Question

 This old clock belonged to my mom. My dad gave it to me after my mom 1 I love it because it was hers,but it also holds some bad 2 . You see it count out the hour and ring once on the half. Or at least it used to. Now you never know what number it will 3 When my mother was home dying from cancer she asked that it be thrown away. Hearing the hours count down really 4 and frightened her.

  ₅   ， I went to a local clock shop to get it fixed. " I know it has no particular 6   ， but it was my mom's," I said to the shop owner and described the 7 .

  "Here's what I can do. We remove the clockwork and 8 it with a battery-operated movement that chimes(鳴鐘) electronically," he told me.

  "You can't fix this?" I was 9 .

  "No,we don't have the time nor the parts.”

  I thanked him and went home. I called a few other places and was told the 10 thing. "How incredibly sad," I told the last one.

  We've become a 11 that replaces craftsmanship with convenient and easy fixes. So,this handcrafted clock will one day seem to be 12 . Not because it couldn't be fixed. It's just easier not to. 13 for a moment if this happened to people. Someone comes into a hos?pital with a failing heart or other important part but the 14 will say, "Sorry,we can't fix this... we don't have the parts!"

Wait—That does 15 .

  Why? Because we don't have enough organ donors(捐獻者) .People would rather 16 with all their parts rotted in a grave rather than leave them to 17 someone's life. Strangely， when asked why more people don't 18 to become an organ donor, it's for the same reason ..."No one has the 19   ！”

Make time before your clock 20 working！

(   ) 1.A. broke in   B. turned over   C. watched out   D. passed away

(   ) 2.A. expectations   B. opinions   C. memories   D. materials

(   ) 3.A. dial   B. ring   C. add   D. limit

(   ) 4.A. wounded   B. amazed   C. shocked   D. angered

(   ) 5.A. Still   B. Thus   C. Besides   D. So

(   ) 6.A. color   B. value   C. price   D. purpose

(   ) 7.A. problem   B. request   C. accident   D. question

(   ) 8.A. keep   B. connect   C. replace   D. cover

(   ) 9.A. tired   B. depressed   C. worried   D. surprised

(   ) 10.A. possible   B. same   C. important   D. difficult

(   ) 11. A. society   B. village   C. class   D. government

(   ) 12. A. noisy   B. old   C. different   D. useless

(   ) 13. A. Count   B. Stay   C. Imagine   D. Prepare

(   ) 14. A. owner   B. doctor   C. worker   D. professor

(   ) 15. A. begin   B. end   C. arrive   D. happen

(   ) 16. A.grow   B. speak   C. die   D. sleep

(   ) 17. A. save   B. enjoy   C. start   D. judge

(   ) 18. A. sign up   B. show off   C. speed up   D. move on

(   ) 19. A. knowledge   B. energy   C. time   D. mind

(   ) 20. A. practices   B. stops   C. minds   D. allows

Answer 1

1— 5 DCBDA 6—10 BACDB

11— 15 ADCBD 16—20 CAACB

本文是一篇夾敘夾議文�？旃�(jié)奏的生活已經(jīng)讓我們失去了耐心，我們寧愿仿制別人的東西也不愿意進行原創(chuàng)，因為沒時間。

1.D由下文dying可知：媽媽去世(passed a-way) 后，爸爸把她的表給了我。

2.C因為這是媽媽的遺物，所以我很珍愛它。但是，它也讓我擁有痛苦的回憶(memories) 。

3.B它經(jīng)常亂報時，所以現(xiàn)在誰也不知道它報的(ring) 是幾點鐘。

4.D與本空后frightened構(gòu)成并列：在媽媽生命的最后日子里，它叮叮鈴鈴地亂響一氣，這讓媽媽很氣(angered) 。

5.A盡管如此，我還是(still) 把它送到了鐘表店去維修。

6.B我對維修工說："我知道這表已經(jīng)沒有多大的(維修) 價值(value) 了，但是這是媽媽的東西，所以我得把它修好。"

7.A我對維修工描述了鐘表的故障(prob?lem) 。

8.C與本空前remove構(gòu)成并列：我們把機械表芯去掉，然后給它換上(replace) —個電子表芯。

9.D我驚奇地(surprised) 問他："難道你修不了這個表嗎？"

10.B我又打電話咨詢了幾家修表店，他們也給出了同樣的(same) 答復(fù)。

11.A現(xiàn)在，我們已經(jīng)變成了這樣一個社會(society) ，我們寧愿用快捷、便利的零件去換掉那些機械零件。

12.D所以，這只機械表將來會顯得毫無用處。

13.C我們來設(shè)想一下(imagine) ,如果這種事發(fā)生在人身上會怎么樣？

14.B從本空前hospital得出：當(dāng)一個心臟病患者到醫(yī)院去做換心手術(shù)時，醫(yī)生(doctor) 卻對他說："我們沒有心臟器官。"

15.D這種事還真的會發(fā)生(happen) 在人們身上。

16.C人們寧愿死亡后(die) 讓自己的器官在泥土中腐爛，也不愿意捐獻出去救fsave) 別人。

17.A同上。

18.A當(dāng)人們被問起為什么不簽署(sign up) 遺體捐獻聲明呢？

19.C人們就會說:"我們沒有時間(time) 去做這件事。"

20.B在你人生的鐘表停(stops) 擺之前，好好地享受生活吧！