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