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【题目】A friend of ours was walking down a deserted Mexican beach at sunset. As he walked along, he began to see another man 【1】 the distance. As he grew nearer, he noticed that the local native kept 【2】(lean) down，picking something up and throwing it out into the water.

As our friend approached even 【3】(close), he noticed that man was picking up starfish and, one at 【4】 time, he was throwing them back into the water.

Our friend looked 【5】(puzzle) and said, “Good evening, friend. I was wondering what you are doing.” “I am throwing these starfish that 【6】(wash) up onto the shore back into the ocean. You see, it's low tide right now. 【7】 I do not throw them back into the sea, they would die up here from lack of oxygen.” “I understand，” our friend replied, “【8】 there must be thousands of starfish on this beach. You can't 【9】(possible) get to all of them. Can't you see that you can't possibly make a difference？”

The local native smiled, bent down and picked up yet 【10】 starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea，he replied，“Make a difference to that one！”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】in

【2】leaning

【3】closer

【4】a

【5】puzzled

【6】have been washed

【7】If

【8】but

【9】possibly

【10】another

【解析】傍晚在墨西哥海滩散步的朋友发现一个人在把被冲上岸的海星逐个地扔回海里。
我朋友迷惑不解，走到他跟前问他原因：数千个海星无论如何也不可能把它们都扔回海里。那个当地人回答：“每次改变一只吧！”

【1】考查介词。句意：傍晚，我们的一个朋友散步在荒凉的墨西哥海滩。走着走着，看见远处有个人。“在远处” in the distance，故填in。

【2】考查非谓语动词。句意：当他逐渐走进时，发现那个当地人不停地哈腰捡着什么东西并把它投到海里。“不停地做某事”keep doing，用现在分词表示一直进行。故填leaning。

【3】考查副词比较级。句意：我的朋友靠近时发现那个人是把被冲上岸的海星逐个地扔回海里。根据上文的grew nearer，得知这里表示走得更近一些，副词修饰动词“接近”。故填closer。

【4】考查冠词。句意：那个人是把被冲上岸的海星逐个地扔回海里。表示每次用 at a time。故填a。

【5】考查形容词。句意：我朋友迷惑不解，走到他跟前说。系动词后用形容词，人感到困惑用-ed形式。故填puzzled。

【6】考查动词时态语态。句意：我正把这些海星扔回大海里。你看，现在退潮，所有海星都被浪冲上来。海星和冲是被动关系，动作已经完成，要用现在完成时的被动语态。故填have been washed。

【7】考查引导词。句意：如果我不这么做，它们会缺氧而死。根据语境得知是如果自己不作为。位于句首首字母要大写。故填If。

【8】考查转折连词。句意：可是这儿肯定有数千个海星。故填but。

【9】考查副词。句意：这么多海星，你无论如何也不可能把它们都扔回海里。副词“可能”修饰动词“扔回”。故填possibly。

【10】考查代词。句意：那个当地人微笑着，继续弯腰捡起一个海星，把它扔回大海里。又拣起一只，用不定代词another表示“又一”。故填another。