I. 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的汉语或首字母提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式。
The head office of the company is in Beijing, but it has ____（分公司）all over the world.
They often have the tradition of e    gifts before they graduate from high school.
I’m not fond of sports. Honestly speaking, music _____to me more than sports.
It was e    that the policy was a failure; nothing has changed at all.
What a c    it is that they were born in the same year and on the same day!
I once a    to read an English novel, but there were so many new words that I had to give up halfway.
She has already tried her best. Please don’t be too ______(挑剔) about her job.
Can you p    what will happen if he is late for the meeting?
Our school has ______(采用) a new teaching method.
He studied hard with the a      of passing the exam.