Time is important in our lives But I didn’t realize(认识到)it until I   1   a watch from my father．It    2    me the importance of time in my life．I got this gift on a gray-sky day．I had to go to the   3   at 9:00 a.m to pick up my uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house．However，I forgot it   4   I was playing with my friends．Later on that day，around 11:00 a.m，I    5    my uncle．but I was late for him．He had got out of the plane and    6    a taxi to my father’s house．

    I got to my father’s house at 2:00 p.m    7   ．My father looked at me angrily．I said“hi”to him and my    8    uncle．My father asked me to sit   9    him and handed me this watch which was a gift from    10    ．It weighed 8 oz and all of it was made of silver．Then he said．“Essa，did you have fun    11    your friends today？What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your    12   ．”I felt sorry and told my father that I wouldn’t do it again Then he said．“This watch will be a reminder(提醒物) for you．I hope today you have learned something    13   ．”

    I learned a lesson from my father：to respect time and    14    be late．The watch is important to me．not because of its    15   ．but because of the lesson that I learned from it．

1．A．bought                  B．received        C．borrowed           D．broke

2．A．learned                  B．found           C．sent               D．told

3．A．airport                   B．school          C．hospital             D．station

4．A．when                    B．because        C．if                  D．though

5．A．saw                     B．forgot         C．remembered         D．met

6．A．got                     B．caught         C．invited             D．taken

7．A．one day before       B．the next day    C．the same day        D the other day

8．A．surprising           B．tired           C．nervous            D．lonely

9．A．next to              B．around         C．behind             D．away from

10．A．us                B．him           C．them              D．you

11．A．of                B．for             C．with               D．about

12．A．words            B．actions         C．play               D．fun

13．A．important          B．interesting       C．expensive          D．wonderful

14．A．never             B．usually    C．sometimes          D．often

15．A．look            B．price          C．size            D．weight

The other day Roy Price went “home”to his sister’s house. It’s her home now; and it’s also the house he was born in, Pat, his sister, kissed him and said, “You haven’t changed much, Roy. Let me see, now – when did we meet last?”

    “Thirty years ago,”he answered.“I came here for a week, do you remember? And I was right thirty then.”He added, “You’ve changed very little.”But it wasn’t true. Pat looked like an old lady.

    The next morning Roy walked through the small town alone. The place looked very different. There were lots of traffic signs beside the roads. There was a new car park, a new post office, a new… . He remembered suddenly that the bus used to stop anywhere: you just put up your hand and it stopped. One surprise followed another. But Roy’s biggest surprise was the people. He didn’t recognize（认识）anybody at all. He thought perhaps everyone here seemed old. He went into the post office and bought some stamps. “Where are all the children and young people?”he asked the postmaster. The old fellow looked up and answered, “Children? They’re in school, of course.”

    At lunch Pat said, “The town looks nice, doesn’t it?”

    “It’s all different, Pat. It used to be an exciting place, but now it’s full of old people. I don’t understand…”

    “There are a few newcomers, but the ones we knew are still here. You’re not young yourself, Roy, are you?”

1. The house Roy was born in is now his ___________ home.

    A. mother’s                  B. sister’s                            C. new                  D. own

2. In the eyes of Roy, the small town looked ___________ and people seemed ___________.

    A. different, old             B. different, young        C. old, young         D. old, new

3. In the passage the writer mainly wants to tell us that ___________.

    A. people in the small town were old like Roy’s sister

    B. Roy hasn’t changed much but his sister has changed a lot

    C. Roy’s hometown has changed a lot since he left 30 years ago

    D. Roy didn’t recognize anybody because he had been away for 30 years

阅读理解

　　When Thomas Edison was 15, a train accident hurt his ears. Once when he tried to jump on a moving train, a conductor grabbed (抓) his ears to pull him up. He soon began to lose most of his hearing. His deafness (耳聋) could have been cured by an operation. But Edison didn't take the operation. He said being deaf helped him concentrate (专心).

　　“Deafness probably drove me to reading.” he said later in life. He was one of the first people to use the Detroit Free Library. His library card was number 33. He went through shelf by shelf, reading every book.

　　Edison enjoyed science books best of all. He read many kinds of science books. He realized (认识) his future would be in finding ways to make lives better, instead of just learning how things work.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1．What is the passage mainly about?

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2．Edison didn't take the operation because ________.

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A．he was afraid of losing his life in the operation

B．he thought his deafness could make him read books more carefully

C．he didn't have enough money

D．he had no time to take the operation

3．The underlined word “cured” means ________.

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4．Which of the following is right?

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A．Edison had ear problems before the accident.

B．Edison liked to read story - books in the library.

C．You would pay for the books if you read in the Detroit Free Library.

D．Edison's ear problem could be cured.

5．What did Edison want to do in his future?

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Hannah was born and raised in a poor (贫困的)framily. She wore（穿）hand –me –downs(旧东西) from her older sisters.For Christmas she usually got used toys and books .As a chilld ,she wanted to have the beautiful clothes ,cars ,and homes that she often saw on TV and in magazines.

Five years after college,she became a manager.Her dream came true.She had her own company(公司)near Central Park.She took skiing vacations in the winter and travelled by ship in the summer .At the age of 30,Hannah was on top of the world.

Then she had her usual health check-up.Her doctor told her that she had a serious illness.Her doctor guessed that she had less than a year to live.

He advised ,“If you have any once –in –a-life time plans,do them now.”

Hannah spent her last months in her company.She was looked after by hospice (临终安养院)workers.Her family and friends often visited her .The moment before she died ,she opened her eyes and said,“If you have your health,you have everything.”

1.What did Hannah often get for Christmas when she was a child?

A.Beautiful cars. B.New magazines.

C.Her sisters’clothes. D.Used toys and books.

2.What did Hannah do ?

A.She was a doctor.

B.She was A TV host.

C.She worked for a famous company.

D.She was the manager of her own company.

3.Why did the doctor ask Hannah to do some once-in-a-lifetime plans?

A.Because she had a lot of time after vacations.

B.Because she would not live for more than a year.

C.Because she was busy every day .

D.Because she had enough money to do so.

4.What is the most importeant thing for people according to Hannah’s last words?

A.Money. B.Time. C.Health. D.Friends.

5.What did Hannah probably realize(认识到)at last?

A.She should buy lots of beautiful clothes and a big house.

B.She should go to see the famous doctors in foreign countries.

C.She should give her company to her family.

D.When a person loses his health,he kows how important it is.