5. A. busy　　　　　　　　　　 B. urgent　　　　 　　 C. happy　　　　 　　 D. different

4. A. stories　　　　　　　　　 B. jokes　　　　　　　　 C. periods　　　　　　　 D. meals

3. A. start　　　　　　　　　　 　　 B. part　　　　　　　　　 C. signal　　　　 　　 D. mark

2. A. seeing　　　　　　　　　 B. hearing　　　　　　 C. watching　　　　　 D. looking

1. A. time　　　　　　　　　　 　　 B. possibility　 　　 C. problem　　　　　　 D. pleasure

10. C　 只有我们把不必要的负疚的包袱放掉，才能更好地体验(experience)生活。

(十)----夹叙夹议

In the dinning room of my grandfather’s house stood a heavy grandfather’s clock. Meals in the dinning 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 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.

9. D　 我们把过去的痛苦忘掉，才能生活得精彩、充实(full)。

8. B　 这个问题恰恰也是值得我们思考的问题，需要回答的问题通常用question表示。

7. A　 “要活命就得放弃死去的部分。”因此这个死去的部分就成了累赘，loss这里带有放弃的意思。miss“错过”，cut“切下”，place“放置”，均与句子意思不符。

6. C　 与前文相呼应，这个虫子拖着(pulling)死去的身体部分在爬行。