Question

【题目】Once a man was walking along a beach. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. In the distance he could see a person 【1】 (go) back and forth between the surf’s edge 【2】 the beach. As the man approached, he could see there were hundreds of starfish stranded on the sand as a result of the natural 【3】 (act) of the tide.

The man 【4】 (stick) by the apparent uselessness of the task.There were far too many starfish. Many of them were sure to die. As he approached, the person continued the task of 【5】 (pick) up the starfish one by one and throwing them into the ocean.

As he came up to the person, he said, “You must be crazy. There are 【6】 (thousand) of miles of beach 【7】 (cover) with starfish. You can’t 【8】 (possible) make any difference.” The person looked at the man. He then bent down and picked up one 【9】 (many) starfish and threw it back into the ocean. He turned back to the man and said, “It surely made a 【10】 to that one！”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】going

【2】and

【3】action

【4】was stuck

【5】picking

【6】thousands

【7】covered

【8】possibly

【9】more

【10】difference

【解析】本文讲述的是一个男士在海滩散步，他看见一个人把覆盖在海滩上的海星扔回大海，海滩上有很多海星，他认为这个人在做无用功。而这个人捡起一个海星扔回大海，并说，“我的举动对这个海星来说是有意义的。”

【1】考查非谓语动词。句意：在远处，他可以看到一个人在海浪的边缘和海滩之间来回走着。see sb. doing sth.看见某人正在做某事，故答案为going。

【2】考查固定搭配。句意：在远处，他可以看到一个人在海浪的边缘和海滩之间来回走着。between…and…在……和……之间，故答案为and。

【3】考查名词。句意：这是由于潮汐的自然作用造成的。形容词修饰名词，故答案为action。

【4】考查时态和语态。句子主语The man和stick之间是一种被动关系，“被困住，被卡住”，再根据前面的once（曾经）可知，此处用一般过去时态的被动语态，故答案为was stuck。

【5】考查动名词。句意：当他走近时，这个人继续把海星一个个捡起，然后把它们扔进海里。介词of后面用doing做宾语，故答案为picking。

【6】考查固定短语。固定短语：thousands of数以千计的，故答案为thousands。

【7】考查非谓语动词。句意：有成千上万英里的海滩上覆盖着海星。beach与cover是被动关系，“被覆盖”，故用过去分词做后置定语，故答案为covered。

【8】考查副词。副词修饰动词，故答案为possibly。

【9】考查数词。句意：然后他弯下腰，又捡起一只海星，把它扔回海里。数词+more+名词，表示 “又有……，再有……”,故答案为more。

【10】考查固定短语。固定短语：make a difference有影响；起（重要）作用，故答案为difference。