In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a massive grandfather clock.

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In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a massive grandfather clock.

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In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a massive grandfather clock. Meals in that dining room were a time for three    36  to become one. The table was always spread with    37   containing love as the main ingredient (成分). And that grandfather clock stood like an old family friend, watching over the    38   that was a part of our lives.
As a child, the old clock fascinated me. I    39  and listened to it during meals. Even more wonderful to me was my grandfather’s ritual (老习惯). He wound (上发条) that clock with a(n)    40   key carefully each day. I remember watching   41   my grandfather took the key from his pocket and opened the hidden door in the clock. He inserted the key and wound — not too much, nor too    42  . He never let that clock wind down and    43 . He showed us grandchildren how to open the door and let us each take    44    winding the key.
After my grandfather died, it was days after the funeral    45  I remembered the clock! The tears    46   freely when I entered the dining room. The clock stood there quiet.
Some time later, my grandmother gave me the key. The old house was   47 . No laughter over the dinner table, no ticking or chiming of the    48   — all was still. I took the key in my shaking hand and    49   the clock door. All of a sudden, I was a    50   again, watching my grandfather with his silver-white hair and blue eyes. He was there,    51   at me, at the secret of the clock"s magic, at the key that held so much power.
I stood there,    52   in thought for a long time. Then slowly and    53   I inserted the key and wound the clock. It sprang to life. Tick-tock, tick-tock, life and chimes were breathed into the dining room, into the house and into my    54  . With the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather    55   again.
小题1:
A．persons B．generations C．families D．stages
小题2:
A．waterB．soup C．riceD．food
小题3:
A．embarrassmentB．sorrow C．laughter D．depression
小题4:
A．sang B．laughedC．ate D．watched
小题5:
A．bigB．special C．black D．ugly
小题6:
A．since B．unless C．as D．until
小题7:
A．littleB．fast C．high D．hard
小题8:
A．talk B．run C．breakD．stop
小题9:
A．turns B．troubleC．pains D．action
小题10:
A．once B．when C．before D．that
小题11:
A．exposed B．flowed C．expressed D．spread
小题12:
A．cold B．differentC．quiet D．full
小题13:
A．tableB．house C．door D．clock
小题14:
A．locked B．opened C．turnedD．closed
小题15:
A．man B．father C．child D．god
小题16:
A．winking B．shouting C．glaring D．glancing
小题17:
A．lost B．lived C．missed D．interrupted
小题18:
A．nervously B．excitedlyC．steadily D．carefully
小题19:
A．accountB．heart C．anxietyD．pocket
小题20:
A．died B．disappeared C．lived D．smiled

答案

小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:B
小题20:C
解析

小题1:B考查名词。become one成为一体，聚集一堂。在这个餐厅里一日三餐是我们一家四代人聚集一堂的时候。
小题2:D考查名词。桌上摆着各种可口的用爱作为配料的食物food。
小题3:C考查名词。爷爷的闹钟总是坐在那里，像一位家庭老朋友，倾听着我们的笑声，这已经是我们生活内容的一部分。
小题4:D考查动词。当我还是个小孩子的时候，这座老钟使我感兴趣，在吃饭期间我注视着这座钟聆听它的声音。
小题5:B考查形容词。他每天都用一只特别的钥匙小心翼翼地给钟上发条。
小题6:C考查连词。当爷爷从口袋中掏出钥匙，打开钟里面的暗门时，我记得我仔细观察。
小题7:A考查形容词。他把钥匙插进去，上发条，不能太多，也不能太少。
小题8:D考查动词。他从来不让钟摆停止摆动。
小题9:A考查名词。他向我们孙辈们展示如何打开钟门，并让我们轮流用上发条。
小题10:C考查连词。在我心爱的爷爷去世之后，葬礼结束之后过了好几天，我才记起这座闹钟。
It+be+时段+before从句意思是“过了多久才……”。
小题11:B考查动词。当我走进餐厅的时候，我已经泪流满面。flow流动。
小题12:C考查形容词。祖母把这座老爷钟和钥匙一并交给了我。这座老房子变得很安静quiet。结合下文“餐桌上没有了笑声，没有了老钟的嘀嗒声和报时声”。
小题13:D考查名词。“没有了老钟（clock）的嘀嗒声和报时声”
小题14:B考查动词。“我用自己颤抖的手拿出钥匙打开open老钟的小门”
小题15:C考查名词。“突然间我觉得自己又回到了小时候child”。
小题16:A考查动词。“他就站在那里对着我眨眼wink。”
小题17:A考查动词。“我站在那里，沉溺在回忆里。”（be） lost in完全沉浸于。
小题18:D考查副词。“然后我慢慢地，仔细地给钟上发条”
小题19:B考查名词。嘀哒嘀哒。。。。生活的气息在客厅，在家里，在我心里蔓延开来。
小题20:C考查动词。在我心里爷爷再一次活了过来。
举一反三
I tend to accept any idea put forward by experts on TV. One day, a sociologist(社会学家) proposed that the   36  society has been consuming modern humans little by little. For fear that I would become a victim of the consumer society, I   37  hurried to a bicycle shop in my neighborhood.   38  the shopkeeper Mr. Johnson was selling me the bicycle, he said, “This is the best thing you   39  have done. Life has become hopelessly   40 . A bicycle is simple, and it brings to you   41  things: fresh air, sunshine and exercise.” I agreed. Happy as a child, I got on the bicycle and headed out onto the streets. After some time, I   42  at the other end of the town. I was   43  that this simple vehicle could let me   44  long distances in a fairly short time. But how   45  did I really go?
Since I hated to be   46 , I went back to Mr. Johnson and asked him to   47  an odometer (里程表) on my bicycle. He agreed, but   48 , “An odometer without a speedometer (速度计) is like a   49  without a knife.” I admitted he was right and in a few minutes, the two devices (装置) were   50  to the handlebars of my bicycle. “What about a horn?” he then asked. “Look, this horn is no larger than a matchbox and has many   51 .” Attracted by these functions, I bought the horn.
“You can’t leave the back part   52 ,” noted Mr. Johnson. He fixed a metal box with buttons   53  the seat, and said, “Is there anything better than this oven(烤箱) when you feel   54  on your way? I can give you a special discount.” I was not strong enough to   55  the offer.
“I congratulate you once more; this is the best thing you could have done,” said Mr. Johnson in the end.
小题1:
A．adultB．humanC．consumer D．bachelor
小题2:
A．eventuallyB．immediatelyC．reluctantlyD．gratefully
小题3:
A．AlthoughB．BecauseC．AsD．Unless
小题4:
A．wouldB．shouldC．mustD．could
小题5:
A．boringB．complicatedC．stressfulD．tough
小题6:
A．naturalB．mysteriousC．complexD．unique
小题7:
A．gave upB．broke downC．calmed downD．ended up
小题8:
A．amazedB．amusedC．confusedD．concerned
小题9:
A．marchB．driveC．coverD．measure
小题10:
A．farB．longC．fastD．deep
小题11:
A．unreliableB．impracticalC．unpreparedD．inaccurate
小题12:
A．fixB．checkC．repairD．lay
小题13:
A．sworeB．addedC．repliedD．concluded
小题14:
A．pencilB．forkC．boxD．cake
小题15:
A．distributedB．convertedC．appliedD．attached
小题16:
A．shapesB．sizesC．functionsD．models
小题17:
A．looseB．blankC．bareD．incomplete
小题18:         
A．besideB．beforeC．belowD．behind
小题19:
A．sickB．hungryC．hotD．thirsty
小题20:
A．considerB．withdrawC．makeD．resist

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I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was ____36____ and when I was 14 years old, he predicted, “You are never to be ____37____ but a failure.”
After 5 years of poor jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best thing ____38____ could have happened to me. I ____39____ I should do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove ___40___ her that what people said about me had gone ___41___, especially her mother, who once said to me, “Let’s ____42____ it. You’ve failed every thing you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my ____43____ and went to ____44____. My first novel ____45____ while I was still a college student.
After college, I taught during the day in high schools and attended ____46____ classes at London University, where I ____47____ a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of ____48____ that job to write full time when I was ____49____ a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself---here was a working-class boy who’d ___50___ school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career ____51____ when I discovered my own writing ____52____. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. _____53____ what does it mean? I just wish that all those people who have ____54____ me down had just said, “I believe in you and you will be ____55____.”
小题1:
A．naughtyB．lazyC．uselessD．raggy
小题2:A. nothing         B. something        C everything        D. anything
小题3:
A．whenB．thatC．whichD．as
小题4:
A．thoughtB．promisedC．decidedD．expected
小题5:
A．toB．for C．withD．at
小题6:
A．ridiculousB．acceptableC．believableD．wrong
小题7:
A．seeB．faceC．treatD．react
小题8:
A．writingB．experimentC．practiceD．composition
小题9:
A．schoolB．collegeC．clubD．company
小题10:
A．went acrossB．put asideC．came outD．set off
小题11:
A．lectureB．writingC．teachingD．evening
小题12:
A．receivedB．acceptedC．gaveD．offered
小题13:
A．giving upB．paying forC．signing upD．ridding of
小题14:
A．paidB．madeC．offeredD．tried
小题15:
A．finishedB．goneC．delayedD．left
小题16:
A．made offB．took offC．gave offD．moved off
小题17:
A．styleB．habitC．ideaD．skill
小题18:
A．ThereforeB．ButC．ThoughD．For
小题19:
A．writtenB．turnedC．tornD．put
小题20:
A．cheerfulB．enjoyableC．successfulD．forgettable

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Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia, on August 27th, 1910. She attended the government school near her home until she was eighteen. At that time, some doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia were working in India, and they often wrote to the school about their work. She decided to join them one day.
When she finished school, she went first to Britain. Then a year later she went to India, where she began to train to be a teacher. After training, she was sent to Calcutta, where she taught geography at a school and soon after became headmistress(女校长).
However, although she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and went to work in the poor parts of Calcutta. Later she trained to be a nurse in Panta, and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city. Slowly, others came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of India.
Mother Teresa is now a well-known person. Many photos have been taken of her, as she travels the world to open new schools and hospitals in poor countries. In 1979, she was given the Nobel Peace Prize for the lifetime of love and service she has given to the poor.
小题1:What first inspired Mother Teresa to work in India?
A．Her visit to the poor parts of Calcutta.
B．Her visit to Britain after she left school.
C．The medical worker’s letters to her school.
D．The work of the nurse in the city of Panta.
小题2:In which order did Mother Teresa do the following things?
a. Trained to be a nurse                        
b. Went to India.
c. Helped the dying.                          
d. Studied to be a teacher.
e. Went to Britain.                            
f. Worked as a headmaster.
A．b, a, c, e, d, fB．b, f, a, d, e, c
C．e, b, d, f, a, cD．e, a, b, c, d, f
小题3:Mother Teresa gave up teaching because she wanted to ___________.
A．look after the poor.
B．travel to poor countries
C．build hospitals for the poor
D．train nurse to care for the poor
小题4:Mother Teresa is now a famous person because she has ___________.
A．saved many poor people in India
B．helped to bring about world peace
C．helped to make India a more peaceful place
D．taken care of many poor people in the world

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Johann Gutenberg, who worked as a goldsmith(金匠)，took what has already been discovered, and created a small invention that changed history. He created a machine that allowed him to move small blocks of letters in such a way that written material could be printed and mass-produced. Few people could read before Johann Gutenberg made the invention, but once books became less expensive, more Europeans could read and write.
Block printing existed long before Gutenberg. The Chinese had been using wood blocks to print books as early as 868, but a new set of woodcuts(木刻印版) had to be made for each book. Producing one book was not easy; producing all kinds of books was more difficult.
Writing ink dates from about 2500 BC in Egypt and China. Johann Gutenberg use an oil-base printing ink that would last longer than other inks used in his time. We don’t know much about Gutenberg because he was not famous during his lifetime. He was born in Germany about 1400. In 1448, Gutenberg developed signatures for each number, letter, and punctuation mark(标点符号). He then built the molds (模型) to hold the signatures in place. Johann Gutenberg published the first mass-produced book: a 1,282 page Bible. To this day, more copies of the Bible have been printed the any other book.
Copies of Gutenberg’s invention spread throughout Europe, but the German goldsmith did not get rich from his invention. Some officials denounced the invention of printing because they feared that it would spread bad ideas. By 1500 there 1,700 printing presses in Europe. The presses had already produced about 20 million volumes of 40,000 different books.
小题1:What happened after Johann Gutenberg’s invention?
A．People could afford to read books.
B．People became interested in inventing.
C．It was still difficult to print all kinds of books.
D．Punctuation mark began to be used in printing.
小题2:Compared with block printing in China, Johann Gutenberg’s method __________.
A．was difficult to run.B．needed harder paper
C．used a new kind of inkD．was put into use earlier
小题3:The underlined word “denounced” in the paragraph means __________.
A．fought againstB．acceptedC．laughed atD．supported
小题4:What is the best title for the passage?
A．A famous 1,282 page Bible
B．The life of a famous inventor
C．An invention that changed history
D．The development of printing

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My husband, Micheal, and I were at a restaurant with his boss, a rather stern(严厉的) elderly man. When Micheal began a story I was sure he had told before, I gave him a kick under the table. There was no response, so I gave him another kick. Still the story went on. Suddenly he stopped and said with a smile, “Oh, but I’ve told you this one before, haven’t I ?” We all chuckled and changed the subject.
Later, on the dance floor, I asked my husband why it had taken him so long to get my message. “What do you mean?” he replied. “I cut off the story as soon as you kicked me.”
“But I kicked you twice, and it still took you a while to stop!”
Suddenly we realized what had happened and returned to our table. The boss smiled and said, “Don’t worry. After the second one I thought it wasn’t for me, so I passed it along!”
小题1:The writer kicked her husband because __________.
A．she didn’t like him
B．she didn’t like stories
C．he was telling a story he had told before
D．the story he told was not interesting
小题2:What can be inferred from the text?
A．Micheal was kicked three times.
B．Micheal kicked the boss.
C．The boss was kicked twice
D．The boss kicked the author.
小题3:They all chuckled because __________.
A．they kicked each other
B．they changed the subject in the end
C．they were all satisfied with the dinner
D．they all thought each of them had done something interesting
小题4:It took Micheal so long to stop his story because __________.
A．he wanted to finish the whole story
B．he got a kick only after a long while
C．he didn’t understand at once why he was kicked
D．the two kicks given were not heavy enough

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