完形填空。
I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I'm left  1  . Why do these people create
mistrust and problems, especially with those from other  2  ?
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s,  3  children from different races and religions
played and studied  4  in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone's  5  from Ismail's. And no one
was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu-we just  6  our differences.
Perhaps,our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice, well  7  or otherwise.
We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we 'd  8  the countryside on our
bicycles,hoping to  9  the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare
shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his  10  .
When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail's family later returned to their village, and I 11 
touch with him.
One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I  12  my destination. The driver
acknowledged my  13  but did not move off. Instead, he looked  14  at me. "Raddar?" he said, using
my childhood nickname (绰号).I was astonished at being so  15  addressed (称呼).Unexpectedly! It
was Ismail! Even after two  16  we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something 17  to describe.
If we can allow our children to be  18  without prejudice, they'll build friendships with people,
regardless of race or religion, who will be 19 their side through thick and thin. On such friendships are
societies built and  20  we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote, "We happy few. We band
of brothers".

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C. puzzled     C. villages     C. how         C. alone       C. move         C. sought       C. preserved   C. discover     C. come across C. effort       C. developed   C. decided     C. opinions     C. disappointedly C. fully       C. years       C. hard         C. us           C. with         C. then

D. excited       D. races         D. when         D. apart         D. roll         D. accepted     D. treated       D. desert       D. take away     D. company       D. missed       D. chose         D. arrangements D. fixedly       D. coldly       D. decades       D. clear         D.  ourselves   D. against       D. instead

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