完形填空。      In the dining room of my grandfather"s house stood a massive grandfather"s clock. Meals in that dining
room were a    1   for four generations to become one. The table was always    2   with food from wonderful
family recipes(食谱) all containing    3   as the main ingredient (成分)And always that grandfather clock stood
like a trusted old family    4   , sharing our happiness
     As I was a child, the old clock    5   me. I watched and listened to it during meals. 1    6   how at different
times of the day, that clock would strike with a wonderful   7  .Year after year, the clock struck a part of my
  8  , a part of my heart.
     Even more wonderful to me was what my grandfather did each day. He    9   wound that clock with a
special and magic key, which    10   the clock ticking and striking. He never let that clock wind down and
    11   . When we grandkids got. a little older, he showed us how to   12   the clock .
     Several days after my grandfather died. I entered the dining room, with tears flowing   13  .The clock
stood desertedly    14   , seeming smaller and not as magnificent as before. I couldn"t   15  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    16   , reverently(虔诚地) , I entered the key and wound the clock. It
sprang to  17  . Tick - tock: tick - tock, life and chimes were   18   into the dining room, into house and into
my   19  . In the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather   20  again.

(     )1. A. party         (     )2. A. filled        (     )3. A. wine          (     )4. A, friend        (     )5. A. disappointed  (     )6. A. questioned    (     )7. A. sound         (     )8. A. studies       (     )19. A. strangely    (     )10. A. got          (     )11. A. break        (     )12. A. wind         (     )13. A. unexpected ly (     )14. A. ticking      (     )15. A. help         (     )16. A. slowly       (     )17. A. feet         (     )18. A. breathed     (     )19. A. study        (     )20. A. died

B. time        B. cleared     B. surprise    B. guard       B. encouraged  B. remembered  B. hammer    B. opinions    B. carefully   B. kept        B. fall        B. repair      B. gently      B. moving      B. bear        B. quickly    B. hands       B. blown       B. bedroom     B. lived

C. place       C. spread      C. fish        C. doctor      C. interested  C. doubted     C. voice       C. memories    C. eagerly     C. prevented   C. stop        C. read        C. difficultly C. noisy       C. hope        C. unwillingly C. sense       C. taken       C. heart       C. smiled

D. situation           D. left:               D. love             D. lawyer              D. comforted           D. wondered            D. ring               D. brains                D. usually            D. found               D. move               D. clean                 D. freely              D. quiet               D. insist             D. naturally           D. life                D. sent                D. mind                D. sang