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Grandfather’s Clock
In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a(n) 36 grandfather clock. Meals in that dining room were 37 for four generations to become one. And always that grandfather clock stood like a trusted family friend, watching over the laughter and story 38
and gentle kidding that were a part of our lives. Year after year, the clock 39 , a part of my memories, a part of my heart. Even more wonderful to me was my grandfather’s 40 . He wound that clock with a special key each day. That key was magic to me. It kept our family’s magnificent clock ticking and chiming. I remember watching as my grand-father took the key from his pocket and opened the hidden door in the massive clock. He inserted the key and
41 not too much, never overwind, he’d tell me seriously, nor too 42 . He never let that clock wind down and stop. When we grandkids got a little older, he showed us how to open the door and let us each take a turn 43 the key. I remember the first time I did, I
44 , to be part of this family routine was sacred. After my 45 grandfather died, it was several days after the funeral 46 I remembered the clock! The tears flowed freely when I entered the dining room. The clock stood lonely as quiet as the 47 had been, hushed. The clock even seemed smaller. Not quite as magnificent without my grandfather’s special 48 . I couldn’t 49 to look at it. Sometime later, years later, my grandmother gave me the clock and the key. The old house was quiet. The hands on the clock were 50 , a reminder of time
slipping away, stopped at the 51 moment when my grandfather had stopped winding it. I took the key in my shaking hand and opened the clock door. All of a sudden, I was a child again, watching my grandfather with his silver-white hair and 52 blue eyes. He was there, winking at me, at the secret of the clock’s magic, at the key that held so much power. I stood,
53 in the moment for a long time. Then slowly, I inserted the key. It 54 to life. Tick-tock, tick-tock, life and chimes were 55 into the dining room, into the house and into my heart. In the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather lived again.
36. A. used B. traditional C. massive D. ancient
37. A. a time B. one time C. instant D. time
38. A. swapping B. telling C. developing D. spreading
39. A. stroke B. sounded C. chimed D. echoed
40. A. ceremony B. routine C. movement D. instruction
41. A. moved B. wound C. motivated D. powered
42. A. little B. loose C. tight D. much
43. A. using B. inserting C. spinning D. winding
44. A. nerved B. excited C. trembled D. shook
45. A. beloved B. lovely C. respectful D. respective
46. A. when B. before C. until D. till
47. A. function B. ceremony C. funeral D. meeting
48. A. reach B. attention C. fixing D. touch
49. A. bear B. continue C. allow D. forbid
50. A. dotted B. stopped C. frozen D. paused
51. A. precise B. perspective C. previous D. primary
52. A. staring B. twinkling C. shining D. glaring
53. A. thought B. imagined C. recalled D. lost
54. A. renewed B. sprang C. survived D. awoke
55. A. poured B. crowded C. filled D. breathed
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I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company. Among the 1 we discuss in our classes is the 2 of quality employees（雇员）.
“What has caused you to stay 3 enough to become a manager?”I asked. After a while a new manager took the 4 and said slowly, “it was a baseball glove. ”
Cynthia said she used to 5 a Circle K clerk job as an interim(临时的) one while she looked for something 6 . On her second day behind the counter, she received a(an) 7 from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He 8 a baseball glove for the little League. She 9 that as a single mother, money was 10 , and her first check would have to go for paying 11 .
When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Partircia, the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box. “I overheard you 12 to your son yesterday, ” she said, “and I know that it is 13 to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. I know you have to pay bills 14 you can buy gloves. You know we can’t 15 good people like you as 16 as we would like to; but we do 17 and I want you to know how 18 you are to us. ”
The thoughtfulness, empathy(同情) and love of the store manager show vividly that people 19 more how much a(n) 20 cares than how much he pays.
1. A. topics B. problems C. difficulties D. lessons
2. A. employing B. praising C. keeping D. improving
3. A. soon B. long C. strong D. calm
4. A. position B. decision C. question D. advice
5. A. take B. change C. lose D. consider
6. A. lighter B. easier C. better D. higher
7. A. letter B. call C. answer D. email
8. A. bought B. kept C. needed D. offered
9. A. complained B. explained C. understood D. admitted
10. A. short B. enough C. spare D. tight
11. A. food B. education C. clothes D. bills
12. A. talking B. crying C. arguing D. scolding
13. A. easy B. hard C. simple D. nice
14. A. after B. until C. when D. before
15. A. value B. remain C. pay D. fire
16. A. much B. many C. pleasant D. possible
17. A. regret B. agree C. worry D. care
18. A. excellent B. important C. thankful D. thoughtful
19. A. remember B. refuse C. thank D. realize
20. A. mother B. clerk C. official D. manager
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“What has caused you to stay 3 enough to become a manager?”I asked. After a while a new manager took the 4 and said slowly, “it was a baseball glove. ”
Cynthia said she used to 5 a Circle K clerk job as an interim(临时的) one while she looked for something 6 . On her second day behind the counter, she received a(an) 7 from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He 8 a baseball glove for the little League. She 9 that as a single mother, money was 10 , and her first check would have to go for paying 11 .
When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Partircia, the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box. “I overheard you 12 to your son yesterday, ” she said, “and I know that it is 13 to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. I know you have to pay bills 14 you can buy gloves. You know we can’t 15 good people like you as 16 as we would like to; but we do 17 and I want you to know how 18 you are to us. ”
The thoughtfulness, empathy(同情) and love of the store manager show vividly that people 19 more how much a(n) 20 cares than how much he pays.
1. A. topics B. problems C. difficulties D. lessons
2. A. employing B. praising C. keeping D. improving
3. A. soon B. long C. strong D. calm
4. A. position B. decision C. question D. advice
5. A. take B. change C. lose D. consider
6. A. lighter &n bsp; B. easier C. better D. higher
7. A. letter B. call C. answer D. email
8. A. bought B. kept C. needed D. offered
9. A. complained B. explained C. understood D. admitted
10. A. short B. enough C. spare D. tight
11. A. food B. education C. clothes D. bills
12. A. talking B. crying C. arguing D. scolding
13. A. easy B. hard C. simple D. nice
14. A. after B. until C. when D. before
15. A. value B. remain C. pay D. fire
16. A. much B. many C. pleasant D. possible
17. A. regret B. agree C. worry D. care
18. A. excellent B. important C. thankful D. thoughtful
19. A. remember B. refuse C. thank D. realize
20. A. mother B. clerk C. official D. manager
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Two friends visited the zoo together. The zoo was very large and it was 1 to go everywhere. They had to decide where and which animal to visit as their time was 2 . So both of them agreed not to 3 after choosing a 4 at every fork (岔路口).
A road sign at the first fork 5 one way to the lion quarters and the other to the tiger hill. They decided on the 6 after a 7 discussion because lions were “the king of the grassland”. The second showed a division (路口) going separately to the panda and peacock. They 8 panda as it was the nation’s treasure and went its way. Thus they made choices all along the way and each choice meant 9 what they couldn’t help regretting. But they had to make it, and 10 , for it brooked (容忍) no delay. If they hesitated (犹豫不决) they would miss 11 . Only 12 decision could offer more chances for sightseeing and 13 possible regret.
Life is 14 like this—choices often occur that one has to make, for example, between two 15 jobs, two fascinating wooers (追求者). To get one you 16 give up the other—you can get half of it. If you 17 weighing the pros and cons and calculating gains and losses, you will most likely 18 empty-handedness. Don’t be sad about it. 19 you have got half of the desirable things in life—something that is 20 to come by.
1. A. easy B. eager C. impossible D. possible
2. A. enough B. limited C. tight D. plentiful
3. A. retrace B. come C. go D. go back
4. A. main road B. branch C. crossing D. highway
5. A. showed B. pointed C. intended D. made
6. A. former B. later C. last D. the third
7. A. brief B. long C. no D. heated
8. A. hoped B. wanted C. favored D. got
9. A. getting B. taking C. grasping D. giving up
10. A. slowly B. immediately C. timely D. easily
11. A. less B. more C. most D. least
12. A. high B. slow C. short D. rapid
13. A. increase B. rid C. reduce D. raise
14. A. just exactly B. more or less C. hardly D. most
15. A. unwanted B. rejected C. enjoyable D. desirable
16. A. wish B. want C. must D. have to
17. A. spend time B. kill time C. have a hard time D. hope for
18. A. start with B. get up C. succeed in D. end up in
19. A. By no means B. Not in the least C. At most D. At least
20. A. stupid B. delighted C. hard D. supported
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On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down the windows to 21 in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she 22 a big bald（秃顶的）man running through the parking lot. Before she came to 23 what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window, “Get out!”Neilson 24 .
Pulling open her door, the man seized her 25 the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed, 26 her purse and the keys.
Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a 27 , heard the screams and began running.
When they 28 Neilson’s car, the attacker had jumped into the driver’s seat and was 29searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker 30 back. But even in his cornered panic, he was no 31 for the two athletic men.
Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to 32 the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes --- used to tie up newspapers.
With his arms 33 tight behind him, the prisoner looked up and said 34 , “I hope you guys feel good about yourselves, for you just caught one of the most wanted men.” They 35 him and waited for the police.
Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the 36 carjacker (劫车者) and suspected murderer, whose 37 --- but with a full head of hair --- had been recently printed in their own newspaper.
Neilson considers herself lucky 38 she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a 39 ending if those good people had not come to her aid. “Unfortunately,” she said, “many people would 40 have done what they did, and that is the real truth.”
21. A. bring B. let C. gather D. send
22. A. recognized B. watched C. noticed D. met
23. A. realize B. understand C. imagine D. conclude
24. A. escaped B. struggled C. refused D. obeyed
25. A. by B. around C. with D. on
26. A. burying B. forgetting C. offering D. grabbing
27. A. trip B. visit C. break D. holiday
28. A. started B. stopped C. entered D. reached
29. A. carefully B. madly C. disappointedly D. patiently
30. A. fought B. turned C. jumped D. shouted
31. A. match B. target C. equal D. companion
32. A. remind B. phone C. invite D. beg
33. A. rolled B. folded C. bent D. tied
34. A. angrily B. kindly C. coldly D. warmly
35. A. caught B. thanked C. comforted D. ignored
36. A. ordinary B. professional C. honest D. outstanding
37. A. picture B. background C. character D. story
38. A. and B. but C. though D. when
39. A. ridiculous B. similar C. strange D. different
40. A. sometimes B. never C. often D. forever
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