Question

通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

Time is very important in our life. But it never had any importance in my life until I _________a watch from my father. It ________ me the importance of time in my life.

I got this gift on a gray-sky day. I had to go to the _______ to pick up (接)my uncle Ali. However，I forgot it _______ I was playing with my friends. Later I ______ my uncle， but I was late for him. He had to _____ a taxi to my father’s house.

I got to my father’s house ____ . My father looked at me angrily. I said “Hi” to him and my _______ uncle. My father asked me to sit ______ him and gave me this watch which was a gift from ______ . It was made of silver. Then he said，“Essa, did you have fun ______ your friends today? What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your _______ . This watch will be a reminder（提醒物） for you. I hope today you have learned something ______ . ”

I learned a lesson from my father: respect (尊重) time and ______ be late. The watch is important to me, not because of its ______ , but because of the lesson（教训） that I learned from it.

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

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

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

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

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

6.A. got B. driven C. walked D. take

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

8.A. surprised B. tired C. happy 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. exciting

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

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

Answer 1