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．situation

37．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．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．feet B．hands C．sense D．life

53．A．breathed B．blown C．taken D．sent

54．A．study B．bedroom C．heart D．mind

55．A．died B．lived C．smiled D．sang

I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a bookshop

36 me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very 37 to earn my own pocket money and my parents 38 interfered(干涉) with how I spent it, even when I was spending it 39 . They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the 40 , I would become more mature(成熟) and 41 about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.

Like many 42 parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they

43 a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around 44 . My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great 45 for me. In the end, my father won the 46 on the condition that I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins 47 through the country who could 48 shelter and help if I need them.

Three years later, my younger brother decide to 49 a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not 50 to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n) 51 year working his way on trains and ships to 52 passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.

These kinds of experiences are probably rare(稀少的) for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly 53 . Most parents start 54 their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have 55 the university they plan to attend and maybe even decided on their future career, and so on.

36．A．taught B．allowed C．treated D．hired

37．A．anxious B．content C．proud D．hopeful

38．A．never B．ever C．always D．even

39．A．quickly B．foolishly C．seriously D．honesty

40．A．work B．mistakes C．others D．books

41．A．strict B．reasonable C．polite D．responsible

42．A．American B．Japanese C．Chinese D．British

43．A．helped B．supported C．shared D．worried

44．A．Asia B．Africa C．Europe D．Oceania

45．A．journey B．experience C．chance D．possibility

46．A．argument B．game C．discussion D．plan

47．A．send out B．give out C．carry out D．spread out

48．A．promise B．afford C．provide D．serve

49．A．leave B．make C．take D．prepare

50．A．angry B．eager C．sorry D．sad

51．A．unusual B．hard C．strange D．busy

52．A．accept B．earn C．find D．search

53．A．welcome B．fit C．necessary D．common

54．A．bringing B．forcing C．pushing D．protecting

55．A．selected B．admired C．afforded D．left

答案：

36—40 BCDAC 41—45 DACBB 46—50 CADDB　51—55 ADACB

36—40 DCABB 41—45 DADCB 46—50 ADCCB 51—55 ABDCA