Time is very important in our lives. It organizes our everyday moments. However, time never had any importance in my life until I  16  a watch from my father, which organized my life and made me more responsible. It’s round in the center with two silver bands(带) that   17 around my wrist and all of it is made of silver.
I received this   18 on a gray – sky day. I had to go to the airport at 9:00 am to  19  up my Uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house.  20  , I was late because I was   21 out with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 am, I   22 my uncle, but I was very late for him. He had   23 the airport and taken a taxi to my father’s house.
I got to my father’s house at 2:00 pm that day and felt ashamed of myself at that moment. After I said hi to my   24 father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him and handed me this watch as a gift from him. Then he said, “Peter, did you have   25 with your friends today?” I answered, “Yes, father, and   26  apologized for not meeting my Uncle Ali.” He said, “What you   27  was not very nice and you should be sorry for your action.” 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   28  for you.” He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my  29  .
I learned a very important lesson from my father: to respect time and never to be late to get someone. This watch is   30  to me, not because of its price, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.

【小题1】
A.receivedB.acceptedC.wonD.achieved
【小题2】
A.goB.runC.areD.attach
【小题3】
A.cardB.letterC.giftD.thing
【小题4】
A.callB.pickC.putD.bring
【小题5】
A.OtherwiseB.BesidesC.HoweverD.Therefore
【小题6】
A.goingB.leavingC.standingD.hanging
【小题7】
A.forgotB.rememberedC.sawD.visited
【小题8】
A.arrivedB.recognizedC.leftD.found
【小题9】
A.kindB.happyC.angryD.doubtful
【小题10】
A.lunchB.quarrelC.appointmentD.fun
【小题11】
A.IB.heC.theyD.we
【小题12】
A.saidB.didC.thoughtD.forgot
【小题13】
A.wonderB.hopeC.requirementD.reminder
【小题14】
A.lifeB.dayC.wayD.thought
【小题15】
A.usefulB.necessaryC.differentD.Important

Several years ago I studied in a university in the biggest city in our country. It’s very beautiful, I could read lots of books there and I made lots of friends there. But it’s hot in  11 . So I usually returned to my hometown when my   12  began. It is not big, but it’s cool and quiet. I could   13  in the daytime and have a good sleep at night.
One day I had some problems to solve. But I didn’t take the   14  home. My father told me Charlie, one of my   15 , had a good library. I went to his house at once. We didn’t see each other after I   16  my middle school. At first he didn’t   17  me. He looked me up and down. And then he called out, “Oh, dear! It’s you, Fred! I haven’t seen you for a long time!”
Of course we were   18  to meet each other again and talked a lot about our schoolmates and   19 . We also talked about the interesting things at that time. Later on he showed me around his   20 . It wasn’t big but there were a lot of nice books in it. And the dictionaries I   21  were in it too. At last I said, “Can you   22  some dictionaries to me, please?”
“I’m sorry I don’t lend any books to others,” said the young man.
“Are you afraid I’ll   23  them?”
“No, I’m not. I’m afraid you won’t   24  them to me. Look! All the books in my library are not   25 , but borrowed!”

【小题1】
A.springB.summerC.autumnD.winter
【小题2】
A.birthdayB.SaturdayC.SundayD.holiday
【小题3】
A.studyB.playC.restD.work
【小题4】
A.booksB.notebooksC.dictionariesD.magazines
【小题5】
A.brothersB.sistersC.neighborsD.classmates
【小题6】
A.finishedB.heard ofC.looked atD.visited
【小题7】
A.seeB.hearC.recognizeD.call
【小题8】
A.angryB.happyC.worriedD.sad
【小题9】
A.doctorsB.teachersC.workersD.drivers
【小题10】
A.factoryB.officeC.libraryD.house
【小题11】
A.neededB.readC.wroteD.liked
【小题12】
A.passB.sendC.giveD.lend
【小题13】
A.loseB.sellC.throwD.read
【小题14】
A.payB.returnC.sendD.give
【小题15】
A.foundB.givenC.wonD.bought

I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I've 1 that the best way to do it is (to) let go of past failures. But that's not all. One can never fully 2 today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never 3 while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉). The 4 is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!
I once 5 a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend 6 Gable one afternoon at the actor's home. She brought along her 7 son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He 8 he was racing those cars around a great track, which in 9 was an imaginary circle around a golden statue. The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable 10 for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.
When his mother told him the time had come to 11 , the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this?” 12 to the Oscar.
“Sure,” he smiled. “It's yours.”
The horrified mother 13 . “Put that back immediately!”
Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn't mean anything to me; 14 it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a 15 hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to 16, rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.
You may have learned to let go of past 17 and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the 18?Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?
“I like the 19 of the future better than the history of the past,” said Thomas Jefferson. I 20. After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      discovered 
    2. B.
      inferred
    3. C.
      preferred
    4. D.
      worried
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      spend
    2. B.
      live
    3. C.
      affect
    4. D.
      enjoy
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      struggle
    2. B.
      work
    3. C.
      succeed
    4. D.
      concentrate
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      story
    2. B.
      fact
    3. C.
      idea
    4. D.
      figure
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      wrote
    2. B.
      told
    3. C.
      knew
    4. D.
      heard
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      saw
    2. B.
      recognized
    3. C.
      met
    4. D.
      visited
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      careful
    2. B.
      small
    3. C.
      lonely
    4. D.
      clever
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      pretended
    2. B.
      believed
    3. C.
      insisted
    4. D.
      suggested
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      fact
    2. B.
      case
    3. C.
      turn
    4. D.
      need
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      cared
    2. B.
      asked
    3. C.
      won
    4. D.
      looked
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      act
    2. B.
      leave
    3. C.
      play
    4. D.
      wait
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      running
    2. B.
      getting
    3. C.
      pointing
    4. D.
      shouting
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      shouted
    2. B.
      noticed
    3. C.
      suffered
    4. D.
      breathed
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      selling
    2. B.
      keeping
    3. C.
      earning
    4. D.
      sharing
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      special
    2. B.
      comfortable
    3. C.
      expensive
    4. D.
      necessary
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      rest
    2. B.
      cheat
    3. C.
      stop
    4. D.
      sit
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      difficulties
    2. B.
      events
    3. C.
      failures
    4. D.
      achievements
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      time
    2. B.
      future
    3. C.
      body
    4. D.
      brain
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      idea
    2. B.
      meaning
    3. C.
      dreams
    4. D.
      thoughts
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      obey
    2. B.
      permit
    3. C.
      wish
    4. D.
      agree

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