据文意 应选C

13.D关联词辨析。A或者B因此C因为D尽管

根据文章小男孩无法将鱼全都送回海里，但他依然在做 有转折的意思 故选D

14.A词义辨析A开始B继续C忘记D等待

根据句意 这个男人也开始捡鱼 开始做某事 begin to do sth/begin doing sth   故选A

15.C上下文和词义辨析。应与biggest成反义词   指生活中大的改变来自最普通的人 选C