Question

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

“Nothing is okay, mom.” said the boy, “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs. Green was talking about the          .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      I can do to make a difference.”

“Let me tell you        .” 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        up by the waves*, and it was too difficult for them to make their way back by           . The man shook* his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man        very sorry for those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was    to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as    as he could, ‘how silly you are! My     ,’ the man said, ‘There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing, ‘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    to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the   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 legend       B. a joke           C. a story       D. an idea

7.A. pushed         B. was pushed      C. were pushed   D. were pushing

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

9.A. feel            B. felt            C. fell           D. fall

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. remembered     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

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述了一个小男孩的故事。他见到海滩上有很多海星被冲到了沙滩上，他一个个的捡回海里。有人认为他太傻了，这么多海星他怎么捡得完。小男孩说他虽然捡不了所要海星，但他所捡的海星回到了海里。

1.考查动词与语境理解。结合后面的cake蛋糕，可知此句为：妈妈在厨房做蛋糕。Make cake做蛋糕，故选B。

2.考查动词与语境理解。A转身；B音量调小；C打开；D关掉；结合文章语境选A，妈妈笑着转过身，但看到他的脸时她停住了。

3.考查代词与语境理解。结合后文Is everything okay?你还好吧？，可知此句为：发生什么了？A什么；B什么时候；C哪里;D为什么，故选A。What happened? 怎么了？

4.考查名词与语境理解。结合后文She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying她说整个世界变脏了，很多动植物都死了。可知此句为：格林太太讲了环境。A空气；B土地；C水；D环境，故选D。

5.考查代词与语境理解。从前文I thought all the way我想来所以方法，以及连接词but，可知后面是转折，故此句为：但是我做什么都没用。A一些事；B任何事；C所有事；D没用什么事，结合题意选D。

6.考查名词与语境理解。从后文可知妈妈给他讲了个小男孩的故事，此句为：让我给你讲个故事。A传说；B笑话；C故事；D主意，故选C。

7.考查动词与语境理解。句子they指代前文的starfish海星，与动词push是被动关系，所以用被动语态；而且they是复数，所以用were，句意为：他们被海浪推到了沙滩。故选C。

8.考查代词与语境理解。短语by oneself, 通过自己。句中主语是them他们，所以反身代词是themselves。句意：他们自己很难回到海里。故选D。

9.考查动词与语境理解。结合前文‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’多可惜啊，这么多的海星要死在沙滩上了。可知此句为：这人为这些海星感到难过。Feel感到，由于是对过去的事情陈述用过去式felt，C掉，是fall的过去式，D掉。故选B。

10.考查形容词词与语境理解。从后文这个人跟男孩说的话，他觉得男孩把海星一个个捡回海里是愚蠢的，可知此句为：他很吃惊的看到前面一个男孩把海星捡回海里。A害怕；B吃惊；C伤心；D生气；B符合题意。

11.考查副词与语境理解。从后文男孩所说的话中可知道他想尽可能多的把海星捡回海里，故此句为：他尽快的把海星捡回海里。A慢，B快速；C快（时间）；D高，故选B。

12.考查名词词与语境理解。从前文得知他看到的是a boy一个小男孩，所以此句为：我的小孩。A爸爸；B妈妈；C儿子；D女儿，故选C。

13.考查连词与语境理解。由后文I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”我可以救这个，这个，还有这个，可知此句为：尽管我不能救他们所以，但……。A不然；B所；C因为；D尽管；故选D。

14.考查动词与语境理解。由后文help return the starfish to their home帮助他捡海星，此句为：这个人开始帮小男孩捡海星。A开始；B记得;C忘记;D等，故选A。

15.考查形容词与语境理解。由这故事可知道，这个男人从小男孩身上学到了东西。此句为：有时候，最好的课程来自最小的人。A最矮；B最高；C最小；D最大;故选C。

考点：故事类短文。