请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项

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请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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.