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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

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