Question

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   26  . All day, I seem to remember, I played on the sands with strange   27  children. We made houses and gardens, and   28   the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we climbed over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.

     In those days the sun seemed to shine always   29  and the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country,   30  ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were sweets in one’s pockets or good places where one could   31   ice creams. Each day seemed a life-time.

    32  I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good  holiday is much the same as it was.  I   33   like the sun and warm sand and the sound of   34  beating (拍打) the rocks. I no longer wish to   35   any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.    36  , I still love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.

     Sometimes I   37   what my ideal(理想的) holiday will be like when I am  old .  38   I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about   39  who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves   40  on too many ices creams.

1.A. sea   B. lake           C. mountain           D. river

2.A. moved         B. excited        C. anxious             D. nervous

3.A. made          B. brought        C. watched             D. heard

4.A. gently        B. hardly         C. brightly            D. carefully

5.A. in need of B. in search of C. in place of D. in praise of

6.A. sell          B. make           C. buy                 D. offer

7.A. When          B. Although       C. If                  D. But

8.A.almost         B. perhaps        C. still               D. often

9.A.waves          B. wind           C. hands               D. feet

10.A.destroy       B. fix            C. use                 D. build

11.A. But          B. However        C. Otherwise           D. Besides

12.A.wonder        B, feel           C. understand          D. believe

13.A. All          B. Each           C. Both                D. Every

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

15.A. happy        B. tired          C. sad                 D. sick    

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.A

14.C

15.D

【解析】

1.考查名词。下文提到beach，所以应该是到海边。

2.考查形容词。根据语境和常识，在沙滩玩的孩子应是很兴奋的。

3.考查动词。他们用沙子堆成房子和花园，然后看着潮水把它们冲毁。

4.考查副词。在那些日子里，阳光总是如此明媚，海水总是温暖的。

5.考查介词短语。有时我们离开海滩到乡村里散步，去寻找被毁坏的房屋和黑暗的树林。in search of寻找。

6.考查动词。where one could   31   ice creams此处where引导定语从句修饰place，

前面的主语one指的是小孩子们，所以这里是他们可以买冰淇淋的地方。

7.考查连词。与后面的句子是转折关系。

8.考查副词。仍然很喜欢。对应前文。

9.考查名词。对应前文，是浪打击岩石的声音。

10.考查动词。与前文相关，在这个年纪，作者已经不想再去堆沙堆了。

11.考查副词。前后是一个转折的关系，but与however都表转折，但but之后不用逗号，而however位于句首时，常加逗号，所以用however。

12.考查动词。wonder是好奇，或者想知道。在这里作者描述的并不是已发生的，所以应该是想知道年老时理想的假期会是什么样的。

13.考查代词。我想做的所有事情。

14.考查名词。后面的定语所提的事情明显是小孩子所为，故用children。

15.考查形容词。吃太多的冰淇淋，所以会病倒。