题目内容：

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.

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

2.A．filled         B．cleared     C．spread      D．left

3.A．wine          B．surprise    C．fish       D．love

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

5.A．disappointed  B．encouragedC．interested D．comforted

6.A．questioned    B．rememberedC．doubted  D．wondered

7.A．sound        B．hammer    C．voice      D．beat

8.A．studies       B．opinions   C．memoriesD．brains

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

10.A．got          B．kept       C．preventedD．found

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

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

13.A．unexpectedlyB．gently      C．difficultlyD．freely

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

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

16.A．slowly     B．quickly     C．unwillinglyD．naturally

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

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

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

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