速测(五) 完形填空+阅读理解C+D
Ⅰ.完形填空
As all the young kids, I was really happy when holidays came. When I was a little boy, every holiday that I had seemed quite wonderful in my memory. My 1 usually took me by train or by car to a hotel by the 2 . All day, I seemed to remember, I played on the sands with a lot of strange 3 children, who came from other places like me. We made houses and gardens, castles and walls and 4 the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we 5 over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the sun seemed to shine always brightly 6 the water was always warm. Sometimes we 7 the beach and walked around the country, exploring ruined houses and dark woods and climbing tall trees. There were sweets in one's pockets or good places where one could 8 ice creams. Each day we lived a happy time. What we wished most was to have the holidays last long.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good 9 is much the same as it was. I 10 like the sun and warm sand and the sound of waves beating the rocks. I no longer wish to 11 any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. 12 , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I 13 what my ideal holiday will be like when I am 14 . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about children who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves 15 on too many ice creams.
( )1.A. teacher B.nurse C.parents D.sister
( )2.A. river B.lake C.mountain D.sea
( )3.A. moving B.exciting C.anxious D.nervous
( )4.A. brought B.watched C.made D.heard
( )5.A. climbed B.collected C.turned D.jumped
( )6.A. but B.yet C.and D.or
( )7.A. liked B.found C.left D.played
( )8.A. make B.buy C.sell D.offer
( )9.A. house B.holiday C.garden D.tide
( )10.A. still B.almost C.hardly D.perhaps
( )11.A. destroy B.fix C.build D.use
( )12.A. But B.Otherwise C.However D.Besides
( )13.A. wonder B.feel C.understand D.believe
( )14.A. strong B.old C.young D.weak
( )15.A. happy B.sick C.sad D.tired
Ⅱ.阅读理解
Passage 1
Birthday Traditions in Different Countries
How do you often celebrate your birthday? Different countries have different traditions. Now, let's look at different traditions in different countries.
England
People will put certain symbolic objects into the birthday cake. If your piece of cake has a coin in it, then you will be rich. Also, when it's your birthday, your friends will give you the “bumps”. They lift you in the air by your hands and feet and raise you up and down to the floor; one for each year you lived, then another one or two for luck.
Denmark
A flag is flown outside a window to show that someone who lives in that house is having a birthday. Presents are placed around the child's bed while he/she is sleeping, so he/she will see them at once upon awakening.
Holland
Special year birthdays such as 5,10,15,20,21 are called “crown” years. The birthday child receives an especially large gift on a crown year birthday. The family also decorates the birthday child's chair at the dining room with flowers, paper streamers and balloons.
Canada
The birthday child's nose is greased(涂抹) with butter for good luck. The greased nose makes the child too slippery for bad luck to catch him/her. In some parts of Canada, the birthday person even receives a punch(一拳) for each year he/she is alive and then one for good luck.
Brazil
The birthday child receives a pull on the ear for each year he/she has been alive. The birthday person also gives the first piece of cake to his/her most special friend or relative, usually Mom or Dad.
Korea
