2017年11月学位英语考试完型填空试题及答案四
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the centre.
In the dining room of my grandfather's house stood his heavy clock. Meals in the dining room were a __1 __ for our four generations to become one. My 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.
When I was 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 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 meticulously __9 __ the clock with a special key each day. The key was magic to me. It __10 __ our family's magnificent clock ticking and striking all year round.
1. A. time B. possibility C. problem D. pleasure
[答案]A
【精析】a time意为“一段时光”，become one意为“成为一体，聚集一堂”。
2. A. seeing B. hearing C. watching D. looking
[答案]C
【精析】该句使用拟人手法，把闹钟比作朋友，watch表示动作，指“观看，留意看运动着的东西”;see强调看的结果，无进行时态;look后不能直接跟宾语，需要加介词。这里用动词的现在分词形式表示伴随。故此处选择C项为恰当。
3. A. start B. part C. signal D. mark
[答案]B
【精析】指上文提到的事已经成为我们生活的一部分，A、C、D与文意不符。
4. A. stories B. jokes C. periods D. meals
[答案]D
【精析】根据上一段内容及生活常识可知，当我们在听故事或开玩笑的时候很难留意到其他事物，只有在吃饭的时候才会注意到the old clock.故D项为恰当。
5. A. busy B. urgent C. happy D. different
[答案]D
【精析】根据下文和生活中有关闹钟的常识判断，应该是在一天中的不同时间，闹钟敲响不同的次数。
6. A. shock B. sound C. song D. music
[答案]B
【精析】该部分意为：闹钟发出的奇妙宏大的声音(sound)在满屋子里回荡。
7. A. memories B. minds C. comfort D. information
[答案]A
【精析】该句句意为：闹钟年复一年地打点报时，留在我的记忆里，也留在我的心里。根据后文的a part of my heart容易排除掉B、C、D项。
8. A. comfortable B. hopeful C. wonderful D. skillful
[答案]C
【精析】根据上下文，对我来说，更精彩的是爷爷每天的特殊动作。
9. A. opened B. wound C. turned D. started
[答案]B
【精析】wind the clock，动词wind在这里意为“(给闹钟)上发条”。wound是wind的过去式。
10. A. made B. controlled C. kept D. fixed
[答案]C
【精析】该句句意为：它(这个钥匙)能保证我们家的神奇的闹钟一年到头滴答作响和打点报时。made：使得;controlled：控制;kept：保持;fixed：修理。C项为恰当。
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