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.
小题1: | A.party | B.time | C.place | D.situation |
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小题2: | A.filled | B.cleared | C.spread | D.left |
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小题3: | A.wine | B.surprise | C.fish | D.love |
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小题4: | A.friend | B.guard | C.doctor | D.lawyer |
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小题5: | A.disappointed | B.encouraged | C.interested | D.comforted |
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小题6: | A.questioned | B.remembered | C.doubted | D.wondered |
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小题7: | A.sound | B.hammer | C.voice | D.ring |
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小题8: | A.studies | B.opinions | C.memories | D.brains |
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小题9: | A.strangely | B.carefully | C.eagerly | D.usually |
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小题10: | A.got | B.kept | C.prevented | D.found |
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小题11: | A.Break | B.fall | C.stop | D.move |
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小题12: | A.wind | B.repair | C.read | D.clean |
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小题13: | A.unexpectedly | B.gently | C.difficultly | D.freely |
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小题14: | A.ticking | B.moving | C.noisy | D.quiet |
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小题15: | A.help | B.bear | C.hope | D.insist |
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小题16: | A.slowly | B.quickly | C.unwillingly | D.naturally |
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小题17: | A.feet | B.hands | C.sense | D.life |
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小题18: | A.breathed | B.blown | C.taken | D.sent |
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小题19: | A.study | B.bedroom | C.heart | D.mind |
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小题20: | A.died | B.lived | C.smiled | D.sang |
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