Question

完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

The little boy entered the house, unhappy. His mother was     cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she     , but 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     starfish covering the beach, they were pushed up by the waves(浪), and it was too far up 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 felt very sorry       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 on    B. turned down       C. turned around    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 story           C. a joke           D. a truth

7.A. died        B. dead             C. dying           D. death

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

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

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

11.A. slow           B. low               C. fast            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.C

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了小泰勒回到家不高兴，妈妈问他原因，他说他为想不出保护环境的办法而难过，因此妈妈给他讲了一个小孩子救海星的故事，从而使泰勒受到启发的故事。

1..喝；B.做；C.卖；D.洗。故选B

2.；B. turned down音量调小，拒绝；C. turned around转身；D. turned off关上。故选C

3.考查疑问词及语境的理解。句意：泰勒，发生了什么事？一切还好吗？A. what 什么；B. when什么时候； C. where 哪里；D. why为什么 。故选A 。

4.考查名词及语境的理解。联系下文可知此句意：格林老师正在谈论环境的事。A. air空气； B. land陆地；C. water水；D. environment环境。故选D

5.了所有的方法，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没有什么事。结合题意选D。

6.。故选B。

7.那里他看到成千上万只正在死亡的海星，盖住了整个海滩。A. died死，动词B. dead死的，形容词C. dying 正在死亡的，形容词D. death死亡，名词。根据语境，故选C。

8.

9.

10..害怕；B.吃惊；C.伤心；D.生气。B符合题意。

11..慢，B.低；C.快（时间）；D.高。故选C。

12..爸爸；B.妈妈；C.儿子；D.女儿。故选C。

13..或者，否则；B.因此；C.因为；D.尽管。故选D

14...开始；B继续；.C忘记；D.等。故选A。

15..最矮；B.最高；C.最小；D.最大。故选C。

考点：故事类短文阅读。