二、完形填空(本题共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
[2026 扬州期末]I love the ocean. I live far away from the ocean. It makes the ocean just like a $\underline{\mathbf{
11}}$ for me and I try to visit at least once a year. I've been visiting the ocean for almost 20 years.
When I was young, I would $\underline{\mathbf{
12}}$ shells and rocks, and bring them back home. So I had tons of them in my room. $\underline{\mathbf{
13}}$, as I visited the ocean more and more, I started picking up the $\underline{\mathbf{
14}}$ left by people instead of picking up ocean treasures.
I made such a $\underline{\mathbf{
15}}$ after I questioned myself about my old habit. It made me aware that a $\underline{\mathbf{
16}}$ you find in the ocean has a wonderful colour that makes you pick it up. But then, when it becomes $\underline{\mathbf{
17}}$, you don't find it lovely anymore, so $\underline{\mathbf{
18}}$ do you pick it up in the first place? Anyway, I came to understand that natural things are $\underline{\mathbf{
19}}$ in their natural environment. If everybody picked up every shell from the ocean and $\underline{\mathbf{
20}}$ the rubbish out there, the beach would become something not so nice very shortly. A clean and lively beach is a gift all of us should $\underline{\mathbf{
21}}$. To treat the ocean kindly is to treat humans kindly.
So I made a $\underline{\mathbf{
22}}$ that day—I would just "borrow" things from the ocean and bring them back after a while, since the $\underline{\mathbf{2
3}}$ of shells does so much good for me. I take photos to keep their charm in my heart so I don't $\underline{\mathbf{
24}}$ so many shells and rocks and just keep them to a minimum(最少量).
So if you've seen a lady picking up rubbish and $\underline{\mathbf{
25}}$ shells back into the ocean, from a box or a bag, don't be surprised! It was probably me.
(
B
)11. A. home B. dreamland C. reserve D. memory
(
A
)12. A. pick up B. take up C. set up D. put up
(
D
)13. A. Besides B. Therefore C. Anyway D. However
(
B
)14. A. gifts B. rubbish C. money D. rocks
(
C
)15. A. programme B. speech C. change D. chance
(
D
)16. A. brick B. plastic C. fish D. shell
(
C
)17. A. warm B. cold C. dry D. wet
(
B
)18. A. how B. why C. where D. when
(
A
)19. A. nice B. quiet C. strange D. right
(
C
)20. A. searched B. collected C. left D. cleared
(
C
)21. A. predict B. fight C. protect D. prevent
(
D
)22. A. mistake B. difference C. report D. decision
(
A
)23. A. beauty B. price C. size D. weight
(
B
)24. A. offer B. need C. accept D. suggest
(
A
)25. A. throwing B. breaking C. falling D. holding
