阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
I love the ocean. I live far away from the ocean, which makes it
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like dreamland for me and I try to visit it at least once a year. I've been
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the ocean for at least 20 years.
When I was
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, I would pick up shells and rocks, and bring them back home. So I had tons of them in my room.
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, as I visited the ocean more and more, I started picking up the litter left by people instead of picking up ocean treasures.
I made such a change after I
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myself about my old habit. It helped me
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that a stone you find in the ocean has a wonderful colour that makes you pick it up. But then,
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it dries, you don't find it lovely any more. So why pick it up in the first place? Anyway, I came to understand that natural things are
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in their natural surroundings and that if everybody picked every shell from the ocean and left the litter out there, the beach would become something not so nice very shortly.
So I made a
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that day—I would just "borrow" things from the ocean and bring them back after a while, since the beauty of shells does so much good for me. I
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the quantity and kept it to a minimum.
So if you've seen a lady picking up litter and throwing shells back into the ocean, from a box or a bag, don't be surprised. It was probably me.
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) 1. A. already B. just C. yet D. still
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) 2. A. protecting B. finding C. visiting D. watching
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) 3. A. young B. strong C. tall D. clever
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) 4. A. Besides B. Therefore C. Anyway D. However
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) 5. A. explained B. supported C. questioned D. prepared
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) 6. A. realize B. expect C. imagine D. wonder
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) 7. A. before B. until C. though D. when
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) 8. A. nice B. ugly C. quiet D. strange
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) 9. A. chance B. noise C. suggestion D. decision
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)10. A. influenced B. increased C. described D. controlled
