1 . My friendship with the students in a primary school in Uganda started on a shaky ground. The ________ of not being understood was hidden within, for they spoke a language different from that of mine and mine too fell on ________ ears.

I greeted them with a broad smile, and they replied with ice cold ________ when I spoke further. A ________ echoed (回响) in my mind: you must live through it to get to them. So I gave it another try. I spoke ________ English with hand gestures and a bit of dancing. If all failed, the smile would ________. Soon we picked up and then the _______ of the learners came into play. At the mention of a name, reddish cheeks and shaking voices were the response I got. I decided to ________ a desk with a team each day during group work to get closer. After school, I ________ them home.

________, we became friends. They were even aware of my favorite fruit, avocado (牛油果). If I didn’t get one on my desk, it would ________ me wherever I was. My slippers were ________. One night I left them out as no one could steal a pair of slippers in that state. The next morning, I was ready to drag my slippers on as usual and I was surprised they had been ________. Wow!

The little things we do for each other bring us great joy and ________. We don’t have a proper spoken language, but we are fluent in the language of ________.

4 . Once a man came to a wise man's house and said, “I have many bad habits. Which one of them should I_______ first？” The wise man said，“Never tell lies _______ always speak the truth.”The man _______ to do so and went home.

At night the man was about to go out to steal.Before setting out，he _______ for a moment about the promise he had made to the wise man.“If he asks me where I have been, what shall I say? Shall I say I went out _______？ No，I cannot say that.But nor can I _______.If I tell the truth，everyone will start _______ me and call me a thief.I would be _______ for stealing.”So the man _______ not to steal that night，and gave up this ________ habit.

Next day，he ________ to drink   wine.When he was about to do so，he said to himself，“What shall I say to the wise man ________ he asks me what I did during the day? I cannot tell a lie.”So he gave up the ________ of drinking wine.

In this ________，whenever the man thought of doing something bad，he ________ his promise to tell the truth at all times.________，he gave up all his bad habits and became a very ________ person.

Telling the truth is a very good ________.If you always speak the truth，you can save yourself a lot of ________ and become a person whom everyone ________ and   favors.

Make a promise：I shall always speak the truth.

5 . When I was in primary school, I had a big argument with a boy in my class. I can’t ______ what it was about, but I have never forgotten the ______ I learned that day.

I was sure that I was right and he was wrong. ______, he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. The teacher decided to teach us a lesson. She ______ a good idea. She brought both of us to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her grey desk and me on ______ . In the middle of the desk was a large, round object. It was ______ for me to see that it was black. She asked the boy what color the object was. “______,” he answered in a loud voice.

I couldn’t ______ that the object was white, considering that it was certainly black! One more argument started between the boy and me, this time ______ the color of the object.

The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been. We changed ______, and then she asked me what the color of the object was. I ______ answer, “White.” It was then that I knew what was wrong. It was an object with two ______ colored sides, and from his side it was white ______ from my side was it black.

My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must ______ in other person’s position and look at the ______ through their eyes in order to truly understand their ideas.

6 . I was so blessed for all the special moments I had with my old mother. Old as she was,she always thought she was ________ me when I took her to the doctor visits, but it was a( n) ________ for me to spend quality time with her.

One day, on the way to a doctor visit, I ________ to a restaurant with a large arcade (游乐场)sign. I ________ some dishes, and it came with fifty tokens (代币)for the arcade games. It was 2：00 p.m. There was almost no ________ for us to choose so the employees made a fresh pizza for us instead.

There was loud music playing and someone ________ like a mouse encouraging the little children to dance. My mother was ________ by the dancing mouse and cheerful music. We ________ as the kids tried to follow the mouse's ________.

After we ate ,it was time to ________ those golden tokens. Mom loved playing Skee-Ball and collecting ________.She moved from game to game like a( n) ________.She had fun watching as one machine spat ________ seven tickets again and again! She ________ about the long strand (串)of tickets and placed them around her neck like a( n) ________.We waited for a long while________ my mother tried to decide what to get with her tickets. Finally, she ________ a toy whistle. The man gave her an ________ one for me, so we had fun blowing them together.

I keep that whistle on my desk, a( n ) ________ of a wonderful experience with my mom as we embraced her ________ to make the most of every day.

8 . Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town. I wanted to have a rest before catching the rain. I _______ a newspaper and some chocolate and _______ into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to _______ at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, _______ the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of coffee.

When I came back with the coffee, there was someone _______ in the next seat. _______ was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and _______ bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!

Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any _______. I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me in _______.Then he took a ________ piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it.

The boy gave me a strange look, then ________ up. As he left, he shouted out, “There’s something ________ with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, ________ I didn’t want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had ________ a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to ________. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!

9 . My cellphone rang while I was working on my computer. I looked at the phone and saw it was my 17-year-old son, Tom. I_________picked it up. “Mom, I got a 71 on the test, I did it.”With those few words, I could feel my heart start to_________.

Living in New York State, students cannot_________from high school unless they pass at least five exams: one in English, one in science, two in history and one in math. For most students, who work hard,_________class, and do their homework, it isn't that_________. But for Tom, who is dyslexic, it is such a real_________that some teachers have_________he would never be able to even attempt, let alone achieve.

We were_________with him about his trouble, letting him know that there was nothing to be_________of. Some people learn differently. If he was willing to__________, we would help him find a way to do as much as he could in his academic__________. All that was standing in his__________was this math test. He had__________it three times and did better each time, but he continued to__________. He was starting to get a bit tired of me saying this was a__________not a sprint. My__________broke each time we would get the failing results.

“Mom, thanks. I love you. Thanks for__________I could do this.”

For one of the few__________in my life, I really had nothing left to say. For that one__________moment I knew, really, really, knew that everything we did to help our son to__________what he wanted was worth it.

10 . A product successful at home does not always guarantee that it will do well abroad. More than one company has failed to consider that, ________ the price is reasonable, local consumers will often only be________ a product if it is modified to fit their local ________ .

It is clearly necessary to take account of local ________ .Something that tastes good in one part of the world does not taste so good in others. A large number of ________ food companies have discovered how important it is to ________ their products to suit local markets.The US soup producers Campbell, ________ , found that their tomato soup was ________ too sweet for Europe and Japan. ________ , European food manufacturers have had ________ selling their soups in the US, where consumers felt that they were too salty.

International fast food restaurant chains were some of the first companies to realize the ________ of changing their products in order to ________ local consumers. A hamburger chain sells shrimp cake sandwiches in its Japanese restaurants. Another ________ squid in Japan and chorizo in Mexico, In the UK, Kentucky Fried Chicken sells thick British-style “chips” instead of fries. While McDonald's ________ a generally standardized menu worldwide, this is adapted for its foreign ________ . For example, it has sold ________ in Germany but wine in France, and has added mutton pies to its Australian ________ .

Businesses hoping to sell their products ________ can learn an important lesson from these companies: It is essential to ________ the market to discover local tastes and preferences, as this is the only way to be sure a product will be as ________ and successful in new markets as it has been at home.