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 (荒涼的) 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
答案：1. C
解析：根據(jù)下文“played on the sands”（在沙灘上玩）可知是在海邊，選C。
2. B
解析：孩子們在沙灘上玩，應(yīng)該是“興奮的”，選B。
3. C
解析：“觀看潮水摧毀它們”，選C。
4. C
解析：爬上巖石，向下看巖池里的魚，“l(fā)ook down”表示“向下看”，選C。
5. A
解析：太陽照耀得“明亮地”，選A。
6. A
解析：“探索荒涼的房子和黑暗的樹林”，選A。
7. B
解析：根據(jù)下文“I dislike sweets”可知此處指口袋里有糖果，選B。
8. B
解析：文章談?wù)摰氖恰凹倨凇?，選B。
9. D
解析：“海浪拍打巖石的聲音”，選D。
10. C
解析：前后句是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，“然而，我仍然愛大海”，選C。
11. B
解析：“沙子從手指間流過”，“through”表示“穿過”，選B。
12. A
解析：“想知道”我老了之后理想的假期是什么樣，選A。
13. D
解析：根據(jù)下文“who make houses and gardens with sand”可知指“孩子們”，選D。
14. C
解析：吃太多冰淇淋會“生病”，選C。
15. C
解析：那些簡單的快樂讓那些日子很“特別”，選C。
