Question

完形填空。（每小题1.5分，共15分）

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 will ________.

“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 the 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：这篇文章通过问和答，讲述了年轻人知道自己不可能挽救所有搁浅的海星，但仍然愿意付出自己的努力。并且认为我们每个人都被赋予有所作为的能力来改变世界。

1.C考查形容词比较级与语境的搭配。A. better更好 B. farther更远C. closer更近，句意：当他靠得更近时，他朝这个年轻人喊道，：“早上好！你在做什么？推断出选C。

2.2】B考查动词与语境理解。A. continued 继续B. stopped 停止C. watched观看，注视，句意：这个年轻人停下来，抬起头回答道，：“把海星扔回大海。由此可推断出选B。

3.3】A考查名词与语境理解。A. water水B. wind 风C. boat 小船句意：太阳正在升起，海水正在退去。根据上文的大海推断出选A。

4.4】B考查动词与语境理解。A. leave 离开B. die死去 C. run奔跑，句意：如果我不把他们扔回去，他们就会死去。可推断出选B。

5.5】B考查动词与语境理解。A. believe相信 B. realize意识到C. expect期待，句意：但是，年轻人，你没有意识到沙滩有数英里远并且一路上到处是海星吗？推断出选是选择B。

6.6】A考查副词与语境理解。A. possibly很可能B. hardly几乎不C. especially尤其

句意：你很可能不会起到什么作用。可以根据用法选A。

7.7】C考查动词与语境理解。A. replied回答 B. argued 争论，辩论C. listened听，句意：这个年轻人礼貌的听着。选C。

8.8】A考查名词与语境理解。A. one一个B. time时间C. place地点，句意：它对这个海星起到了作用。推断出选A。

9.9】A考查形容词与语境理解。A. special特别的B. brave勇敢的C. strange奇怪的，陌生的，句意：我们每个人都有一些非常特别。推断出选A。

10.0】C考查名词与语境理解。A. family家 B. country国家 C. world世界，句意：如果我们明智而且认真的扔我们自己的海星，世界将变得更好。推断出选C。

考点：记叙类短文。