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 _______. All day, I seem to remember, I _______ on the sands with strange _______ children. We made houses and gardens, and _______ the tide(潮汐) destroy them. When the tide went out, we _______ over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.

In those days the sun seemed to shine always brightly and the water was always warm. Sometimes we _______ beach and walked in the country, exploring(搜寻) broken houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were _______ in one’s pockets or good places where one could _______ ice creams. Each day seemed a life-time.

Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good _______ is much the same as it was. I ________ like the sun and warm sand and the sound of waves beating the rocks. I no longer wish to ________ any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. __________, I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.

Sometimes I wonder what my ideal(理想的) holiday will be like when I am ________. All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about ________ who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves __________ on too many ice creams.

【1】A.sea B.lake C.mountain D.river

【2】A.played B.slept C.sat D.stood

【3】A.moving B.excited C.anxious D.nervous

【4】A.made B.brought C.watched D.heard

【5】A.collected B.jumped C.turned D.climbed

【6】A.left B.came to C.stood by D.played by

【7】A.sweets B.sand C.ice-creams D.money

【8】A.make B.sell C.buy D.offer

【9】A.house B.holiday C.garden D.tide

【10】A.hardly B.almost C.still D.perhaps

【11】A.destroy B.fix C.use D.build

【12】A.But B.However C.Otherwise D.Besides

【13】A.strong B.weak C.young D.old

【14】A.children B.boys C.girls D.grown-ups

【15】A.happy B.tired C.sad D.sick