Question

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a massive grandfather clock. Meals in that dining room were a   1for four generations to become one. The table was always   2with food from wonderful family recipes（食谱）all containing   3as the main ingredient（成分）. And always that grandfather clock stood like a trusted old family   4, sharing our happiness.

As I was a child, the old clock  5me. I watched and listened to it during meals. I   6how at different times of the day, that clock would strike with a wonderful   7. Year after year, the clock struck a part of my   8, a part of my heart.

Even more wonderful to me was what my grandfather did each day. He  9wound that clock with a special and magic key, which   10the clock ticking and striking. He never let that clock wind down and   11. When we grandkids got a little older, he showed us how to   12the clock.

Several days after my grandfather died, I entered the dining room, with tears flowing   13. The clock stood desertedly   14, seeming smaller and not as magnificent as before. I couldn’t   15to look at it.

Years later, my grandmother gave me the clock and the key. The old house was quiet. I opened the clock door with my shaking hand. Then   16, reverently（虔诚地）, I entered the key and wound the clock. It sprang to  17. Tick – tock , tick – tock, life and chimes were   18into the dining room, into house and into my  19. In the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather   20again.

1.A．party                B．time                    C．place                   D．situation

2.A．filled                B．cleared                C．spread                 D．left

3.A．wine                B．surprise               C．fish                     D．love

4.A．friend               B．guard                  C．doctor                 D．lawyer

5.A．disappointed      B．encouraged          C．interested            D．comforted

6.A．questioned        B．remembered         C．doubted               D．wondered

7.A．sound               B．hammer               C．voice                  D．beat

8.A．studies             B．opinions              C．memories            D．brains

9.A．strangely          B．carefully              C．eagerly                D．usually

10.A．got                 B．kept                    C．prevented            D．found

11.A． break            B．fall                      C．stop                    D．move

12.A．wind              B．repair                  C．read                    D．clean

13.A．unexpectedlyB．gently                    C．difficultly            D．freely

14.A．ticking            B．moving                C．noisy                  D．quiet

15.A．help                B．bear                    C．hope                   D．insist

16.A．slowly            B．quickly                C．unwillingly           D．naturally

17.A．feet                B．hands                  C．sense                  D．life

18.A．breathed         B．blown                 C．taken                  D．sent

19.A．study              B．bedroom              C．heart                   D．mind

20.A．died                B．lived                    C．smiled                 D．sang

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.C  

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.D

15.B 

16.A

17.D

18.A

19.C

20.B