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　 38 on the sands with strange　 39　 children. We made houses and gardens, and 40 the tide (潮水) 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 our family　 44　　 the beach and walked in the country, exploring (探索) 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 lifetime.

　 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, either. 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 themselves 55 on too many ices.

36.A.teacher B.parents C.nurse D.classmates

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

38.A.played B.thought C.sat D.stood

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

40.A.felt B.brought C.watched D.heard

41.A.rolled B.jumped C.turned D.climbed

42.A.light B.sun C.moon D.lamp

43 A.and B.yet C.but D.or

44.A.stayed B.arrived C.left D.came

45.A.sweets B.sands C.ice-creams D.stones

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

47.A.house B.holiday C.garden D.tide

48.A.hardly B.almost C.still D.perhaps

49.A.waves B.sands C.hands D.feet

50.A.take B.fix C.use D.build

51.A.Therefore B.However C.Otherwise D.Besides

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

53.A.strong B.weak C.young D.old

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

55.A.worried B.tired C. sad D.sick

 阅读下列短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项A, B, C,和D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A young man, a student in one of our universities, was one day taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly called the students’ friend, for his kindness to those who waited on his instructions．
　   As they went along, they saw   21  in the path a pair of old shoes, which they supposed to belong to a poor man who was employed in a field close by, and who had   22  finished his day’s work．
　The student   23  the professor, saying, “Let’s play the man a（n）   24 : we will hide his shoes, and we stay behind those bushes, and wait to see his  25  when he cannot find them.”
　  “My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never  26  ourselves at the expense of the poor．You are   27 , and may give yourself a much greater pleasure by means of helping the poor man．Put a  28  into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch how the   29  affects him.”
　  The student did so,  30  they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by．
　  The poor man soon finished his work, and came   31  the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes．While   32  his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something 33 , he bent down to feel what it was, and found the coin．
　  Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his face．He gazed upon the coin, turned it round, and looked at it again and again．He then looked around 34  on all sides, but no person was to be seen．He now put the money into his pocket, and went on to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was  35  on finding the other coin．
　  His feelings   36  him; he fell upon his  37 , looked up to heaven and let out a sincere thanksgiving, in which he spoke of his wife, sick and  38 , and his children without bread, whom the timely giving, from some unknown hand, would save from dying．
　  The student stood there deeply affected, his eyes filled with tears．“Now,” said the professor,
“Are you not much better pleased than if you had played your  39  trick?” The youth replied, “You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget．I feel now the  40 of those words, which I never understood before: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
【小题1】．

A．healthy

B．kind

C．mean

D．rich

A．faith

B．fact

C．truth

D．reliability

完形填空

　　Cary is very popular in his college and nearly everybody knows him. He is a basketball (1) and has played in quite a few important (2) held in his home state. And for this reason, he has become the (3) of the college, envy (嫉妒) of the boys, and (4) of the girls. Among his many admirers (5) a girl called Nola.

　　Nola is Cary’s classmate, and Professor Johnson’s (6). Mr John-son is a strict father, and in a (7) where a sports star is not so highly (8). Nola never dares to say Cary’s (9) at home. In the school, they (10) speak to each other and always keep a certain distance.

　　Nola’s family lives near a big sportsground on which every afternoon, after school Cary would spend at least one hour practising basketball (11) returning home. Nola lives on the third (12), and from their balcony (阳台)，she can see the sportsground. As a habit, Nola would sit in a chair on the balcony, reading or doing her homework every day when she comes home. Sometimes she would (13) her head to watch Cary play.

　　Cary doesn’t seem to pay any (14) to Nola. He would work hard on (15). One afternoon, Nola moved her chair into toe (16) and did her homework at her desk but she could still heard the (17) from outside. Then the noise suddenly stopped and the sportsground became very (18). Nola thought it (19) and looked through the (20).

　　She saw Cary there (21) something on the ground with a (22) of chalk. What he was writing? She wondered. Cary finished writing and stood up. He (23) his bag and left for home.

　　After Cary was away. Nola came down quickly and walked quietly to the place (24) Cary had just stayed, she found these words:“Nola, why didn’t you watch me play?”

　　Nola picked up the chalk and added (25) the line:“but yes, I did.”