When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I can't ___1___what it was about, but I have never forgotten the ___2___ I learned that day.
I was ___3___ that I was right and he was wrong but he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. Our ___4___ decided to teach us a very important lesson and ___5___ a good idea. She ____6____ both of us up to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on ____7____. In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could ____8____ see that it was black. She asked the boy what ____9____ the object was. "White," he answered in a ____10____ voice. I couldn't believe he said the object was white, ____11____ it was obviously black! Another ____12____ started between my classmate and me, this ___13___ about the color of the object.
The teacher told me to go to stand where the boy was standing and told him to come to stand where I had been. We changed ____14____, and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I ____15____ answer, "White." It was then ____16____ I realized I was wrong. In fact, it was an object with two ____17____ colored sides, and from his side it was white, ____18____ from my side was the color black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must ____19____ yourself in the other person's shoes and look at the ____20____ through their eyes in order to truly understand their view.
1. A. think B. remember C. forget D. determine
2. A. class B. speech C. text D. lesson
3. A. sure B. glad C. afraid D. upset
4. A. doctor B. parent C. partner D. teacher
5. A. kept up with B. went on with C. came up with D. got along with
6. A. woke B. brought C. advised D. came
7. A. the other B. other C. another D. others
8. A. clearly B. happily C. luckily D. nearly
9. A. height B. colour C. size D. shape
10. A. sweet B. loud C. fearful D. grateful
11. A. for B. unless C. if D. although
12. A. match B. fight C. argument D. conversation
13. A. day B. time C. chance D. month
14. A. desks B. seats C. attitudes D. places
15. A. hoped to B. needed to C. had to D. was able to
16. A. when B. before C. that D. since
17. A. loosely B. frequently C. differently D. surprisingly
18. A. or B. and C. but D. so
19. A. sit B. live C. lie D. put
20. A. performance B. movement C. effort D. situation
【答案】1. B 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. A 9. B 10. B 11. A 12. C 13. B 14. D 15. C 16. C 17. C 18. C 19. D 20. D
