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 es from the 15 person.”
【小题1】A．drinkingB．makingC．sellingD．washing【小题2】A．turned aroundB．turned downC．turned onD．turned off【小题3】A．whatB．whenC．whereD．why【小题4】A．airB．landC．waterD．environment【小题5】A．somethingB．anythingC．everythingD．nothing【小题6】A．lieB．jokeC．storyD．way【小题7】A．windB．rainC．wavesD．sands【小题8】A．himselfB．itselfC．ourselvesD．themselves【小题9】A．tiredB．sorryC．happyD．excited【小题10】A．afraidB．surprisedC．sadD．angry【小题11】A．slowB．fastC．soonD．high【小题12】A．fatherB．motherC．sonD．daughter【小题13】A．OrB．SoC．BecauseD．Though【小题14】A．beganB．continuedC．forgotD．waited【小题15】A．shortestB．tallestC．smallestD．biggestB
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(答案→)B
解析：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。
【小题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。
【小题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
【小题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。
【小题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
【小题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。
【小题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
【小题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
【小题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。
【小题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。
【小题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。
【小题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。
【小题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。
【小题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。
【小题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。
【小题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。