Question

【題目】先閱讀短文，再在其后空白處寫出個單詞的正確形式，單詞的第一個字母已給出。

One day an old man was walking along the beach. It was low tide（潮水）, and there were thousands of stranded starfish on the sand. They were c【1】 in by the water and then left b【2】The man began walking very carefully so as not to s【3】 on any of the beautiful living things. Since the animals still seemed to be a【4】, he considered picking some of them up and putting them back in the water, where they could come back to their lives. The man knew the starfish would die if left on the beach’s d【5】 sand but he reasoned that he could not p【6】 help them all, so he c【7】to do nothing and continued walking. Soon afterward, the man came upon a small child on the beach who was b【8】 throwing one starfish after anther back into the sea. The old man stopped and asked the child, ”What are you doing ? ” ”I’m saving the starfish, ” the child replied. “Why do you w【9】 your time ?...... There are so many you can’t save them all, so what does it matter?” argued the man. Without hesitation（猶豫），the child picked up another starfish and threw the starfish back into the water…… “It m【10】to this one,” the child explained.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】carried

【2】behind

【3】step

【4】alive

【5】dry

【6】possibly

【7】chose

【8】busy

【9】waste

【10】matters

【解析】試題分析：短文通過一位老人的所見，描述了一個有愛心的孩子。老人在海邊散步，潮水退落后，沙灘上遺落了很多海星，老人本想把它們放回海水里，但是數(shù)量太多就放棄了。他看到一個小孩在放生海星，便勸他放棄，開始孩子卻毫不猶豫地繼續(xù)拯救海星，因為他知道“這對它來說很重要”。

【1】carry in攜帶。by被，表被動。主語they是動詞carry的受動者，需用被動語態(tài)；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填carried。

【2】根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填behind。

【3】step on走在……上面；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填step。

【4】be alive活著；根據(jù)下文putting them back in the water, where they could come back to their lives.，結(jié)合句意語境和首字母提示，可知填alive。

【5】on the beach’s dry sand在海灘的干沙上；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填dry。

【6】help幫助，動詞需用副詞修飾；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填possibly。

【7】choose to do選擇去做某事；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填chose。

【8】be busy doing忙于做某事；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填busy。

【9】本句缺謂語；waste the time浪費時間；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填waste。

【10】matter to對……重要；主語it是三單人稱，動詞需用三單形式；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填matters。