The little boy entered the house unhappily. His mother
was 1 cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she
2 ,but stopped when she saw his face.“Tyler, 3 happened?
Is everything okay?”
“Nothing is okay,Mom,” said the boy.” Today, in our
science lesson, Mrs Green talked about the 4 .The whole world is getting
dirtier and many animals and plants are dying, She wants us to think of
something we can do to help. I thought all the way home, but there is 5 I
can do to make a difference.”
“Let me tell you a 6 ,”the mother
said after thinking for a while .“ One morning a man was walking down a
beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish(海星)
covering the beach, they were pushed up by the 7 . and
it was too far for them to make their way back by 8 . The man
shook his head as he walked along,“What a pity!So many starfish will die on the
beach.” The man felt very 9 for those starfish . He went on
walking and just at that time he was 10 to find a boy in
front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as 11 as
he could. “How silly you are! My 12 ,” the man said.“There
are so many starfish, and can you throw all of them back?” The boy didn’t stop
but kept throwing. “ 13 I can’t help them all, I can make a
difference to this one, and this one, and this one,”said the boy.“Thinking for
a moment, the man 14 to help return the starfish to their
home. He smiled and said to himself, “Sometimes the biggest lesson in life
comes from the 15 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.a(chǎn)ir B.land C.water D.environment
5. A.something B.a(chǎn)nything C.everything D.nothing
6. A.lie B.joke C.story D.way
7. A.wind B.rain C.waves D.sands
8. A.himself B.itself C.ourselves D.themselves
9. A.tired B.sorry C.happy D.excited
10. A.a(chǎn)fraid B.surprised C.sad D.a(chǎn)ngry
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.continued C.forgot D.waited
15. A.shortest B.tallest C.smallest D.biggest