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

【答案】

 

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】

試題分析：這篇短文講述了一個小男孩的故事。他見到海灘上有很多海星被沖到了沙灘上，他一個個的撿回海里。有人認為他太傻了，這么多海星他怎么撿得完。小男孩說他雖然撿不了所要海星，但他所撿的海星回到了海里。

1.考查動詞與語境理解。結合后面的cake蛋糕，可知此句為：媽媽在廚房做蛋糕。Make cake做蛋糕，故選B。

2.考查動詞與語境理解。A轉身；B音量調小；C打開；D關掉；結合文章語境選A，媽媽笑著轉過身，但看到他的臉時她停住了。

3.考查代詞與語境理解。結合后文Is everything okay?你還好吧？，可知此句為：發生什么了？A什么；B什么時候；C哪里;D為什么，故選A。What happened? 怎么了？

4.考查名詞與語境理解。結合后文She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying她說整個世界變臟了，很多動植物都死了。可知此句為：格林太太講了環境。A空氣；B土地；C水；D環境，故選D。

5.考查代詞與語境理解。從前文I thought all the way我想來所以方法，以及連接詞but，可知后面是轉折，故此句為：但是我做什么都沒用。A一些事；B任何事；C所有事；D沒用什么事，結合題意選D。

6.考查名詞與語境理解。從后文可知媽媽給他講了個小男孩的故事，此句為：讓我給你講個故事。A傳說；B笑話；C故事；D主意，故選C。

7.考查動詞與語境理解。句子they指代前文的starfish海星，與動詞push是被動關系，所以用被動語態；而且they是復數，所以用were，句意為：他們被海浪推到了沙灘。故選C。

8.考查代詞與語境理解。短語by oneself, 通過自己。句中主語是them他們，所以反身代詞是themselves。句意：他們自己很難回到海里。故選D。

9.考查動詞與語境理解。結合前文‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’多可惜啊，這么多的海星要死在沙灘上了。可知此句為：這人為這些海星感到難過。Feel感到，由于是對過去的事情陳述用過去式felt，C掉，是fall的過去式，D掉。故選B。

10.考查形容詞詞與語境理解。從后文這個人跟男孩說的話，他覺得男孩把海星一個個撿回海里是愚蠢的，可知此句為：他很吃驚的看到前面一個男孩把海星撿回海里。A害怕；B吃驚；C傷心；D生氣；B符合題意。

11.考查副詞與語境理解。從后文男孩所說的話中可知道他想盡可能多的把海星撿回海里，故此句為：他盡快的把海星撿回海里。A慢，B快速；C快（時間）；D高，故選B。

12.考查名詞詞與語境理解。從前文得知他看到的是a boy一個小男孩，所以此句為：我的小孩。A爸爸；B媽媽；C兒子；D女兒，故選C。

13.考查連詞與語境理解。由后文I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”我可以救這個，這個，還有這個，可知此句為：盡管我不能救他們所以，但……。A不然；B所；C因為；D盡管；故選D。

14.考查動詞與語境理解。由后文help return the starfish to their home幫助他撿海星，此句為：這個人開始幫小男孩撿海星。A開始；B記得;C忘記;D等，故選A。

15.考查形容詞與語境理解。由這故事可知道，這個男人從小男孩身上學到了東西。此句為：有時候，最好的課程來自最小的人。A最矮；B最高；C最小；D最大;故選C。

考點：故事類短文。