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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(有责任). It 　2　 me the importance of time in my life.

I got this gift on a grey-sky day. I had to go to the 　3　 at 9:00 a.m. to pick up（接）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　7　 my father’s house at 2:00 p.m. at the same day . 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（盎司）and all of it was made of silver（银）. 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．airport         B．school          C．hospital　 D．station

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

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

6.                A．had            B．driven          C．invited　 D．taken

7.                A．visited 　       B．reminded       C．reached　 D．left

8.                A．surprised　     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

口语应用

A: 　73
B: Yes, please, I want to buy a pair of sports shoes.
A: 　74
B: Size ten or eleven.
A: OK! What about this pair?
B: Sorry! I don’t like black. Have you got any other colors?
A: Other colors? 　75
B: Can I have a look at the brown ones?
A: Yes, please.
B: 　76
A: Forty-six yuan
B:　77
A: How about forty?
B: No, it’s still expensive. What about thirty?
A: Thirty? Er…all right. Please take it。

口语应用

A: 　73

B: Yes, please, I want to buy a pair of sports shoes.

A: 　74

B: Size ten or eleven.

A: OK! What about this pair?

B: Sorry! I don't like black. Have you got any other colors?

A: Other colors? 　75

B: Can I have a look at the brown ones?

A: Yes, please.

B: 　76

A: Forty-six yuan

B:　77

A: How about forty?

B: No, it's still expensive. What about thirty?

A: Thirty? Er…all right. Please take it。

At that time，this ship was the biggest and finest of a11. For it had sixteen compartments with her. If four of them were broken，she would still be able to stay on water.

Four days after she started out。while the Titanic was moving across the seas，the man on watch suddenly saw a very large iceberg(冰山)，and it was 100 meters tall. The great ship turned in time. However, before long there was a sudden sound from below. The noise was very low and nobody heard it. The captain went down and was surprised to see that five of her compartments were broken. The Titanic was going down fast.

The captain gave order to give up the ship and hundreds of people jumped into the water.

At last. Over 1500 people lost their lives because there were not enough lifeboats on the ship.

根据短文内容选择正确答案:

1. The Titanic was the name of a________.(　)

A. woman　　　　　　　　　　    B. man

C. ship　　　　　　　　　　    D. plane

2. Not a ship at that time_________.(　)

A. had compartments with her

B. sailed between England and America

C. could stay on the seas

D. was the same size as the Titanic

3. What broke five compartments of the ship?(　)

A. The low noise.

B. The large iceberg.

C. The captain.

D. The lifeboats on the ship.

4. The captain decided to give up his ship because he knew________.(　)

A. he could do nothing to save it

B. a lot of people j umpped into the water

C. icebergs were not far away

D. they could get to New York soon

5. How many people were saved in the end?(　)

A. No one.　　　　　　　　　　    B. About seven hundred.

C. More than 1500.　　　　　　　　　　    D. Half of the people.

Basketball is still a young game. It is over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891，a college was having trouble that the students had to stay indoors. Since they could not enjoy their sports outside as usual，they were unhappy，and some of them even fight.

Finally，one of the teachers，J.E.Naismith，was asked to invent a new game for the students. It was not an easy job. He thought for a few days and invented a kind of ballgame. It was a fast，exciting game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score the ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet high above the floor on the wall. At each end of the court，there was such a basket. At first，Naismith had planned to have the ball thrown into the box. As he could not find boxes of the right size，he had to use the fruit baskets. That is how the game got its name.

1.Basketball is ______ some of the other ball games.?

A. as old as　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. not as old as

C. older than　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. the oldest in

2.Basketball has a history of ______.

A. less than two hundreds

B. more than a century

C. about three hundred

D. more than two hundreds

3.What was used after Naismith used a box in the game?

A. The wall.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  　　   B.A kind of bag.

C.A fruit basket.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. The basketball team.

4.Which one is right?

A. The name of basketball got its name from a wall.

B. The name of basketball got its name from a fruit basket.

C. The name of basketball got its name from a man.

D. The name of basketball got its name from a student.

5.The best title for the passage is ______.

A. How to play basketball?

B. When basketball was invented?

C. How basketball was invented?

D. Naismith invented the basketball.