河北省保定市高阳中学2014届高三下学期周练英语试题（二十六）.docVIP

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 table was always 37 with food from wonderful family recipes（食谱）all containing 38 as the main ingredient（成分）. And always that grandfather clock stood like a trusted old family 39 , sharing 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 strike with a wonderful 42 . 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 showed us how to 47 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．situation37．A．filled B．cleared C．spread D．left 38．A．wine B．surprise C．fish D．love 39．A．friend B．guard C．doctor D．lawyer 40．A．disappointed B．encouraged C．interested D．comforted 41．A．questioned B．remembered C．doubted D．wondered 42．A．sound B．hammer C．voice D．ring 43．A．studies B．opinions C．memories D．brains 44．A．strangely B．carefully C．eagerly D．usually 45．A．got B．kept C．prevented D．found 46．A． break B．fall C．stop D．move 47．A．wind B．repair C．read D．clean 48