Question

 This old clock belonged to my mom. My dad gave it to me after my mom 1 I love it because it was hers,but it also holds some bad 2 . You see it count out the hour and ring once on the half. Or at least it used to. Now you never know what number it will 3 When my mother was home dying from cancer she asked that it be thrown away. Hearing the hours count down really 4 and frightened her.

  ₅   ， I went to a local clock shop to get it fixed. " I know it has no particular 6   ， but it was my mom's," I said to the shop owner and described the 7 .

  "Here's what I can do. We remove the clockwork and 8 it with a battery-operated movement that chimes(鸣钟) electronically," he told me.

  "You can't fix this?" I was 9 .

  "No,we don't have the time nor the parts.”

  I thanked him and went home. I called a few other places and was told the 10 thing. "How incredibly sad," I told the last one.

  We've become a 11 that replaces craftsmanship with convenient and easy fixes. So,this handcrafted clock will one day seem to be 12 . Not because it couldn't be fixed. It's just easier not to. 13 for a moment if this happened to people. Someone comes into a hos?pital with a failing heart or other important part but the 14 will say, "Sorry,we can't fix this... we don't have the parts!"

Wait—That does 15 .

  Why? Because we don't have enough organ donors(捐献者) .People would rather 16 with all their parts rotted in a grave rather than leave them to 17 someone's life. Strangely， when asked why more people don't 18 to become an organ donor, it's for the same reason ..."No one has the 19   ！”

Make time before your clock 20 working！

(   ) 1.A. broke in   B. turned over   C. watched out   D. passed away

(   ) 2.A. expectations   B. opinions   C. memories   D. materials

(   ) 3.A. dial   B. ring   C. add   D. limit

(   ) 4.A. wounded   B. amazed   C. shocked   D. angered

(   ) 5.A. Still   B. Thus   C. Besides   D. So

(   ) 6.A. color   B. value   C. price   D. purpose

(   ) 7.A. problem   B. request   C. accident   D. question

(   ) 8.A. keep   B. connect   C. replace   D. cover

(   ) 9.A. tired   B. depressed   C. worried   D. surprised

(   ) 10.A. possible   B. same   C. important   D. difficult

(   ) 11. A. society   B. village   C. class   D. government

(   ) 12. A. noisy   B. old   C. different   D. useless

(   ) 13. A. Count   B. Stay   C. Imagine   D. Prepare

(   ) 14. A. owner   B. doctor   C. worker   D. professor

(   ) 15. A. begin   B. end   C. arrive   D. happen

(   ) 16. A.grow   B. speak   C. die   D. sleep

(   ) 17. A. save   B. enjoy   C. start   D. judge

(   ) 18. A. sign up   B. show off   C. speed up   D. move on

(   ) 19. A. knowledge   B. energy   C. time   D. mind

(   ) 20. A. practices   B. stops   C. minds   D. allows

Answer 1

1— 5 DCBDA 6—10 BACDB

11— 15 ADCBD 16—20 CAACB

本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。快节奏的生活已经让我们失去了耐心，我们宁愿仿制别人的东西也不愿意进行原创，因为没时间。

1.D由下文dying可知：妈妈去世(passed a-way) 后，爸爸把她的表给了我。

2.C因为这是妈妈的遗物，所以我很珍爱它。但是，它也让我拥有痛苦的回忆(memories) 。

3.B它经常乱报时，所以现在谁也不知道它报的(ring) 是几点钟。

4.D与本空后frightened构成并列：在妈妈生命的最后日子里，它叮叮铃铃地乱响一气，这让妈妈很气(angered) 。

5.A尽管如此，我还是(still) 把它送到了钟表店去维修。

6.B我对维修工说："我知道这表已经没有多大的(维修) 价值(value) 了，但是这是妈妈的东西，所以我得把它修好。"

7.A我对维修工描述了钟表的故障(prob?lem) 。

8.C与本空前remove构成并列：我们把机械表芯去掉，然后给它换上(replace) —个电子表芯。

9.D我惊奇地(surprised) 问他："难道你修不了这个表吗？"

10.B我又打电话咨询了几家修表店，他们也给出了同样的(same) 答复。

11.A现在，我们已经变成了这样一个社会(society) ，我们宁愿用快捷、便利的零件去换掉那些机械零件。

12.D所以，这只机械表将来会显得毫无用处。

13.C我们来设想一下(imagine) ,如果这种事发生在人身上会怎么样？

14.B从本空前hospital得出：当一个心脏病患者到医院去做换心手术时，医生(doctor) 却对他说："我们没有心脏器官。"

15.D这种事还真的会发生(happen) 在人们身上。

16.C人们宁愿死亡后(die) 让自己的器官在泥土中腐烂，也不愿意捐献出去救fsave) 别人。

17.A同上。

18.A当人们被问起为什么不签署(sign up) 遗体捐献声明呢？

19.C人们就会说:"我们没有时间(time) 去做这件事。"

20.B在你人生的钟表停(stops) 摆之前，好好地享受生活吧！