Question

When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My parents took me by train or by car to a hotel by the_______________ . I seem to remember that I played on the sands all day with strange ______________ children. We made houses and gardens, and watched the tide(潮)______________ them. When the tide went out, we climbed _____________ the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock pools.

In those days the sun seemed to shine always brightly _____________the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country,______________ for ruined(毀壞了的) houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were sweets in one’s pockets or good places where one could ______________ice creams. Each day seemed a life— time.

____________I am now thirty— five years old, my idea of a good holiday is much the same as it was. I___________ like the sun and warm sand and the sound of ____________ beating the rocks. I no longer wish to______________ any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.______________, I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.

Sometimes I wonder what my ideal holiday will be like when I am ______________ . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about_____________who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves ____________on too many ice creams.

1.A.sea B.lake C.mountain D.river

2.A.moved B.excited C.surprised D.nervous

3.A.take B.bring C.clean D.destroy(破壞)

4.A.through B.over C.off D.across

5.A.and B.yet C.but D.or

6.A.exploring B.looking C.watching D.seeing

7.A.make B.sell C.buy D.offer

8.A.Although B.Since C.Because D.Afterwards

9.A.hardly B.almost C.still D.perhaps

10.A.waves B.wind C.hands D.feet

11.A.destroy B.fix C.use D.make

12.A.But B.However C.Otherwise D.Besides

13.A.strong B.weak C.young D.old

14.A.children B.boys C.girls D.grown— ups

15.A.happy B.tired C.sad D.sick

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