Question

完形填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分, 计15分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

One day a wise young man was walking along the beach when he saw a young man far away picking up something and very gently throwing it into the sea. As he got     , he called out to the young man, “Good morning! What are you doing?”

The young man     , looked up and replied, “Throwing starfishes into the sea.”

“Why are you throwing starfishes into the sea?”

“The sun is up and the     is going away. And if I don’t throw them in, they’ll     .

“But, young man, don’t you       that there are miles of beach and starfishes all along it. You can’t     make a difference!”

The young man     politely. Then he picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, and said, “It made a difference for that     .”

There is something very   in each and every one of us. We have all been given the ability to make a difference to shape the future. We must each find our own starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the     will be better.

1.A. better     B. farther     C. closer

2.A. continued    B. stopped    C. watched

3.A. water     B. wind     C. boat

4.A. leave     B. die     C. run

5.A. believe     B. realize     C. expect

6.A. possibly        B. hardly     C. especially

7.A. replied     B. argued     C. listened

8.A. one         B. time     C. place

9.A. special     B. brave     C. strange

10.A. family     B. country    C. world

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.A

9.A

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章通过一个人将冲向岸边的海星扔回到大海里和两个人的对话说明了只要人人献出一点爱，这个世界将会更加美好。

1.Better更好；farther更远；closer更近。根据when he saw a young man far away picking up something。当他看到离他很远的地方一个人正在捡东西。可知向海里扔海星的年轻人离智者很远，故可猜测两人开始对话应该是走“近”他，根据题意，故选C。

2.年轻人是“停下来”，抬起头回答智者的问题。 Continue继续； stop停止；watch看。根据looked up and replied, 抬起头回答道……可推知年轻人是“停下来”，抬起头回答智者的问题，根据题意，故选B。

3.太阳出来潮水退去。Water水；wind风；boat船。根据常识可知海星被冲上岸是因为涨潮，如果太阳出来就会退潮了，根据题意，故选A。

4. 句意：太阳出来潮水退去，海星暴露在海滩上，就会被晒死的，Leave离开；die死掉；run跑。根据The sun is up and the water is going away.可知，海星会被晒死。根据题意，故选B。

5. 但是，年轻人，你没有意识到海滩很长，到处都是海星， Believe相信，信任；realize认为，意识到；expect期盼，期待。根据But, young man, don’t you that there are miles of beach and starfishes all along it.但是，年轻人，你没有意识到海滩很长，到处都是海星，根据题意，故选B，

6. Possibly可能地；hardly几乎不；especially尤其，特别。根据But, young man, don’t you realize that there are miles of beach and starfishes all along it. 但是，年轻人，你没有意识到海滩很长，到处都是海星。可知智者认为年轻人的做法的无济于事的，故选A。

7.年轻人礼貌地听着。Reply回答；argue争论；listen听。根据Then he picked another starfish and threw it into the sea,然后他又捡起另外一只海星并把它扔回到大海。可知年轻人并没有听“争辩”，只是很有礼貌地陈述自己的观点，故选C。

8. 句意：对这个海星来说是有所不同的。One一个人，一件事物，上面所提到的同一类事物但不是同一个。 Time时间；place地点。根据Then he picked another starfish and threw it into the sea,年轻人一边把一个海星扔进海里，一边说话“对这个海星来说是有所不同的”，故选A。

9.Special特殊的；brave勇敢的；strange奇怪的。根据We have all been given the ability to make a difference to shape the future. 可知我们每个人都有改变世界塑造未来的能力，根据题意，故选A。

10.本文旨在告诉我们：每个人都献出一份力，世界将会更加美好。故选C。

考点：人生百味类短文。