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...
1.A. teacher B. parents C. nurse D. doctor
2.A. sea B. lake C. mountain D. forest
3.A. played B. slept C. sat D. stood
4.A. moved B. excited C. worried D. nervous
5. A. made B. brought C. watched D. heard
6. A. rolled B. jumped C. turned D. climbed
7.A. light B. sun C. moon D. lamp
8.A. and B. yet C. but D. or
9.A. exploring B. examining C. repairing D. measuring
10. A. sweets B. sand C. ice-creams D. money
11.A. make B. sell C. buy D. offer
12.A. house B. holiday C. garden D. tide
13.A. hardly B. almost C. still D. perhaps
14.A. waves B. water C. hands D. birds
15.A. destroy B. fix C. use D. build
16.A. But B. However C. Or D. Yet
17.A. wonder B. feel C. understand D. believe
18.A. strong B. weak C. young D. old
19.A. children B. boys C. girls D. grown-ups
20.A. herself B. himself C. itself D. themselves
That year his total income, with his reward ______, _______ 1500 dollars.
A. added up to; added B. added; added to
C. added to; added up to D. adds; adds up to
-----What do you think of the girl?
------Not only _______ hard but also_____ very charming.
A. does she work ; is she B. she works ; she is
C. does she work ; she is D. she works ;is she
----- __________it be Li Ping who broke the glass?
---- No. It __________ be Wu Dong who did it.
A. Could; may B. Can; must C. May; must D. Can; can
Tell the boy to ______ all lights as he leaves the room.
A. take off B. switch on C. switch off D. turn on
three times,but she still couldn’t follow what the old man said.
A.Having told B.Having been told
C.She had been told D.Though he had been told