Once upon a time there was a wise man who used to go to the sea to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.. One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down at the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought that someone would dance on the beach. So he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn’t dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean. As he got closer he called out, “Good morning! What are you doing?’’

   The young man paused, looked up and replied, “ Throwing starfishes (海星) into the ocean.”

  “I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfishes into the ocean?”

  “The sun is up and the tide is going out. And if I don’t throw them in, they’ll die”

  “But, young man, don’t you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfishes all along it. You can’t possibly make a difference!”

The young man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, and said, “ It made a difference for that one.”

The wise man was lost in thought. Yes, there is something very special in each and every one of us. We have all been gifted with the ability to make a difference. And if we can know that gift, we will gain the power (力量) to shape the future through the strength of our vision .We must each find our starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the world will be better.

1. One day, the wise man saw a young man _______.

   A. dancing along the beach      B. walking with a dancer

   C. picking up starfish for sale    D. trying to save as many starfishes as possible

2. The underlined words “ something very special” refers to ________. 

   A. the gifts from friends      B. the strength of making decision

   C. our own starfish          D. the ability to make a difference

3. From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that ________.

   A. the wise man realized something new and important

   B. the wise man thought it was foolish of the young man to throw starfishes in the ocean.

   C. the young man had the ability to make a difference

   D. it is necessary for us to save starfish on the beach

4. The writer told this story to show us ________.

  A. how and where we can write a good article   B. everyone can do something for the future

  C. wise man are sometimes stupid            D. young man are in fact wiser than old people

Once upon a time there was a wise man that used to go to the sea to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down at the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought that someone would dance on the beach. So he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn’t dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean. As he got closer he called out, “Good morning! What are you doing?’’

The young man paused, looked up and replied, “Throwing starfishes(海星)in the ocean.”

“I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfishes in the ocean?”

“The sun is up and the tide is going out. And if I don’t throw them in they’ll die.”

“But, young man, don’t you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfishes all along it. You can’t possibly make a difference!”

The young man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, and said, “ It made a difference for that one.” There is something very special in each and every one of us. We have all been gifted with the ability to make a difference. And if we can know that gift, we will gain through the strength of our vision the power to shape the future.

We must each find our starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the world will be better.

56.One day, the wise man saw a young man _______.

A. dancing along the beach                  B. walking with a dancer

C. picking up starfish for sale               D. trying to save as many starfishes as possible

57. The underlined words “ something very special” refers to ________. 

A. the gifts from friends              B. the strength of making a decision

C. our own starfish                        D. the ability to make a difference

58. From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that ________.

A. the wise man realized something new and important

B. the wise man thought it was foolish of the young man to throw starfishes

in the ocean.

C. the young man had the ability to make a difference

D. it is necessary for us to save starfish on the beach

59. The writer told this story to show us ________.

A. how and where we can write a good article  

B. everyone can do something for the future

C. wise man is sometimes stupid     

D. young man is in fact wiser than old people

Onceupon a time there was a wise man that used to go to the sea to do his writing. Hehad a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.One day he waswalking along the shore. As he looked down at the beach, he saw a human figuremoving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought that someone woulddance on the beach. So he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer, hesaw that it was a young man and the young man wasn’t dancing, but instead he wasreaching down to the shore, picking up something and throwing itinto the ocean. As he got closer, he called out, “Good morning! What are youdoing?’’

Theyoung man paused, looked up and replied, “Throwingstarfishes(海星)in theocean.”

“I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfishes in the ocean?”

“The sun is up and the tide is going out.And if I don’t throw them in, they’ll die”

“But, young man, don’t you realize thatthere are miles and miles of beach and starfishes all along it. You can’tpossibly make a difference!”

Theyoung man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked another starfish andthrew it into the sea, and said, “It made a difference for that one.”Thereissomething very special in each and every one of us. We have all beengifted with the ability to make a difference. And if we can know that gift, wewill gain through the strength of our vision the power(力量) toshape the future.

We musteach find our starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the worldwill be better. 

1.One day, the wise man saw a young man _______.

2.The underlined words “something very special” refers to ________. 

3.From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that ________.

4.The writer told this story to show us _____.      

Once upon a time there was a wise man that used to go to the sea to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down at the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought that someone would dance on the beach. So he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn’t dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and throwing it into the ocean. As he got closer, he called out, “Good morning! What are you doing?’’

The young man paused, looked up and replied, “Throwing starfishes (海星) in the ocean.”

“I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfishes in the ocean?”

“The sun is up and the tide is going out. And if I don’t throw them in, they’ll die”

“But, young man, don’t you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfishes all along it. You can’t possibly make a difference!”

The young man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, and said, “It made a difference for that one.” There is something very special in each and every one of us. We have all been gifted with the ability to make a difference. And if we can know that gift, we will gain through the strength of our vision the power (力量) to shape the future.

We must each find our starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the world will be better. 

One day, the wise man saw a young man _______.

A. dancing along the beach               B. walking with a dancer

C. picking up starfish for sale              D. trying to save as many starfishes as possible

The underlined words “something very special” refers to ________. 

A. the gifts from friends                             B. the strength of making decision

C. our own starfish                                 D. the ability to make a difference

From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that ________.

A. the wise man realized something new and important

B. the wise man thought it was foolish of the young man to throw starfishes in the ocean.

C. the young man had the ability to make a difference

D. it is necessary for us to save starfish on the beach

The writer told this story to show us _____.      

A. how and where we can write a good article         

B. everyone can do something for the future

C. wise men are sometimes stupid             

D. young men are in fact wiser than old people

      Once upon a time there was a wise man that used to go to the sea to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work．One day he was walking along the shore．As he looked down at the beach，he saw a human figure moving like a dancer．He smiled to himself at the thought that someone would dance on the beach．So he began to walk faster to catch up．As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn’t dancing，

but instead he was reaching down to the shore，picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean．As he got closer, he called out，“Good morning! What are you doing?” The young man paused，looked up and replied，“Throwing starfishes(海星)in the ocean．”

      “I guess I should have asked，why are you throwing starfishes in the ocean?”

      “The sun is up and the tide is going out，And if I don’t throw them in，they’ll die．”

      “But, young man，don’t you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfishes all

 along it．You can’t possibly make a difference!”  

      The young man listened politely．Then he bent down，picked another starfish and threw it  into the sea，and said，“It made a difference to that one．”There is something very special in each and every one of us．We have all been gifted with the ability to make a difference．And if we can know that gift，we will gain through the strength of our vision the power to shape the future．

    We must each find our starfish．And if we throw our starfish wisely and well，the world will be better． 

56．One day, the wise man saw a young man             ．

A．dancing along the beach with starfishes   

B．walking with a dancer

C．picking up starfishes for sale

D．trying to save as many starfishes as possible

57．The underlined words“something very special”refers to         ．

      A．the gifts from friends                                   B．the strength of making decisions

      C．our own starfish                                         D．the ability to make a difference

58．From the last two paragraphs，we can learn that       

      A．the wise man realized something new and important

      B．the wise man thought it was foolish of the young man to throw starfishes in the ocean．

      C．the young man had the ability to save only one starfish

      D．it is necessary for us to save starfish on the beach

59．The writer told this story to show us             ．

      A．how and where we can write a good article

      B．everyone can do something for the future

      C．wise men ore sometimes stupid

      D．young men are in fact wiser than old people