完形填空（共小20题；每小题1分，满分20分）
When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My
1 took me by train or by car to a hotel by the
2 . All day, I seem to remember, I
3 on the sands with strange
4 children. We made houses and gardens, and
5 the tide (潮汐) destroy (破坏, 毁坏) them. When the tide went out, we
6 over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the
7 seemed to shine always brightly
8 the water was always warm. Sometimes we left the beach and walked in the country,
9 ruined (毁灭的) houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were
10 in one’s pockets or good places where one could 11 ice-creams. Each day seemed a life-time.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good
12 is much the same as it was. I
13 like the sun and warm sand and the sound of
_14 beating the rocks. I no longer wish to
15 any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.
16 , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I
17 what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am
18 . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about
19 who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make
20 sick on too many ices...
| 小题1: | | A．teacher | B．parents | C．nurse | D．doctor |
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| 小题2: | | A．sea | B．lake | C．mountain | D．forest |
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| 小题3: | | A．played | B．slept | C．sat | D．stood |
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| 小题4: | | A．moved | B．excited | C．worried | D．nervous |
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| 小题5: | | A．made | B．brought | C．watched | D．heard |
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| 小题6: | | A．rolled | B．jumped | C．turned | D．climbed |
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| 小题9: | | A．exploring | B．examining | C．repairing | D．measuring |
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| 小题10: | | A．sweets | B．sand | C．ice-creams | D．money |
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| 小题12: | | A．house | B．holiday | C．garden | D．tide |
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| 小题13: | | A．hardly | B．almost | C．still | D．perhaps |
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| 小题14: | | A．waves | B．water | C．hands | D．birds |
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| 小题15: | | A．destroy | B．fix | C．use | D．build |
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| 小题17: | | A．wonder | B．feel | C．understand | D．believe |
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| 小题18: | | A．strong | B．weak | C．young | D．old |
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| 小题19: | | A．children | B．boys | C．girls | D．grown-ups |
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| 小题20: | | A．herself | B．himself | C．itself | D．themselves |
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