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Grandfather's Clock
In the dining room of my grandfather's house stood a heavy grandfather's clock.Meals in the dining
room were a __1__for our four generations to become one.The grandfather's clock always stood like a
trusted old family friend,__2__us playing jokes and telling stories,which was already a __3__of our life.
As a child,the old clock interested me.I watched and listened to it during __4__.I was surprised how at __5__times of the day,the clock would strike three times,six times or more,with a wonderful great __6__
that echoed(回音)throughout the house.The clock chimed year after year,a part of my __7__,a part of my heart.
Even more __8__to me was my grandfather's special action each day.He carefully __9__the clock with a special key each day.The key was magic to me.It __10__our family's magnificent clock ticking and
__11__all year round.
After my beloved grandfather died,it was several days after the __12__before I remembered the
clock!'Mama!The clock has wound down!'The __13__washed my cheeks when I entered the dining
room.The clock stood hopelessly as serious and __14__as the funeral ceremony had been.Not quite as
magnificent without my grandfather's __15__touch.I couldn't bear looking at it.
Years later,it worked again.In the movement of the hands of the clock,my grandfather lived again.
( )1. A.time
( )2. A.seeing
( )3. A.start
( )4. A.stories
( )5. A.busy
( )6. A.shock
( )7. A.memories
( )8. A.comfortable
( )9. A.opened
( )10. A.made
( )11. A.singing
( )12. A.funeral
( )13. A.tears
( )14. A.attractive
( )15. A.brave B. possibility
B. hearing
B. part
B. jokes
B. urgent
B. sound
B. minds
B. hopeful
B. wound
B. controlled
B. standing
B. death
B. sweats
B. quiet
B. special C. problem
C. watching
C. signal
C. periods
C. happy
C. song
C. comfort
C. wonderful
C. turned
C. kept
C. knocking
C. generation
C. hair
C. noisy
C. kindD. pleasure
D. looking
D. mark
D. meals
D. different
D. music
D. information
D. skillful
D. started
D. fixed
D. striking
D. ceremony
D. water
D. magnificent
D. strong