Question

In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a massive grandfather clock. Meals in that dining room were a   1 for four generations to become one. The table was always   2 with food from wonderful family recipes（食谱）all containing   3 as 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  5 me. I watched and listened to it during meals. I   6 how 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  9 wound that clock with a special and magic key, which   10 the 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   12 the 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   15 to 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  18 into the dining room, into house and into my  19 . In the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather  20 again.

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．ring

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．unexpectedly B．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

【解析】

试题分析：本文的主要内容是：通过祖父的钟回忆祖父，表达了作者对祖父的敬爱与思念。

1. 根据four generations to become one，可知在餐厅用餐的时候是我们4代同堂其乐融融的美好时光。故选B。                       

2. 根据from wonderful family recipes（食谱）all containing love as the main ingredient（成分），可知餐桌上摆放的食物，都是按照奇妙的祖传秘方制作的，而“爱”是其中的主要原料。故选C。

3.根据sharing our happiness可知而“爱”是其中的主要原料。故选D。

4. 根据sharing our happiness，可知那座落地大摆钟像一个忠诚的家族朋友：分享我们的欢乐。故选A。

5. 根据I watched and listened to it during meals可知小时候的我对这个老式钟非常着迷，我吃饭时都会注意它，听钟摆摆动的声音。故选C.

6.根据how at different times of the day, that clock would strike with a wonderful sound可知故选D。

7. 钟就会鸣响，故选 A。

8.根据Year after year,可知一年又一年的过去了，钟声已经成了我记忆的一部分，它是我心中的一丝牵挂，故选C。

9.根据He never let that clock wind down and stop，故选B。

10.根据He never let that clock wind down and stop，故选B。

11.根据Year after year, the clock struck a part of my  memories， a part of my heart，故选C。

12.根据He never let that clock wind down可知随着我们这些孙儿慢慢长大，祖父开始教我们怎样给钟上发条。故选A。

13.当我进入餐厅后，眼泪情不自禁地流下，故选D。

14.根据下文The old house was quiet.可知那个钟孤独凄凉地静坐在那里，故选D。

15.我忍不住将眼光移开了，故选B。

16.根据reverently（虔诚地）, I entered the key and wound the clock.可知我慢慢地，恭恭敬敬地将钥匙插入钟里去，故选A。

17.根据life and chimes were breathed into the dining room，可知上动了发条，钥匙点燃了钟的生命，故选 D。

18.根据In the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather lived again可知钟的生命和鸣响声从餐厅中散发开来，故选A。

19.根据上文a part of my heart，故选C。

20.根据life and chimes were breathed into the dining room, into house and into my heart，故选B。

考点：这是一篇叙事类短文。