阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Tom used to go for a walk every day on the beach. One day he no

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Tom used to go for a walk every day on the beach. One day he noticed a man who bent down ___41___ (pick) up something and then threw it into water.
When he ___42___(get) close he saw that ___43___man was picking up the starfish that had been washed up on the beach and he was picking them up one at a time and throwing them back in the water.
Feeling ___44___(confuse),Tom approached the man and said,” Good evening, I was wondering what you are doing.” The man smiled and replied,” I am throwing back the starfish___45___were washed up on the shore and if I didn't throw them back into the ocean, then they would die from lack of oxygen.”
Tom replied,” I understand...” Then a little while ___46___(late), he said,” But there must be thousands of starfish on this beach and you can't ___47___(possible) help all of them. And this may be happening on hundreds of___48___(beach). Then how can ___49___(throw) some of these starfish back into the ocean make a difference?”
The man smiled, bent down and picked up yet ____50____starfish, and as he threw it back into the ocean, he replied,” It will make a difference to that one.”
【答案】41. to pick    
42. got    43. the    
44. confused    
45. which    46. later    
47. possibly    
48. beaches    
49. throwing    
50. another
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了，汤姆在海滩上散步，碰到了一个把搁浅在沙滩上的海星扔回海里的男人的故事。
【41题详解】
考查动词不定式。本句意为“一天，他注意到一个人弯下腰去捡东西，然后把它扔进水里。”，此处表目的，应用动词不定式（to do）。故填to pick。
【42题详解】