（七）
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．ring
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．unexpectedly b．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

（八）
i had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a bookshop  36  me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. i was very   37  to earn my own pocket money and my parents   38  interfered(干涉) with how i spent it, even when i was spending it   39  . they believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the   40  , i would become more mature(成熟) and   41  about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.
like many   42  parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they  43   a great deal. when i was sixteen, for example, after i finished high school and before i entered university, i wanted to spend the summer months traveling around   44  . my mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great   45  for me. in the end, my father won the   46  on the condition that i limited my traveling to france, my mother’s home, where i had many uncles, aunts and cousins   47  through the country who could   48  shelter and help if i need them.
three years later, my younger brother decide to   49  a year off after his first year in university and travel through the united states and the caribbean. again my mother was very worried and not   50  to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n)   51  year working his way on trains and ships to   52  passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.
these kinds of experiences are probably rare(稀少的) for children in many countries but in the us they are fairly   53  . most parents start   54  their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. by the time they have finished high school, many american kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the us or other countries on their own, have   55  the university they plan to attend and maybe even decided on their future career, and so on.
36．a．taught b．allowed c．treated d．hired
37．a．anxious b．content c．proud d．hopeful
38．a．never b．ever c．always d．even
39．a．quickly b．foolishly c．seriously d．honesty
40．a．work b．mistakes c．others d．books
41．a．strict b．reasonable c．polite d．responsible
42．a．american b．japanese c．chinese d．british
43．a．helped b．supported c．shared d．worried
44．a．asia b．africa c．europe d．oceania
45．a．journey b．experience c．chance d．possibility
46．a．argument b．game c．discussion d．plan
47．a．send out b．give out c．carry out d．spread out
48．a．promise b．afford c．provide d．serve
49．a．leave b．make c．take d．prepare
50．a．angry b．eager c．sorry d．sad
51．a．unusual b．hard c．strange d．busy
52．a．accept b．earn c．find d．search
53．a．welcome b．fit c．necessary d．common
54．a．bringing b．forcing c．pushing d．protecting
55．a．selected b．admired c．afforded d．left

（九）
each of us fails from time to time. if we are wise, we accept these failures as a   36   part of the learning process. but all too often as parents and teachers we   37   this same right to our children.
when i see a child   38   from this kind of pressure, i think of donnie.
donnie was my youngest third-grader. his   39   of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed. he   40   answered questions — he was afraid he might be wrong. i tried my best to build his   41  . but nothing changed until midterm, when mary anne, a student teacher, was assigned to our classroom. she was young and pretty, and she loved children. my pupils, donnie included, all   42   her very much.
one morning, we were working on math problems at the chalkboard. donnie had   43   the problems with pains-taking tidiness. pleased with his progress, i   44   the children with mary anne and went for art materials. when i returned, donnie was in   45  . he’d missed the third problem.
my student teacher looked at me in despair.  suddenly her face   46  . from the desk we shared, she got a container filled with pencils.
“look, donnie,” she said, kneeling beside him and gently   47   the tear-stained (弄脏的) face from his arms. “i’ve got something to   48   you.” she removed the pencils, one at a time, and placed them on his desk.
“see these   49  , donnie,” she continued. “they belong to mrs. lindstrom and me. see how the erasers are   50  ? that’s because we make mistakes too. but we erase the mistakes and try again. that’s what you   51   learn to do, too.”
she kissed him and stood up. “here,” she said, “i’ll leave one of these pencils on   52   desk so you’ll remember that everybody makes mistakes,  53   teachers.” donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile.
the   54   became donnie’s prized possession. that, together with mary anne’s frequent encouragement, gradually   55   him that it’s all right to make mistakes — as long as you erase them and try again.
36．a．small    b．basic    c．necessary   d．large
37．a．give    b．disallow   c．offer    d．permit
38．a．come    b．take    c．fall    d．suffer
39．a．fear    b．lesson   c．chance   d．sense
40．a．always   b．often    c．never    d．seldom
41．a．self-protection     b．self-improvement c．self-confidence     d．self-learning
42．a．respected   b．disliked   c．avoided   d．minded
43．a．worked out  b．written down  c．gone over   d．learned
44．a．left    b．offered   c．missed   d．parted
45．a．surprise   b．astonishment  c．anger    d．tears
46．a．darkened   b．brightened   c．pulled   d．loosened
47．a．lifting   b．picking   c．holding   d．pushing
48．a．help    b．show    c．reward   d．promise
49．a．pencils   b．mistakes   c．marks   d．containers
50．a．used    b．built    c．worn    d．damaged
51．a．may    b．must    c．ought    d．can
52．a．my    b．someone’s  c．the teacher’s  d．your
53．a．still    b．also    c．even    d．not
54．a．pencil   b．words   c．mistake   d．desk
55．a．warned   b．informed   c．persuaded   d．reminded