I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I'm left ____.Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other ____？
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early1960s，____ children from different races and religions played and studied ____ in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone's        _ from Ismail's. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu—we just ____ our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice, well ____ or otherwise.
We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we'd ____ the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to ___ the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his __  _.
When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail's family later returned to their village, and I ____ touch with him.
One spring afternoon in1983, I stopped a taxi inKuala Lumpur. I ____ my destination. The driver acknowledged my ____ but did not move off. Instead, he looked ____ at me.“Raddar？”he said, using my childhood nickname(绰号)．I was astonished at being so ____ addressed(称呼). Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two ____ we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something ____ to describe.
If we can allow our children to be ____ without prejudice, they'll build friendships with people, regardless of race or religion, who will be ____ their side through thick and thin. On such friendships are societies built and ____ we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote，“we happy few, we band of brothers”．

A．interested B．pleased C．puzzled D．excited

A．parties B．cities C．villages D．races

A．why B．which C．how D．when

A．together B．around C．alone D．apart

A．drop B．throw C．move D．roll

A．refused B．made C．sought D．accepted

A．paid B．meant C．preserved D．treated

A．explore B．search C．discover D．desert

A．get through B．deal with C．come across D．take away

A．arrival B．choice C．effort D．company

A．lost B．gained C．developed D．missed

A．stated B．ordered C．decided D．chose

A．attempts B．instructions C．opinions D．arrangements

A．anxiously B．carelessly C．disappointedly D．fixedly

A．familiarly B．strangely C．fully D．coldly

A．departures B．months C．years D．decades

A．possible B．funny C．hard D．clear

A．them B．themselves C．us D．ourselves

A．from B．by C．with D．against

A．still B．otherwise C．then D．instead