第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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．beat
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．unexpectedlyB．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
