阅读理解

　　Of course,what is an ideal(理想)holiday for one person may be a very unpleasant one for another．The sportsman likes a kind of holiday which his lazy friend would find worse than his daily work;while the lazy man’s ideal holiday would leave the sportsman quite unsatisfied．

　　If I were allowed to choose my own holiday,I would have no doubts;I would go on a voyage(远航)in a modern passenger ship with a swimming bath．Even if my sportsman friend and my lazy friend came with me,they would both be happy;one would have plenty of games,swimming and dancing;the other could sit in a comfortable chair all day,looking at the sea and drinking lemonade(柠檬水)or beer．In a ship,one can do as one likes．If one day I find an interesting book in the ship’s library,I can spend the whole day reading it,and nobody will stop me．Perhaps the next day I shall want some exercise．Well,then I can play games with other passengers until I am hot and sweating and ready for a bath．I can go and sleep in my cabin at any time of the day or night,I can get cheap drinks during most of the day,and I can eat as I like,choosing among a variety of foods．

　　But what I like even more about a sea voyage is the chance to meet new and interesting people from many countries．What other kind of holiday gives us such a chance?Freed from(从……解脱)all the duties of life at home,we can talk,play games,swim,drink,sing and dance with our new friends．They can tell us about their own countries,their daily lives and amusements,their hopes and their fears．And in return we can tell them all about ourselves．

　　But perhaps the greatest pleasure of a sea holiday is coming to new ports in strange lands,and going ashore for a few hours to see strange places,eat strange foods and hear a strange language talked around us．Whenever I think of my ideal holiday,it is the picture of a mysterious foreign city that comes to my mind．

阅读理解

　　Here in the Northeast Georgia mountains live an old man and his young grandson．A small sum of money given by the government is their only regular income．Man and boy walk up and down the highway daily collecting soft-drink bottles for resale．I stopped once, and tried to give the man a carton(硬纸盒)of empty bottles．Polite, but firmly, he refused my “charity”．

　　Exercising what I thought was the only reasonable matter．I was driving their part of road, throwing bottles out of the car window, when the flashing blue light of a Georgia(乔治亚州)State patrol(巡逻)car filled my mirror．I took my lecture on litter(在公共场所扔废物)laws, and then told the officer about the man and the boy．We could see the old man from where we were stopped, bending over to pick up a bottle．The officer warned me again, and told me to move on．

　　As we both pulled onto the road, I looked in my mirror just in time to see two bottles sail out of the passenger window of the patrol car and land unbroken on the grass．

　　本文中的老人和他的孙子靠捡拾饮料瓶来维持生计。作者出于同情想把自己的一些空瓶子送给老人，但是遭到了老人的拒绝。

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　　Every year at this time I remember a Christmas when I was 8 years old．It is the one memory of Christmas that has 　　1　　 with me all my life．My children always loved listening to it．I 　　2　　 in a small community in Newfoundland, with the sea right at our door．My 　　3　　 was a sea captain and was away from home 　　4　　 of the year, but he was always home for Christmas．I remember how 　　5　　 I was．It would soon be Christmas and Dad would be home for 　　6　　 three months．Everything would be OK．Our home would be 　　7　　 and our time together would be 　　8　　．My parents did what they could to give me and my four sisters what we needed, but not 　　9　　 what we needed．

　T　hat particular Christmas when my dad 　　10　　 me what I wanted for Christmas, I told him that I wanted a new pair of shoes and a beautiful hat．He knew that I needed new rubber boots because the old ones had 　　11　　 in them and I had to walk to school 　　12　　 them on rainy days．My Dad told me that I would have to choose, but I couldn’t have 　　13　　．So I had to choose the rubber boots which weren’t expensive．All I could 　　14　　 during the weeks before Christmas was that I would have to 　　15　　 rubber boots with my new dress my mother was 　　16　　 for me．

　　Christmas morning came, and hidden in the toe of my stocking was a note that 　　7　　“Look behind the kitchen door”．I did, and found another 　　18　　：“Look behind the radio”．I did and found a box with a new pair of black leather 　　19　　 I had dreamed of．They were very dear and the most beautiful shoes I had ever seen．I knew my father 　　20　　 money long to buy them for me．I was so happy and grateful．