Time is very important in our lives. It 1      our everyday moments. However,time never had any 2       in my life until I received a watch from my father that organized my life and made me more 3       .

It's round in the center with two silver bands that go around my 4       and all of it is made of silver. This object 5       me the importance of time in my life.

I received this 6       on a gray-sky day. I had to go to the airport at 9:00 a. m. to 7       up my Uncle Ali and take him to my father's house. 8      ,I was late because I was going out with my friends. Later on that day,around 11 :00 a. m. , I 9       my uncle, but I was very 10       for him. He had 11       the airport and taken a taxi to my father's house.

I got to my father's house at 2:00 p. m. on the same day and looked at my angry father's face. I felt 12       of myself at that moment. After I said hi to my angry father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him 13       he handed me this watch as a gift from him. Then he said, "Essa,did you have 14       with your friends today?" I answered, "Yes, father, and I'm sorry about not picking up my Uncle Ali. " He said, "What you did was not very 15       and you should be sorry for your 16       . ”I was ashamed and said, "Father,I'll never do it again. I promise.”He said, "I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a 17       for you.”He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my 18       .

I learned a very important lesson from my father:to 19       time and never be late to get someone. This watch is 20       to me,not because of its price,but because of the lesson that I learned from it.

(   ) 1.A. appreciates   B. organizes   C. orders   D. explains

(   ) 2.A. importance   B. beauty   C. necessity   D. interest

(   ) 3.A. confident   B. independent   C. excited   D. responsible

(   ) 4.A. finger   B. wrist   C. neck   D. arm

(   ) 5.A. tells   B. makes   C. gives   D. reminds

(   ) 6.A. matter   B. object   C. gift   D. thing

(   ) 7.A. call   B. pick   C. put   D. bring

(   ) 8.A. Otherwise   B. Fortunately   C. However   D. Hopefully

(   ) 9.A. forgot   B. remembered   C. missed   D. visited

(   ) 10.A. anxious   B. nervous   C. early   D. late

(   ) 11.A. reached   B. passed   C. left   D. missed

(   ) 12. A. ashamed   B. frightened   C. disappointed.   D. sorry

(   ) 13. A. where   B. when   C. there   D. then

(   ) 14. A. trouble   B. fun   C. appointment   D. quarrels

(   ) 15. A. bad   B. nice   C. pleasing   D. funny

(   ) 16. A. ideas   B. words.   C. actions   D. promises

(   ) 17. A. lesson   B. hope   C. requirement   D. reminder

(   ) 18. A. life   B. day   C. way   D. thought

(   ) 19. A. waste   B. respect   C. neglect   D. enjoy

(   ) 20. A. useful   B. necessary   C. different   D. important

   While you are much safer inside than out,lightning can strike you even in the home. Here's how to 1         yourselves indoors.

1.Stay away from 2      Get out of the shower of bath. Don't 3       conductors such as fireplaces and metal pipes.

   Cheryl Falvey of Killing Woth Conn,was struck by lightning last year while washing her 4      . Lightning 5       a window next to the washing machine, struck her right hand, 6       through her body and finally out of her 7       arm. "It was as though I was 8       a bolt(雷电) of lightning in my hands," remembers Falvey,who was 9       across the room.

2.Stay off the telephone. It isn't an old wires'10       ― many people have been hurt through telephone wires. It was 11       outside while Peter Van Artrijk,Jr. was on the 12       at his house in Florida. "Bam!A bolt hit the building," he says,  "I felt the 13       on my arms stand on end and a charge(电荷) hit me through the telephone, which was 14       blown out of my hand.”

3.Unplug(拔插头) televisions,computers, etc. Don't just turn them  15       . If the house is struck,they could be damaged if you keep them 16       in.

4.Try lightning rods(避雷针) if your 17       is very often hit by lightning. 18       fixed, says Rust,lightning rods 19       the chances of damage to a home and to the people 20       it. 

(   ) 1.A. save   B. hide   C. help   D. protect

(   ) 2.A. houses   B. rooms   C. beds   D. windows

(   ) 3.A. touch   B. grasp   C. move   D. seize

(   ) 4.A. clothes   B. hands   C. window   D. face

(   ) 5.A. broke   B. reached   C. entered   D. forced

(   ) 6.A. slipped   B. travelled   C. spread   D. rolled

(   ) 7.A. injured   B. hurt   C. right   D. left

(   ) 8.A. holding   B. carrying   C. keeping   D. placing

(   ) 9.A. shaken   B. swept   C. thrown   D. drawn

(   ) 10.A. talk   B. tale   C. news   D. report

(   ) 11.A. blowing   B. snowing   C. shining   D. raining

(   ) 12.A. phone   B. sofa   C. bed   D. chair

(   ) 13.A. hair   B. muscle   C. hands   D. skin

(   ) 14.A. simply   B. hardly   C. almost   D. completely

(   ) 15.A. on   B. over   C. off   D. down

(   ) 16.A. powered   B. wired   C. inserted   D. plugged

(   ) 17.A. town   B. area   C. building   D. courtyard

(   ) 18.A. Properly   B. Simply   C. Usually   D. Firmly

(   ) 19.A. escape   B. prevent   C. avoid   D. reduce

(   ) 20.A. near   B. outside   C. inside   D. from

    BRITISH newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world. 1recently big changes have seen these traditional publications try to 2 the modern world. After 216 years,The Times has halved its size to become much 3,In fact,the paper has 4 its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid (小报)  .

   In Britain the newspaper market is 5 between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms 6 the size of the papers' pages but there is also a clear 7 in con?tent. Broadsheets such as The      Times, The Guardian and Daily Telegraph are 8 papers. They 9 a broad range of political, economic and international issues. Their stories are also reasonably long and use quite formal language.

   Tabloids have far more stories about 10 serious issues such as celebrities' love lives.

Their stories are shorter and use more simple language. Tabloids often have bigger11   Britain's 12 newspaper,The Sun, is a tabloid and has a naked girl on page three every day.

By 13 to the size of a tabloid,The Times is following in the footsteps of a less 14 broadsheet paper The    Independent.15 changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase 16. Although both papers have switched to the smaller size,the content of the papers has 17     the same. They are 18      still serious papers.

The two papers claim that people 19 the smaller size easier to handle when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. 20 says its new size is "compact",not tab?loid.

(   ) 1.A. Because   B. So   C. And   D. But

(   ) 2.A. match   B. suit   C. fit   D. change

(   ) 3.A. longer   B. smaller   C. thicker   D. wider

(   ) 4.A. cut   B. shortened   C. enlarged   D. narrowed

(   ) 5.A. divided   B. separated   C. arranged   D. marked

(   ) 6.A. turn into   B. refer to   C. think about   D. connect with

(   ) 7.A. meaning   B. mark   C. difference   D. sign

(   ) 8.A. old   B. interesting   C. modern   D. serious

(   ) 9.A. have   B. name   C. cover   D. choose

(   ) 10.A. more   B. less   C. even   D. quite

(   ) 11.A. headlines   B. pictures   C. title   D. edition

(   ) 12.A. best-selling   B. good-looking   C. slow-moving   D. ugly-looking 

(   ) 13.A. going   B. getting   C. changing   D. coming

(   ) 14.A.  important   B. welcoming   C. helpful   D. famous

(   ) 15.A. It   B. This     C.That   D. They

(   ) 16.A. slowly   B. greatly   C. little   D. usually

(   ) 17.A. become   B. found   C. left   D. remained

(   ) 18.A. /   B.  ail   C. both   D. even

(   ) 19.A. find   B. hope   C. expect   D. agree

(   ) 20.A.The Independent   B.The Times

   C.The Guardian       D.Daily Telegraph

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