完形填空 My favourite places, like my favourite people, tend to be complicated.You can waste a lot of time going somewhere __ 1 __ , but I've come to appreciate the value in going nowhere, which is why my favourite place in the world __ 2 __ to be just down the street from my home—South Shore. South Shore is a beach for all __ 3 __ . However, I prefer autumn.In autumn, there aren't lifeguards.My ocean swims are pleasantly uninterrupted, but the absence of protectors means lots of __ 4 __ when I brush against something that might be a jellyfish, or a shark, or a whale, depending on how vivid my __ 5 __ is that day. The beach attracts a lot of students in autumn, __ 6 __ the students of art from Rhode Island School of Design.In the late afternoon, when the sun is __ 7 __ , a string of campfires __ 8 __ the way down the beach; you walk past many guitar­strumming ( 弹吉他的 ) loners, __ 9 __ you of the memories of the days when you, too, were a young arty person. There is less rubbish to __ 10 __ on an autumn beach walk, but remains of sea life are always __ 11 __ here and there and you have to be careful in order not to step on them, __ 12 __ you can see people with a bag full of dead sea life.Still, the place is __ 13 __ to undeveloped for it is on the far East Coast. The beach in autumn gives people a strong feeling of __ 14 __ . Even the light of the sun in the late afternoon, as if it wanted to __ 15 __ time, brings on nostalgia( 怀旧 ) . I __ 16 __ the busy summer activity, its sounds, smells and colours still staying in the air; weekdays are __ 17 __ , though the weekend is still filled with activities.I __ 18 __ where everyone is going.Why am I left at the beach? But I suppose that's what I __ 19 __ best about being here; the continuing noise of the wind in the grass and the moving sand under my feet tell me that life is always __ 20 __ . 1 . A.far B . expensive C . natural D . big 2 . A.seems B . happens C . means D . aims 3 . A.seasons B . vacations C . plans D . ages 4 . A.loneliness B . relaxation C . anxiety D . homesickness 5 . A.performance B . programme C . description D . imagination 6 . A.clearly B . actually C . especially D . probably 7 . A.shining B . falling C . disappearing D . setting 8 . A.follows B . draws C . lights D . leads 9 . A.remaining B . reminding C . serving D . losing 10 . A.pick up B . put in C . leave behind D . take out 11 . A.absent B . available C . smelly D . present 12 . A.so B . though C . because D . but 13 . A.bad B . friendly C . close D . strange 14 . A.excitement B . nature C . pride D . sadness 15 . A.bend back B . break down C . get over D . drive away 16 . A.hate B . spend C . miss D . attend 17 . A.relaxing B . quiet C . boring D . sunny 18 . A.predict B . guess C . wonder D . ask 19 . A.achieve B . feel C . dream D . love 20 . A.improving B . developing C . changing D . suffering