完形填空（共小20题；每小题1分，满分20分）
When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My   1   took me by train or by car to a hotel by the   2  . All day, I seem to remember, I   3  on the sands with strange   4  children. We made houses and gardens, and   5   the tide (潮汐) destroy (破坏, 毁坏) them. When the tide went out, we  6   over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the   7  seemed to shine always brightly   8   the water was always warm. Sometimes we left the beach and walked in the country,   9   ruined (毁灭的) houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were  10  in one’s pockets or good places where one could   11  ice-creams. Each day seemed a life-time. 
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good   12   is much the same as it was. I   13   like the sun and warm sand and the sound of _14   beating the rocks. I no longer wish to   15  any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. 16   , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I   17   what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am   18   . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about  19   who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make   20    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