Time is very important in our lives. It ---36--- our everyday moments. However, time never had any ---37---　 in my life until I received a watch from my father that organized my life and made me more ---38--- .It's round in the center with two silver bands that go around my wrist. And all of it is made of silver. This ---39--- tells me the importance of time in my life. I received this ---40---on a gray-sky day. I had to go to the airport at 9;00 AM to ---41---up my uncle Ali and take him to my father's house. ---42---, I was late because I was ---43--- out with my friend. Later on that day, around 11 ;00 AM, I ---44--- my uncle, but I was very ---45--- for him. He had ---46--- 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 ---47--- of myself at that moment. After I said hi to my ---48--- father and fired 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 ---49--- with your friends today?" I answered, "Yes father, and I’m sorry about not picking up my Uncle Ali. " He said, "What you ---50--- was not very nice and you should be sorry for your ---51--- .” 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 ---52 --- for you. " He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my ---53--- .I learned a very important lesson from my father: to ---54--- time and never be late to get someone. This watch is ---55--- to me, not because of its price, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.

36. A. appreciates 　　B. organizes　 C. orders　 D. explains

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

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

39. A. object 　　B. belonging　 C. matter 　　D. stranger

40. A. card　 B. letter　 C. gift　　 D. thing

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

42. A. Otherwise　 B. Fortunately　 C. However　 D. Hopefully

43. A. going 　　B. hanging　 C. standing 　　D. leaving

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

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

46. A. reached　 B. recognized　 C. left　 D. found

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

48. A. kind　 B. happy　 C. angry　　 D. doubtful

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

50. A. said　 B. did　 C. thought　 D. forgot

51. A. ideas　 B. words　 C. actions　 D. promises

52. A. wonder　 B. hope　 C. requirement　 D. reminder

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

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

55. A. useful　 B. necessary　 C. different　 D. important

35. --- Are you through with your homework?

　　　 --- Well, _____,

A. sort of　　 B. go ahead　 C. why not　 D. that’s OK

34. She was such a proud person that she would die _____ she would admit she was wrong.

　 A. rather than　 B. until　 C. after　 D.before

33. --- How can I find Robert?　 -

--- Try phoning him ----- he ______ be home by now.

A. can't　　 B. should　 C. would　　 D. mustn't

32. --- Oh, must you? Stay a bit longer. It's been such fun having you.

　　　 --- _____, but I've got an early start tomorrow morning.

　　　 A. No problem　 B. All right　 C. Thanks anyway　 D. Never mind

31. At present the hotel is almost empty, but I'm sure things will start to _____ in the spring.　

A. rise up　　 B. hold on　　 C. pick up　　 D. hang out

30. Working in the kitchen for years made Tom _____ a good cook.

A. for　 B. into　 C. Of　　 D. as

29. Much to the couple's comfort, their income is now double _____ it was five years ago.

　　　 A. that　　 B. than　 C. which　 D. what