The little boy entered the house, unhappy. His mother was        cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she           but stopped when she saw his face. “Tyler,          happened? Is everything okay?”
“Nothing is okay, mom.” said the boy, “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs. Green was talking about the           .She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way, but there is       I can do to make a difference.”
“Let me tell you          .” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish covering the beach, they were pushed up by the          , and it was too far up for them to make their way back by           . The man shook his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very sorry             those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was         to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish      into the sea as soon as he could, ‘how        you are! My son .’ the man said, ‘There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing, “         I can’t help them all ,I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”
“Thinking for a moment, the man           to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the        person.

A．drinking B．making C．selling D．washing

A．turned around B．turned down C．turned on D．turned off

A．what B．when C．where D．why

A．air B．land C．water D．environment

A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing

A．a lie B．a joke C．a story D．a truth

A．wind B．rain C．waves D．sands

A．himself B．itself C．ourselves D．themselves

A．of B．for C．from D．forward

A．afraid B．surprised C．sad D．angry

A．after B．back C．up D．down

A．clever B．kind C．silly D．ugly

A．Or B．So C．Because D．Though

A．began B．continued C．forgot D．waited

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