完形填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分, 计15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One day a wise young man was walking along the beach when he saw a young man far away picking up something and very gently throwing it into the sea. As he got      , he called out to the young man, “Good morning! What are you doing?”
The young man      , looked up and replied, “Throwing starfishes into the sea.”
“Why are you throwing starfishes into the sea?”
“The sun is up and the      is going away. And if I don’t throw them in, they’ll     .
“But, young man, don’t you       that there are miles of beach and starfishes all along it. You can’t         make a difference!”
The young man        politely. Then he picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, and said, “It made a difference for that        .”
There is something very        in each and every one of us. We have all been given the ability to make a difference to shape the future. We must each find our own starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the      will be better.
A. better     B. farther     C. closer
A. continued    B. stopped    C. watched
A. water     B. wind     C. boat
A. leave     B. die     C. run
A. believe     B. realize     C. expect
A. possibly        B. hardly     C. especially
A. replied     B. argued     C. listened
A. one         B. time     C. place
A. special     B. brave     C. strange
A. family     B. country    C. world