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A
In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a massive
grandfather clock. Meals in that dining room were a 36 for four generations to become one.
The 37 was always spread with food from
wonderful family recipes all containing 38 as the main ingredient. And always
that grandfather clock stood like a trusted old family friend, 39 our happiness.
As I was a child, the old clock
40 me. I watched and
listened to it during meals. I 41 how at different times of the day,
that clock would 42 with a wonderful sound. Year after
year, the clock struck a part of my 43 , a part of my heart.
Even more wonderful to me was what my grandfather did each day. He
44 wound that clock with a special and magic key, which 45 the clock
ticking and striking. He never let that clock wind down and 46 . When we grandkids got a little
older, he 47 us how to wind the clock.
Several days after my grandfather died, I entered the dining room, with
tears flowing 48 . The clock
stood desertedly 49 , seeming smaller and not as
magnificent as before. I couldn’t 50 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 51 , reverently(虔诚地), I entered the key and wound the clock. It
sprang to 52 . Tick – tock, tick – tock, life and
chimes were 53
into the dining room,
into house and into my 54 . In the movement of the hands of
the clock, my grandfather 55 again.
36．A．party B．time C．place D．situation
37．A．room B．clock C．table D．key
38．A．thrill B．surprise C．care D．love
39．A．sharing B．meeting C．experiencing D．having
40．A．excited B．encouraged C．interested D．inspired
41．A．questioned B．remembered C．doubted D．wondered
42．A．strike B．hit C．beat D．tap
43．A．thoughts B．opinions C．memories D．brains
44．A．strangely B．carefully C．eagerly D．usually
45．A．got B．kept C．made D．left
46．A． break B．fall C．stop D．move
47．A．showed B．provided C．demanded D．directed
48．A．unexpectedly B．gently C．difficultly D．freely
49．A．ticking B．moving C．noisy D．quiet
50．A．help B．bear C．hope D．insist
51．A．slowly B．quickly C．unwillingly D．naturally
52．A．feeling B．moving C．sense D．life
53．A．breathed B．blown C．taken D．sent
54．A．study B．bedroom C．heart D．mind
55．A．cooked B．lived C．smiled D．sang
B
One of the things I always believe
is that no matter how bad something is you can 36 something valuable out of it. The 37 I wasn’t sure of that was on September
11.
I heard old people 38 about the attack on Pearl Harbor and
Kennedy’s being murdered and how greatly those events 39 them in their lives. For my __40 , the tragedy of September 11 can be
41 that of Pearl Harbor. We will be talking
about the terrible effect 42 our country, and on our lives as single
human beings, for years to come.
It wasn’t until a few weeks 43 September 11 that I began to see that
perhaps something good did come from this tragedy. People seem 44 now, more understanding, more friendly. Little
things that seemed to be much a bother before are no longer a 45 deal. Personally, I am more patient than
I was. I realize life is too short, and 46 , to let myself get upset over
unimportant things. Life is also too short to carry complaints and 47 I’ve become more forgiving and
understanding. I’ve learned also that you can’t take things for granted. You
know how we always say “ 48 you later.” One thing I have realized
from September 11 is that you can’t ever say that for sure. 49
change in the blink of
an eye. People go to _50_ and don’t come back. One minute they are
living and the 51 minute they are not. And, it doesn’t 52 who you are because there is noting you
can do about it. We 53 know when our time here will be over, so
we all need to make the 54 of every minute we have.
You try to learn from what
happened. You cannot live by it. All you can do is just to 55 .
36. A.
grasp B. catch C. go D. take
37. A.
thing B.
time C.
event D. place
38. A.
think B.
know C. talk D. learn
39. A.
affected B.
taught C.
disappointed D. improved
40. A.
opinion B.
people C.
generation D. children
41. A.
connected B. followed C.
compared D. mixed
42. A. in
B. on C.
for D. to
43. A.
after B.
before C.
when D. that
44. A.
happen B.
sad C.
funny D. different
45. A.
little B.
big C.
small D. right
46. A.
terrible B.
hard C.
precious D. hopeless
47. A. then
B.
therefore C. yet D. however
48. A.
See B.
Call C.
Meet D. Visit
49. A.
Demands B.
Things C.
Buildings D. People
50. A.
offices B. factories C.
work D. hospitals
51. A.
other B.
another C.
next D. last
52. A.
matter B.
trouble C.
mean D. realize
53. A.
always B. ever C.
possibly D. never
54. A.
most B.
use C.
effort D. sense
55. A.
study B. work C. live D. play
