Question

【題目】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】本文講述的是一個男士在海灘散步，他看見一個人把覆蓋在海灘上的海星扔回大海，海灘上有很多海星，他認為這個人在做無用功。而這個人撿起一個海星扔回大海，并說，“我的舉動對這個海星來說是有意義的�！�

【1】考查非謂語動詞。句意：在遠處，他可以看到一個人在海浪的邊緣和海灘之間來回走著。see sb. doing sth.看見某人正在做某事，故答案為going。

【2】考查固定搭配。句意：在遠處，他可以看到一個人在海浪的邊緣和海灘之間來回走著。between…and…在……和……之間，故答案為and。

【3】考查名詞。句意：這是由于潮汐的自然作用造成的。形容詞修飾名詞，故答案為action。

【4】考查時態(tài)和語態(tài)。句子主語The man和stick之間是一種被動關系，“被困住，被卡住”，再根據(jù)前面的once（曾經）可知，此處用一般過去時態(tài)的被動語態(tài)，故答案為was stuck。

【5】考查動名詞。句意：當他走近時，這個人繼續(xù)把海星一個個撿起，然后把它們扔進海里。介詞of后面用doing做賓語，故答案為picking。

【6】考查固定短語。固定短語：thousands of數(shù)以千計的，故答案為thousands。

【7】考查非謂語動詞。句意：有成千上萬英里的海灘上覆蓋著海星。beach與cover是被動關系，“被覆蓋”，故用過去分詞做后置定語，故答案為covered。

【8】考查副詞。副詞修飾動詞，故答案為possibly。

【9】考查數(shù)詞。句意：然后他彎下腰，又撿起一只海星，把它扔回海里。數(shù)詞+more+名詞，表示 “又有……，再有……”,故答案為more。

【10】考查固定短語。固定短語：make a difference有影響；起（重要）作用，故答案為difference。