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We are living in one of those periods in human history which are marked by revolutionary changes in all of man’s ideas and values. It is a time when every one of us must look within himself to find what ideas, what beliefs, and what ideals each of us will live by. And unless we find these ideals, and unless we stand by them firmly, we have no power to overcome the crisis in which we in our world find ourselves.
I believe in people, in sheer, unadulterated humanity. I believe in listening to what people have to say, in helping them to achieve the things which they want and the things which they need. Naturally, there are people who behave like beasts, who kill, who cheat, who lie and who destroy. But without a belief in man and a faith in his possibilities for the future, there can be no hope for the future, but only bitterness that the past has gone. I believe we must, each of us, make a philosophy by which we can live. There are people who make

[填空题] Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, 【B1】______ most of us are only too ready to 【B2】______ others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow 【B3】______ to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise. Perhaps it’’ s because few of us know how to accept compliments 【B4】______. Instead, 【B5】______ and shrug off(对......不屑一顾) the words we are really so glad to hear. Because of this defensive reaction, direct compliments are surprisingly difficult 【B6】______. That is why some of the most valued compliments are those which come to us indirectly, in a letter or 【B7】______ on by a friend. When one thinks of the speed 【B8】______ spiteful remarks are conveyed, it seems a pity that there 【B9】______ more effort to relay pleasing and flattering comments. Praise is particularly appreciated by those doing 【B10】______ jobs: gas station attendants, waitresses—even housewives. Do you ever go into a house and say, "What a tidy room!"
A. A．to be given
B．to giving
C．to give
D．give