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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