阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My 36 took me by train or by car to a hotel by the 37 . All day, I seem to remember, I 38 on the sands 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 seemed to shine always brightly 43 the water was always warm. Sometimes we left the 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 one could 46 ice-creams. Each day seemed a life-time.
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, who watch the incoming tide, who make 55 sick on too many ices...
A.teacher B.parents C.nurse D.doctor
A.sea B.lake C.mountain D.forest
A.played B.slept C.sat D.stood
A.moved B.excited C.worried D.nervous
A.made B.brought C.watched D.heard
A.rolled B.jumped C.turned D.climbed
A.light B.sun C.moon D.lamp
A.and B.yet C.but D.or
A.exploring B.examining C.repairing D.measuring
A.sweets B.sand C.ice-creams D.money
A.make B.sell C.buy D.offer
A.house B.holiday C.garden D.tide
A.hardly B.almost C.still D.perhaps
A.waves B.water C.hands D.birds
A.destroy B.fix C.use D.build
A.But B.However C.Or D.Yet
A.wonder B.feel C.understand D.believe
A.strong B.weak C.young D.old
A.children B.boys C.girls D.grown-ups
A.herself B.himself C.itself D.themselves