Question

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

Answer 1

1-5 BADBA      6-10 CBCBD

11-15 CAABB      16-20 CDABD

本文通过作者因平时无时间概念而导致一次接机迟到未能完成任务并因此受到父亲批评的教训，谈到自己对时间认识的变化并号召读者牢记时间的重要性。

1.B从下文的until 1 received a watch from my father that organized my life，可知用organ?ized，指 细分时间。

2.A从上文的转折副词however可知，作者在其父送给他手表之前是没有认识到时间的重要性的。

3.D有了安排时间的手表，作者再也不能随心所欲了，所以手表"使得他更有责任感"最符合逻辑。

4.B此句是在描述手表，当然是戴在手腕上，所以用wrist。

5.A既然手表能计划人的时间，那就表明这块表是在告诉他时间是很重要的。

6.C从下文he handed me this watch as a gift 可知，用gift最贴切。thing所指太广泛，不确切;matter指"物质"、"事情";object虽在上文出现,但与gift相比，不具感情色彩。

7.B到机场去就是去接人，所以，用pick up。call up为"打电话";put up为"举起";bring up为"培养"。

8.C从前一句和后一句的关系可看出来是转折的关系。作者本该上午9点去机场接叔叔的，然而，因为和朋友一起玩，迟到了。

9.B 11点了作者记起了接他叔叔的事情，不然就不会有下文到机场的事了。

10.D

11.C从下文看，显然作者的叔叔已经离开机场。

12.A当看到爸爸生气的脸和疲惫的叔叔时，作者自然对自己所做的事感到羞愧了。Sor?ry与后面的搭配不符。

13.A从句子结构来看，此处应为引导地点状语从句的连接副词。所以应填where。

14.B父亲的问话影射对作者因玩过头而忘了接机一事的批评，所以用fun表"开心"。

15.B很显然，爸爸是在批评作者那天的事情做得不好，所以用nice。

16.C根据上文what he did可知，父亲要作者感到抱歉的是自己的行为。

 17.D父亲在作者犯错误的那天把手表给他，真可谓用心良苦。this watch will be a re?minder for you 一语双关，一关即这块表可以提醒作者要守时 ,另一关即此手表可以提醒作者接机那天的失职。所以用reminder

18.A从第一段第三句可知。

19.B既然是获得了教训，此句肯定是想表达"尊重时间，永远不再迟到"的意思。

20.D此句点题。从文章开始句可知，这只手表是有重要意义的。