完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的（A、B、C和D）四个选项中选出最佳选项，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 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  44  beach and walked in the country, exploring(搜寻) 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 themselves   55  on too many ices creams.

When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. In those days the sun seemed to shine always brightly   21   the water was always warm. Sometimes we left the beach and walked in the country, __22__ ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were   23   in one’s pockets or good places where one could   24   ice creams. Each day seemed a lifetime.

Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good   25   is much the same as it was. I   26   like the sun and warm sand and the sound of waves beating the rocks. I no longer wish to   27   any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.   28  , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.

Sometimes I   29   what my ideal holiday will be like when I am old. All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about   30   who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves sick of too many ice creams.

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

22. A. exploring    B. examining  C. repairing    D. measuring

23. A. sweets       B. sand       C. ice-creams   D. money

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When I was a boy,  every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. In those days the sun seemed to shine always brightly   31   the water was always warm. Sometimes we left the beach and walked in the country,   32   ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were   33   in one’s pockets or good places where one could   34   ice creams. Each day seemed a lifetime.

Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good   35   is much the same as it was. I   36   like the sun and warm sand and the sound of waves beating the rocks. I no longer wish to   37   any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.   38  , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.

Sometimes I   39   what my ideal holiday will be like when I am old. All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about   40   who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves sick of too many ice creams.

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

32. A. exploring            B. examining          C. repairing       D. measuring

33. A. sweets            B. sand              C. ice-creams      D. money

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When I was a boy,  every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. In those days the sun seemed to shine always brightly   31   the water was always warm. Sometimes we left the beach and walked in the country,   32   ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were   33   in one’s pockets or good places where one could   34   ice creams. Each day seemed a lifetime.

Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good   35   is much the same as it was. I   36   like the sun and warm sand and the sound of waves beating the rocks. I no longer wish to   37   any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.   38  , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.

Sometimes I   39   what my ideal holiday will be like when I am old. All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about   40   who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves sick of too many ice creams.

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

32. A. exploring            B. examining          C. repairing       D. measuring

33. A. sweets            B. sand              C. ice-creams      D. money

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When I was a boy,  every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. In those days the sun seemed to shine always brightly   31   the water was always warm. Sometimes we left the beach and walked in the country,   32   ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were   33   in one’s pockets or good places where one could   34   ice creams. Each day seemed a lifetime.

Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good   35   is much the same as it was. I   36   like the sun and warm sand and the sound of waves beating the rocks. I no longer wish to   37   any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.   38  , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.

Sometimes I   39   what my ideal holiday will be like when I am old. All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about   40   who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves sick of too many ice creams.

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

32. A. exploring         B. examining        C. repairing      D. measuring

33. A. sweets           B. sand            C. ice-creams      D. money

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

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

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

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

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

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

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