When I was a boy, every holiday I had seemed wonderful. My
36 took me by train or by car to a hotel by the
37 . All day I
38 on the sands（沙滩） with strange
39 children. We made houses and gardens, and
40 the tide（潮汐） destroy them. When the tide went out, we
41 over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the
42 see
med to shine always brightly
43 the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country,
44 ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were
45 in one’s pockets or good places where we could 46 ice creams. Each day was very happy.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good
47 is much the same as it was. I
48 like the sun and warm sand and the sound of
49 beating the rocks. I no longer wish to
50 any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.
51 , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I
52 what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am
53 . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about
54 who make houses and gardens with sands,
55 watch the incoming tide…
小题1:
| A．teacher | B．parents | C．nurse | D．younger sister |
小题2:
| A．sea | B．lake | C．mountain | D．river |
小题3:
| A．played | B．slept | C．sat | D．stood |
小题4:
| A．moving | B．excited | C．angry | D．nervous |
小题5:
| A．made | B．brought | C．watched | D．heard |
小题6:
| A．rolled | B．looked | C．turned | D．climbed |
小题7:
小题8:
小题9:
| A．exploring | B．examining | C．repairing | D．measuring |
小题10:
| A．sweets | B．sand | C．ice-creams | D．money |
小题11:
小题12:
| A．house | B．holiday | C．garden | D．tide |
小题13:
| A．hardly | B．almost | C．still | D．perhaps |
小题14:
| A．waves | B．wind | C．hands | D．feet |
小题15:
| A．destroy | B．fix | C．use | D．build |
小题16:
| A．But | B．However | C．Otherwise | D．Besides |
小题17:
| A．wonder | B．feel | C．understand | D．believe |
小题18:
| A．strong | B．weak | C．young | D．old |
小题19:
| A．children | B．boys | C．girls | D．grown-ups |
小题20:
med to shine always brightly 43 the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country, 44 ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were 45 in one’s pockets or good places where we could 46 ice creams. Each day was very happy.