Ⅴ. 完形填空
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 1 . All day, I seem to remember, I played on the sands with strange 2 children. We made houses and gardens and 3 the tide (潮水) destroy them. When the tide went out, we climbed over the rocks and 4 at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the sun seemed to shine always 5 and the water was always warm. Sometimes we left the beach and walked in the country, 6 ruined (荒凉的) houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were 7 in one's pockets or good places where one could buy ice creams. Each day seemed a life time.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good 8 is much the same as it was. I still like the sun and warm sand and the 9 of waves beating the rocks. I no longer wish to build any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. 10 , I love the sea and often feel sand running 11 my fingers.
Sometimes I 12 what my ideal holiday will be like when I am old. All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about 13 who make houses and gardens with sand, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves 14 on too many ice creams. Maybe in the future, I'll just enjoy talking about those happy memories of my childhood holidays, and the simple joys that made those days so 15 .
( )1. A. mountain B. forest C. sea D. river
( )2. A. tired B. excited C. bored D. moved
( )3. A. brought B. helped C. watched D. heard
( )4. A. looked up B. looked around C. looked down D. looked back
( )5. A. brightly B. coldly C. quietly D. easily
( )6. A. exploring B. building C. painting D. describing
( )7. A. sand B. sweets C. ice-creams D. money
( )8. A. house B. holiday C. garden D. tide
( )9. A. colour B. taste C. smell D. sound
( )10. A. Next B. So C. However D. Otherwise
( )11. A. with B. through C. in D. for
( )12. A. wonder B. feel C. understand D. care
( )13. A. boys B. girls C. grown-ups D. children
( )14. A. afraid B. angry C. sick D. sad
( )15. A. terrible B. noisy C. special D. famous