题目内容
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．air B．land C．water D．environment
5. A．something B．anything 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．afraid B．surprised C．sad D．angry
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
1.B
2.A
3.A
4.D
5.D
6.C
7.C
8.D
9.B
10.B
11.B
12.C
13.D
14.A
15.C
【解析】
试题分析：本文主要讲了小男孩觉得自己无法保护环境，然后妈妈就讲了一个故事，告诉他大的改变往往是最普通的人做的，往往从小事做起。
1.词义辨析。A、喝 B做C 卖D 洗。联系上下文，可知这里指他的妈妈在做蛋糕，故选B。
2.短语辨析。A、转身B 拒绝，调低音量C打开D关掉。应是她转过身来。故选A
3.特殊疑问词词义辨析，A、什么 B 何时C 在哪里D 为什么这里指妈妈问孩子发生了什么，故选A。
4.词义辨析。A、空气B大地C水D环境，由下文可知谈论的是环境问题 选D
5.词义辨析。由他不开心可以得出他没有想出什么方法，所以选D，什么也没有。
6.词义辨析。A、一个谎言B一个玩笑C一个故事D一个真理。由下文可知,他妈妈讲的是一个故事 故选C
7.词义辨析。A、、风 B 雨C 浪花D 沙子 海鱼应是被浪花带到海滩上的故选C
8.反身代词词义辨析。A、他自己B它自己C我们自己D他们自己海滩上的鱼不止一条。故是复数，故选D。
9.介词辨析。feel sorry for为……感到遗憾这里指男人对海鱼不能回到海里而死掉感到遗憾，故选B。
10.词义辨析。A、害怕的 B 惊奇的 C 伤心的D生气的根据句意 他很惊奇的发现一个小男孩 故选B。
11.词义辨析。A、、慢慢的B 快速的C一会儿 D高高的 海鱼在海滩上时间久了就会死，所以这个小男孩肯定在尽快的把鱼送回海里 。故选B。
12.词义和上下文辨析A、父亲B母亲C儿子D女儿。根据文意 应选C。
13.关联词辨析。A、或者B因此C因为D尽管。根据文章小男孩无法将鱼全都送回海里，但他依然在做有转折的意思故选D。
14.词义辨析。A、开始B继续C忘记D等待。根据句意 这个男人也开始捡鱼 开始做某事 begin to do sth/begin doing sth 故选A。
15.联系上文可知此处指的是，生活中最大的改变来自最渺小的人类，故选C，最小的。
考点：哲理性记述文
点评：这篇短文内容比较简单，理解不难。各小题与上下文联系比较紧密，答题中一定要注意联系上下文。答完后多读几遍，看看是否符合逻辑，适当修改。个别小题可以当作单独的词义辨析题来做，先区分词义，结合语境选出最能使语句通顺的答案。
One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.
Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!”
“What’s courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed.
“Courage is the brave breath,” her mother answered.
“Mum, do you have courage?”
“Certainly.”
The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.
Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”
In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(战胜) is nobody but ourselves.
【小题1】The girl walked back because __________.
| A．the bathroom was too far away. | B．her mother wouldn’t go with her |
| C．she was too afraid of the dark | D．the bedroom door was locked |
| A．the girl went to the bathroom by herself | B．the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing |
| C．the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath | D．the girl’s mother was very proud of herself |
| A．held out her little hands | B．clenched her fists |
| C．talk to her mother | D．held her own breath |
| A．adults are always brave enough | B．children learn to be brave quickly |
| C．the fear in one’s mind is the real problem | D．the mother can deal with anything with breath |
| A．The Fearless Mother | B．One Lonely Girl |
| C．One midnight | D．The Breath of Courage |
Having returned from her round trip (往返旅程), the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes (应给予) me￡12,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office, “you sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me ￡12.”
Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Come into the office, madam,” he said politely, “I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”
The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sunburnt,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”
“Yes,” She answered, shyly. “The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!”
“That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can’t swim a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three…”
“I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.” Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, madam,” he said. “But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?”
“Err, well…” the woman looked at the child. “I mean… she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”
“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs… let me see…￡13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe ￡1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…”
The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.
【小题1】The woman was angry because__________.
| A．she couldn’t use the ticket for her round trip |
| B．she had to return home a day earlier than she had planned |
| C．she spent more money than she had expected |
| D．Harry had sold her a ticket to Jersey where there was no sailing |
| A．because he was in difficulty and did not know what to do |
| B．because he had a little girl about the same age as this girl |
| C．because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice |
| D．when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl |
| A．she wanted to go home and get money for the child’s ticket |
| B．she was so angry that she didn’t want to have anything more to do with the young man |
| C．she was moved by Harry’s kindness |
| D．she knew she would have to pay the railway if she insisted |