Question

The little boy entered the house，unhappy．His mother was making cakes in the kitchen．She smiled as she turned around, but     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        ．She wants us to think of something we can do to help them．I thought all the way home．But there is nothing I can do to make a difference.”

“ Let me tell you a story,” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach，there he saw       dying starfish covering the beach，they were pushed up by the waves and it was too far up for them to make their way back by themselves. The man shook his head as he walked along. ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very       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 son,’ the man said, ‘there are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing. ‘Though I can’t help them all, I can help this one，and this one, and this one.’ said the boy. 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. shouted         B. stopped        C. asked            D. cried

2.A. who           B. what           C. where           D. when

3.A. air            B. land            C. water            D. environment

4.A. dying         B. death            C. dead            D. die

5.A. two thousands  B. thousands of      C. thousand         D. two thousands of 

6.A. happy        B. angry           C. sorry           D. tired

7.A. afraid         B. surprised        C. sad              D. happy

8.A. slow          B. soon           C. fast              D. far

9.A. began         B. continued       C. forgot            D. remembered

10.A. happiest       B. smallest        C. kindest           D. smartest

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.B

【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.】考查动词及语境的理解。联系上句当她转身的时候她笑了可知此句意：但是当她看到儿子的脸的时候她停止了笑。A. shouted大叫； B. stopped 停止；C. asked 问；D. cried哭。故选B。

2.句意：

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. who谁；B. what什么； C. where哪里；D. when什么时候。故选B。

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.考查数词及语境的理解。句意：在那里，他看到数千只将死的海星在海滩上。Thousand用法：前有具体数字不加s，如:three thousand；而若后面有of就要加s，如: thousands（hundred million百万 billion十亿相同）有several也不加s.故选B。

6.考查名词及语境的理解。联系上句可知此句意：这个人为那些海星感到很难过。A. happy高兴的； B. angry生气的；C. sorry难过的；D. tired累的。故选C。

7.考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：他继续往前走，就在那时他惊讶地发现有一个男孩正尽可能快的把海星送到海里。A. afraid恐怕的；B. surprised 惊讶的；C. sad 难过的；D. happy高兴的。故选B。

8.考查名词及语境的理解。句意：他继续往前走，就在那时他惊讶地发现有一个男孩正尽可能快的把海星送到海里。As---as one could某人尽可能的，在此指动作快，故选C，快地。

9.考查名词及语境的理解。句意：想了一会儿，这人开始帮着把海星送回家。A. began开始，begin to do sth，开始做某事；B. continued坚持；C. forgot忘记；D. remembered记住。故选A。

10.考查名词及语境的理解。句意：他笑着对自己说有时候生活中最大的教育往往来自最小的孩子。A. happiest最高兴的；B. smallest最小的；C. kindest最善良的；D. smartest最聪明的。故选B。

考点：教育类短文。