When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My
16 took me by train or by car to a hotel by the
17 . All day, I seem to remember, I
18 on the sands with strange
19 children. We made houses and gardens, and
20 the tide（潮汐） destroy them. When the tide went out, we
21 over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the
22 seemed to shine always brightly
23 the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country,
24 ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were
25 in one’s pockets or good places where one could
26 ice creams. Each day seemed a lifetime.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good
27 is much the same as it was. I
28 like the sun and warm sand and the sound of
29 beating the rocks. I no longer wish to
30 any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.
31 , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I
32 what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am
33 . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about
34 who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves
35 on too many ices…
| 小题1: | | A．teacher | B．parents | C．nurse | D．younger sister |
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| 小题2: | | A．sea | B．lake | C．mountain | D．river |
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| 小题3: | | A．played | B．slept | C．sat | D．stood |
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| 小题4: | | A．moving | B．exciting | C．anxious | 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．tides | C．hands | D．feet |
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| 小题15: | | A．destroy | B．fix | C．use | D．build |
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| 小题16: | | A．But | B．However | C．Otherwise | D．Besides |
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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．happy | B．tired | C．sad | D．sick |
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