Question

In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a massive grandfather clock. Meals in that dining room were a time for three    36  to become one. The table was always spread with    37   containing love as the main ingredient (成分). And that grandfather clock stood like an old family friend, watching over the    38   that was a part of our lives.

As a child, the old clock fascinated me. I    39  and listened to it during meals. Even more wonderful to me was my grandfather’s ritual (老习惯). He wound (上发条) that clock with a(n)    40   key carefully each day. I remember watching   41   my grandfather took the key from his pocket and opened the hidden door in the clock. He inserted the key and wound — not too much, nor too    42  . He never let that clock wind down and    43 . He showed us grandchildren how to open the door and let us each take    44    winding the key.

After my grandfather died, it was days after the funeral    45  I remembered the clock! The tears    46   freely when I entered the dining room. The clock stood there quiet.

Some time later, my grandmother gave me the key. The old house was   47 . No laughter over the dinner table, no ticking or chiming of the    48   — all was still. I took the key in my shaking hand and    49   the clock door. All of a sudden, I was a    50   again, watching my grandfather with his silver-white hair and blue eyes. He was there,    51   at me, at the secret of the clock's magic, at the key that held so much power.

I stood there,    52   in thought for a long time. Then slowly and    53   I inserted the key and wound the clock. It sprang to life. Tick-tock, tick-tock, life and chimes were breathed into the dining room, into the house and into my    54  . With the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather    55   again.

1.	A．persons B．generations C．families D．stages

2.	A．water B．soup C．rice D．food

3.	A．embarrassment B．sorrow C．laughter D．depression

4.	A．sang B．laughed C．ate D．watched

5.	A．big B．special C．black D．ugly

6.	A．since B．unless C．as D．until

7.	A．little B．fast C．high D．hard

8.	A．talk B．run C．break D．stop

9.	A．turns B．trouble C．pains D．action

10.	A．once B．when C．before D．that

11.	A．exposed B．flowed C．expressed D．spread

12.	A．cold B．different C．quiet D．full

13.	A．table B．house C．door D．clock

14.	A．locked B．opened C．turned D．closed

15.	A．man B．father C．child D．god

16.	A．winking B．shouting C．glaring D．glancing

17.	A．lost B．lived C．missed D．interrupted

18.	A．nervously B．excitedly C．steadily D．carefully

19.	A．account B．heart C．anxiety D．pocket

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

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

1.B考查名词。become one成为一体，聚集一堂。在这个餐厅里一日三餐是我们一家四代人聚集一堂的时候。

2.D考查名词。桌上摆着各种可口的用爱作为配料的食物food。

3.C考查名词。爷爷的闹钟总是坐在那里，像一位家庭老朋友，倾听着我们的笑声，这已经是我们生活内容的一部分。

4.D考查动词。当我还是个小孩子的时候，这座老钟使我感兴趣，在吃饭期间我注视着这座钟聆听它的声音。

5.B考查形容词。他每天都用一只特别的钥匙小心翼翼地给钟上发条。

6.C考查连词。当爷爷从口袋中掏出钥匙，打开钟里面的暗门时，我记得我仔细观察。

7.A考查形容词。他把钥匙插进去，上发条，不能太多，也不能太少。

8.D考查动词。他从来不让钟摆停止摆动。

9.A考查名词。他向我们孙辈们展示如何打开钟门，并让我们轮流用上发条。

10.C考查连词。在我心爱的爷爷去世之后，葬礼结束之后过了好几天，我才记起这座闹钟。

It+be+时段+before从句意思是“过了多久才……”。

11.B考查动词。当我走进餐厅的时候，我已经泪流满面。flow流动。

12.C考查形容词。祖母把这座老爷钟和钥匙一并交给了我。这座老房子变得很安静quiet。结合下文“餐桌上没有了笑声，没有了老钟的嘀嗒声和报时声”。

13.D考查名词。“没有了老钟（clock）的嘀嗒声和报时声”

14.B考查动词。“我用自己颤抖的手拿出钥匙打开open老钟的小门”

15.C考查名词。“突然间我觉得自己又回到了小时候child”。

16.A考查动词。“他就站在那里对着我眨眼wink。”

17.A考查动词。“我站在那里，沉溺在回忆里。”（be） lost in完全沉浸于。

18.D考查副词。“然后我慢慢地，仔细地给钟上发条”

19.B考查名词。嘀哒嘀哒。。。。生活的气息在客厅，在家里，在我心里蔓延开来。

20.C考查动词。在我心里爷爷再一次活了过来。