Time is very important in our lives．But it never had any importance in my life until I  1  a watch from my father that made me responsible(有責(zé)任)．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 fathers 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(尊重) 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．a(chǎn)irport            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．surprised               B．tired                    C．nervous                 D．lonely

9．A．next to                  B．a(chǎn)round                 C．behind                   D．a(chǎn)way from

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

11．A．of                        B．for                      C．with                             D．a(chǎn)bout

12．A．words                 B．a(chǎn)ctions                 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

    Time is important in our lives But I didn’t realize(認(rèn)識到)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．a(chǎn)irport                   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．a(chǎn)round         C．behind             D．a(chǎn)way from

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

11．A．of                B．for             C．with               D．a(chǎn)bout

12．A．words            B．a(chǎn)ctions         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

 ---What makes you so _______?

 ---I hear we will have a        holiday .

A.happy, seven day’s      B. happily; seven-day

C. happy, seven-day       D. happily; seven days

Father's Day has a very short history．It was started because there was a Mother's Day，and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother's Day，we should also have a Father's Day．Father's Day has become important in North America．And shopkeepers（店主）found it was a good way to get people to buy presents for their fathers，presents from their shops．

By the way，very few countries have a Father's Day，though some have Children's Day，or a special day for boys and another for girls．More and more countries are having Mother's Day，so maybe Father's Day will also become popular before too long．Now，what do people in North America do on Father's Day? The newspapers，radios，and TV tell children what they should do--buy a Father's Day present for your father．They even tell a wife to buy a Father's Day present--not for her father but for her husband，even if he is not yet a father．And they tell grandchildren to buy a Father's Day present for their grandfathers．

The important thing to remember about Father's Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way．

1．Father's Day was started just because _________．

A．there was a Mother's Day                                   B．there was a Children's Day

C．people liked their fathers very much

2．Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Very few countries have a Father's Day．

B．Americans never care about Father's Day．

C．Father's Day has become important in North America．

3．In America，people have a Father's Day to _________．

A．go shopping with their fathers                      B．help their fathers do something

C．show their love to their fathers

4．On Father's Day，shopkeepers always want _________．

A．people to buy as many as presents

B．children to buy presents only for their fathers

C．women to buy presents only for their husbands

5．It can be learned from the article that _________．

A．the writer is against Father's Day                  B．many countries have a Father's Day

C．shopkeepers can get more money on Father's Day than usual