五、完形填空
Someone says, "Happiness is a day at the beach (海滩)!" I
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. I enjoy swimming in clear blue water and walking on white sand. As I walk, I look for
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. I'm not talking about gold or jewels (珠宝), but seashells (贝壳). It's a fun hobby, and people of any
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can do it. You never know what surprises the sea will give you. There is even an official name for people who
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and study seashells—conchologist (贝壳学者).
There are some rules for collecting seashells. Seashells are the houses of some sea lives. So the first rule is:
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take a shell that still has a living sea life inside.
Seashells show up on beaches all over the world. Sanibel Island in Florida is very
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. It is called "The Seashell Capital of the World". If you don't search (搜寻)
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through the brown sea grass, you will never know what might be hidden (藏) there. Knowing
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to search is more important. Search from one and half an hour before low tide (低潮) to one and half an hour after low tide. Surprisingly, the very best time to find seashells is after a hurricane (飓风),
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storms often carry a large number of seashells.
When you look for seashells, take along something to dig (挖) with and a cloth bag to put the seashells in. If you don't take the seashells you find, take pictures. This
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you to build up a great collection of photos.
(
C
) 1. A. remember
B. forget
C. agree
D. wonder
(
B
) 2. A. rubbish
B. treasures
C. money
D. figures
(
D
) 3. A. planet
B. need
C. time
D. age
(
B
) 4. A. make
B. collect
C. take
D. bring
(
A
) 5. A. never
B. always
C. often
D. usually
(
C
) 6. A. small
B. strong
C. famous
D. far
(
D
) 7. A. early
B. easily
C. quickly
D. carefully
(
C
) 8. A. where
B. who
C. when
D. what
(
A
) 9. A. because
B. but
C. if
D. when
(
C
)10. A. protects
B. stops
C. allows
D. wishes
