One summer several years ago, my family was enjoying a barbecue on the beach. After the barbecue, my father-in-law invited me to go fishing. Fishing was his hobby, but I
36 went fishing. We walked a little way along the beach and reached a rock by the shore, and I
37 the hook into the sea from there. Frankly speaking, I am a (n)
38 person, and although I had not felt a tug (猛拽) on the line, I reeled up the hook after five minutes or so. I had caught
39 . It was a starfish. It trembled uneasily when I
40 the hook from its ugly mouth. I threw the starfish back into the sea. After another five minutes I caught another starfish and I threw it back again.
After a while, I caught yet another starfish. That was
41 time, and this time I really got angry. I hit the starfish on the rock
42 throwing it into the sea. I was not in the
43 to continue fishing any more.
When I was
44 the fishing tools, I noticed a little girl looking at the starfish on the rock. We
45 looks with each other. The little girl spoke to me in a
46 voice. “Sir, would you mind if I
47 the starfish back into the sea?”“Not at all,” I replied. “"But you know, there are too many starfish in the sea, and they eat many shellfish.
48 , they look so ugly. I don't like them.”
“I understand,” said the little girl. “But if the starfish cannot get back to the sea, it will be
49 by the sun and die. My dead grandfather once told me that there are no living creatures that have no right to exist in the world. God
50 every creature because it was needed by nature. Poisonous snakes, spiders, and starfish were born into this world with a certain
51 for their existence.”
“All right, dear, please throw the starfish back into the sea,” I said to the little girl, feeling
52 . The girl picked up the starfish and gently put it into the sea, and she
53 at me and said, “Thank you, sir.”
Many people like "cute" creatures such as dogs, cats, and rabbits, while they tend to dislike “ugly” creatures such as snakes, spiders, and starfish. However, the “cuteness” and “ugliness” of things are decided
54 only on one’s personal opinions. There are no living creatures that have no
55 in the world-- this is what I learned from the little girl.| 小题1: | | A．even | B．still | C．seldom | D．ever |
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| 小题2: | | A．dragged | B．pulled | C．cast | D．pushed |
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| 小题3: | | A．imaginable | B．careless | C．impatient | D．confident |
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| 小题4: | | A．anything | B．something | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题5: | | A．received | B．released | C．replaced | D．relaxed |
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| 小题6: | | A．a second | B．the second | C．the third | D．a third |
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| 小题7: | | A．other than | B．instead of | C．more than | D．except for |
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| 小题8: | | A．sense | B．hope | C．mood | D．peace |
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| 小题9: | | A．putting off | B．putting out | C．putting in | D．putting away |
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| 小题10: | | A．changed | B．exchanged | C．experienced | D．arranged |
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| 小题11: | | A．frightened | B．hopeless | C．puzzled | D．hesitating |
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| 小题12: | | A．put | B．threw | C．cast | D．dropped |
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| 小题13: | | A．Therefore | B．However | C．Besides | D．Still |
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| 小题14: | | A．died out | B．worn out | C．turned out | D．dried out |
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| 小题15: | | A．protected | B．blessed | C．created | D．admitted |
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| 小题16: | | A．idea | B．excuse | C．purpose | D．ability |
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| 小题17: | | A．very satisfied | B．a little ashamed | C．quite angry | D．a bit tired |
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| 小题18: | | A．smiled | B．shouted | C．looked | D．laughed |
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| 小题19: | | A．carrying | B．based | C．depended | D．following |
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| 小题20: | | A．value | B．right | C．price | D．life |
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