Question

【题目】先阅读短文，再在其后空白处写出个单词的正确形式，单词的第一个字母已给出。

One day an old man was walking along the beach. It was low tide（潮水）, and there were thousands of stranded starfish on the sand. They were c【1】 in by the water and then left b【2】The man began walking very carefully so as not to s【3】 on any of the beautiful living things. Since the animals still seemed to be a【4】, he considered picking some of them up and putting them back in the water, where they could come back to their lives. The man knew the starfish would die if left on the beach’s d【5】 sand but he reasoned that he could not p【6】 help them all, so he c【7】to do nothing and continued walking. Soon afterward, the man came upon a small child on the beach who was b【8】 throwing one starfish after anther back into the sea. The old man stopped and asked the child, ”What are you doing ? ” ”I’m saving the starfish, ” the child replied. “Why do you w【9】 your time ?...... There are so many you can’t save them all, so what does it matter?” argued the man. Without hesitation（犹豫），the child picked up another starfish and threw the starfish back into the water…… “It m【10】to this one,” the child explained.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】carried

【2】behind

【3】step

【4】alive

【5】dry

【6】possibly

【7】chose

【8】busy

【9】waste

【10】matters

【解析】试题分析：短文通过一位老人的所见，描述了一个有爱心的孩子。老人在海边散步，潮水退落后，沙滩上遗落了很多海星，老人本想把它们放回海水里，但是数量太多就放弃了。他看到一个小孩在放生海星，便劝他放弃，开始孩子却毫不犹豫地继续拯救海星，因为他知道“这对它来说很重要”。

【1】carry in携带。by被，表被动。主语they是动词carry的受动者，需用被动语态；根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填carried。

【2】根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填behind。

【3】step on走在……上面；根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填step。

【4】be alive活着；根据下文putting them back in the water, where they could come back to their lives.，结合句意语境和首字母提示，可知填alive。

【5】on the beach’s dry sand在海滩的干沙上；根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填dry。

【6】help帮助，动词需用副词修饰；根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填possibly。

【7】choose to do选择去做某事；根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填chose。

【8】be busy doing忙于做某事；根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填busy。

【9】本句缺谓语；waste the time浪费时间；根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填waste。

【10】matter to对……重要；主语it是三单人称，动词需用三单形式；根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填matters。