Time is very important in our lives. It organizes our everyday moments. However, time never had any importance in my life until I received a watch from my father that organized my life and made me more　 1　　 .

　 It’s round in the center with two silver bands that go around my wrist（手腕）. And all of it is made of silver. This object tells me the 　 2　 of time in my life.

　 I received this gift on a gray-sky day. 1 had to go to the airport at 9:00 AM to 　 3　 up my Uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house. However, I was late because I was 　 4　 out with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 AM, I 　 5　 my uncle, but I was very 　　6　 for him. He had left the airport and taken a taxi to my father's house.

　 I got to my father's house at 2:00 PM on the same day and looked at my angry father’s face I felt 　　7　　 of myself at that moment. After I said hi to my angry father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him where he handed me this watch as a gift from him. Then he said, “Essa, did you have 　　8　 with your friends today?” I answered, “Yes father, and I'm sorry about not picking up my Uncle Ali” He said, "What you did was not very nice and you should be 　 9　 for your actions ” 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 reminder for you.” He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my 　 10　 　

I learned a very important lesson from my father: to 　 11　 time and never be late to get someone. This watch is 　 12　 to me, not because of its price, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.

1. A. confident B. independent　 C. efficient　　 D. responsible

2. A. importance　　　　　　　　 B. similarity　　 C. necessity D. interest

3. A. call　　 B. put　　　　　 C. pick　　　　　 D. bring

4. A. going　　 B. hanging（闲逛）　　　　　　　　 C. standing D. leaving

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

6. A. anxious　 B. nervous　　　 C. early　　　　 D. late

7. A. ashamed　 B frightened　　 C. disappointed　 D. shy

8.A.pleasure　 B. fun　　　　　 C. appointment　 D. quarrels

9. A. anxious　 B. happy　　　　 C. sorry　　　　 D. proud

10.A.life　　　 B. day　　　　　 C. way　　　　　 D. thought　　　　　

11. A. waste　 B. respect　　　 C. neglect　　　 D. enjoy

12. A. bad　　 B. necessary　　 C. different　　 D. important　

Of all living creatures on earth, insects are the most plentiful. Some　 36　 are very useful to man, for example, bees,　 37　 we get honey and wax, and silkworms, which　 38　 us with silk. Other varieties,　 39　 , are extremely harmful, and do a great　 40　 of damage, especially to crops. Locusts （蝗虫） are perhaps the most dangerous of all,　 41　 they will eat almost any green　 42　 , and when millions of them　 43　 on cultivated land（耕地）they soon leave it　 44　 . In some countries they are the farmer’s　 45　 enemy. Another nuisance is the common　 46　 , not only because it　 47　 us indoors and out - of- doors, but because it spreads diseases.

　　Scientists have given much time and　 48　 to the study of insects. It needs the most careful and　 49　 observation. Thanks　 50　 their discoveries we now know almost all　 51　 is to be known about the habits of these hardworking insects, bees and ants, which live in　 52　 better planned in some ways than our　　53　 . But the most valuable work has been done in trying to give　 54　 to men, animals and crops from the　 55　 which insects cause.

　　36．A. members  B. forms  C. qualities  D. varieties

　　37．A. by which  B. from which  C. of which  D. in which

　　38．A. give  B. produce  C. offer  D. supply

　　39．A. however  B. meanwhile C. therefore  D. what's more

　　40．A. majority  B. number  C. amount  D. quantity

　　41．A. and  B. for  C. if  D. when

　　42．A. grass  B. field  C. fruit  D. plant

　　43．A. settle  B. attack  C. pass  D. cross

　　44．A. bare  B. nothing  C. empty  D. untouched

　　45．A. hardest  B. greatest  C. serious  D. wildest

　　46．A. insect  B. creature  C. fly  D. enemy

　　47．A. dislikes  B. bites  C. worries  D. hates

　　48．A. understanding  B. ideas  C. comprehension  D. thought

　　49．A. serious  B. patient  C. curious  D. long

　　50．A. for  B. of  C. to  D. with

　　51．A. that  B. which  C. there  D. what

　　52．A. societies  B. crowds C. teams  D. organizations

　　53．A. world  B. nation  C. selves  D. own

　　54．A. help  B. protection  C. living  D. defense

　　55．A. injury  B. wound  C. sickness  D. ruin