When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My______ 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 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 ____ seemed to shine always brightly ____ the water was always warm. Sometimes we ____ beach and walked in the country, exploring ruined 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 ____ 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 ____ what my ideal 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.

A．teacher B．friends C．parents D．younger sister

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A．sea

B．lake

C．mountain

D．river

A．stood B．slept C．sat D．played

A．moved B．nervous C．anxious D．excited

A．watched B．brought C．made D．heard

A．collected B．jumped C．turned D．climbed

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A．light

B．moon

C．sun

D．lamp

A．yet B．and C．but D．or

A．came to B．left C．stood by D．played by

A．sweets B．sand C．ice-creams D．money

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A．make

B．sell

C．offer

D．buy

A．house B．tide C．garden D．holiday

A．hardly B．almost C．still D．perhaps

A．hands B．tides C．waves D．feet

A．destroy B．fix C．build D．use

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A．But

B．However

C．Otherwise

D．Besides

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

A．strong B．old C．young D．weak

A．children B．boys C．girls D．grown-ups

A．happy B．tired C．sick D．sad