天津市耀华中学2012届高三第二次月考英语试题

从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

In the dining room of my grandfather's house stood a massive grandfather’s clock. Meals in that dining room were a    31   for four generations to become one. The table was always  32  with food from wonderful family recipes（食谱） all containing 33 as the main ingredient  (成分)And always that grandfather clock stood like a trusted old family     34   , sharing our happiness.

As I was a child, the old clock   35   me .I watched and listened to it during meals. 1    36  how at different times of the day, that clock would strike with a wonderful     37 .Year after year, the clock struck a part of my 38，a part of my heart.

Even more wonderful to me was what my grandfather did each day. He  39 wound that clock with a special and magic key, which _ 40   the clock ticking and striking. He never let that

clock wind down and _ 41   . When we grandkids got a little older, he showed us how to  42 the clock.

Several days after my grandfather died,I entered the dining room, with tears flowing     43  .The clock stood desertedly    44   , seeming smaller and not as magnificent as before. I couldn't  45    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    46   , reverently(虔诚地)  ,I entered the key and wound the clock. It sprang to_47 . Tick - tock : tick - tock, life and chimes were  48   into the dining room, into house and into my   49   . In the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather  50  again.

31. A. party       B. time       C. place       D. situation

32. A. filled       B. cleared      C. spread     D. left:

33. A. wine        B. surprise      C. fish        D. love]

34. A. friend       B. guard     C. doctor      D. lawyer

35. A. disappointed   B. encouraged    C. interested     D. comforted

36. A. questioned    B. remembered   C. doubted     D. wondered

37. A. sound       B. hammer     C. voice       D. ring

38. A. studies      B. opinions     C. memories .   D. brains

39. A. strangely     B. carefully     C. eagerly      D. usually

40. A. got        B. kept      C. prevented    D. found

41. A. break      B. fall        C. stop        D. move

42. A. wind      B. repair       C. read       D. clean

43. A. unexpectedly  B. gently     C. difficultly     D. freely

44. A. ticking      B. moving     C. noisy       D. quiet

45. A. help        B. bear        C. hope       D. insist

46. A. slowly    B. quickly    C. unwillingly    D. naturally

47. A. feet    B. hands       C. sense    D. life

48. A. breathed    B. blown    C. taken    D. sent

49. A. study    B. bedroom    C. heart    D.mind

50. A. died    B. lived    C. smiled    D. sang