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[ "feelings", "expectations", "explanations" ]
If students are able to have lunch outside of the school, they will get more [MASK] about how the real world works.
experiences
[ "wish", "ability", "need" ]
If they stand in a cafeteria line every day, they won't have the [MASK] to get involved in wider society.
chance
[ "obviously", "naturally", "clearly" ]
Students, [MASK] those who are about to graduate, need to know what to expect when they're on their own.
especially
[ "accept", "enjoy", "remember" ]
Eating outside makes it possible for them to [MASK] more of the outside world.
learn
[ "easy", "useless", "doubtful" ]
It is [MASK] for the school to place more trust in teens.
important
[ "work", "start", "leave" ]
They should be trusted enough to eat out and [MASK] on time.
return
[ "active", "happy", "honest" ]
School officials argue that they're making sure children are [MASK] by keeping them in school since they're worried that something unexpected might happen to children.
safe
[ "strange", "necessary", "impossible" ]
School officials argue that they're making sure children are safe by keeping them in school since they're worried that something [MASK] might happen to children.
unexpected
[ "exciting", "boring", "puzzling" ]
Of course, lunch rush can be [MASK] , especially if teens race outside and back to school at the expected time.
dangerous
[ "tall", "strong", "smart" ]
But the students are now [MASK] enough to be responsible for their own behavior.
old
[ "make", "change", "break" ]
All teens have been taught to [MASK] road rules when they are outside alone.
follow
[ "humor", "direction", "achievement" ]
It gives students a sense of [MASK] and responsibility, and they deserve to be trusted.
freedom
[ "difference", "research", "speech" ]
It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important [MASK] : giving-away makes life so much more exciting.
discovery
[ "earn", "spend", "steal" ]
You needn't worry if you [MASK] money.
lack
[ "connected", "cooperated", "experimented" ]
This is how I [MASK] with giving-away.
experienced
[ "strikes", "happens", "attempts" ]
If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store [MASK] in my mind, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper.
flashes
[ "appeal", "request", "demand" ]
If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes in my mind, I step in and make the [MASK] to the storekeeper.
suggestion
[ "damage", "challenge", "material" ]
If an accident takes place, the [MASK] of which I think the local police could use, I call him up and tell him about it, though I am not in charge here.
story
[ "hold", "cheer", "pick" ]
If an accident takes place, the story of which I think the local police could use, I [MASK] him up and tell him about it, though I am not in charge here.
call
[ "possession", "trouble", "place" ]
If an accident takes place, the story of which I think the local police could use, I call him up and tell him about it, though I am not in [MASK] here.
charge
[ "plus", "for", "before" ]
I found a rule about this world is to give [MASK] getting something back, though the return often comes in an unexpected form.
without
[ "process", "goal", "concern" ]
I found a rule about this world is to give without getting something back, though the [MASK] often comes in an unexpected form.
return
[ "replied", "driven", "brought" ]
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special letter to my home, though it was [MASK] to me at my office.
addressed
[ "invitation", "apology", "complaint" ]
I wrote the postmaster a note of [MASK] .
appreciation
[ "discussing", "providing", "applying" ]
More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was [MASK] . I was told at the window that there were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list.
starting
[ "enough", "extra", "other" ]
More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was starting . I was told at the window that there were [MASK] boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list.
no
[ "admitting", "relating", "buying" ]
More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was starting . I was told at the window that there were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long [MASK] list.
waiting
[ "positive", "shocked", "optimistic" ]
As I was about to be [MASK] , the postmaster appeared in the doorway .
discouraged
[ "window", "home", "yard" ]
As I was about to be discouraged , the postmaster appeared in the [MASK] .
doorway
[ "unfamiliar", "unknown", "uncertain" ]
"Wasn't it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering an [MASK] delivery to your home?"
unexpected
[ "something", "anything", "Everything" ]
We usually get [MASK] but complaints."
nothing
[ "disease", "arrival", "appearance" ]
About a week after his [MASK] , she shared her insights with the students.
death
[ "continued", "focused", "broke" ]
When the class was nearly over, she [MASK] and said, " I would like to share with all of you a thought that has nothing to do with class, but which I feel is very important .
paused
[ "argue", "communicate", "whisper" ]
When the class was nearly over, she paused and said, " I would like to [MASK] with all of you a thought that has nothing to do with class, but which I feel is very important .
share
[ "something", "everything", "anything" ]
When the class was nearly over, she paused and said, " I would like to share with all of you a thought that has [MASK] to do with class, but which I feel is very important .
nothing
[ "improper", "attractive", "unbelievable" ]
When the class was nearly over, she paused and said, " I would like to share with all of you a thought that has nothing to do with class, but which I feel is very [MASK] .
important
[ "farm", "road", "ground" ]
"Each of us is put here on the [MASK] to learn, share, love and appreciate ourselves.
earth
[ "disaster", "schedule", "custom" ]
None of us knows when this [MASK] will end.
experience
[ "fun", "difference", "sense" ]
Perhaps this is life's way of telling us that we must make good [MASK] of every day."
use
[ "smile", "shut", "glare" ]
Her eyes beginning to [MASK] , she went on saying, "So I would like you all to promise me.
water
[ "permit", "forgive", "respect" ]
Her eyes beginning to water , she went on saying, "So I would like you all to [MASK] me.
promise
[ "strange", "powerful", "different" ]
From now on, on your way home, find something [MASK] to notice.
beautiful
[ "signal", "action", "direction" ]
It doesn't have to be something you see - it could be scent of fresh bread, or it could be the [MASK] of the wind slightly rustling the leaves."
sound
[ "support", "receive", "remember" ]
"Please look for these things, and [MASK] them.
value
[ "easy", "harmful", "puzzling" ]
They are [MASK] observing, for at any time they can all be taken away."
worth
[ "slowly", "curiously", "secretly" ]
We all picked up our books and went out of the room [MASK] .
silently
[ "smaller", "fewer", "larger" ]
That afternoon, on my way home I noticed [MASK] things than before.
more
[ "result", "chance", "pain" ]
Every time I think of that teacher and remember what a (n) [MASK] she made on all of us, I try to appreciateY= all of those things that sometimes we all ignores.
impression
[ "produce", "taste", "change" ]
Every time I think of that teacher and remember what a (n) impression she made on all of us, I try to [MASK] all of those things that sometimes we all ignores.
appreciateY=
[ "and", "for", "but" ]
For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret, [MASK] the things we didn't do.
or
[ "improved", "become", "increased" ]
Life has [MASK] for millions of teenagers across the world who now make friends online.
changed
[ "If", "When", "Unless" ]
[MASK] you use chat rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are part of a virtual community .
Whether
[ "member", "partner", "number" ]
Whether you use chat rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are [MASK] of a virtual community .
part
[ "while", "when", "still" ]
"I rarely talk with my parents or grandparents, [MASK] I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ," said Fox's Shadow, the online nickname used by a Senior 2 girl in China.
but
[ "before", "at", "since" ]
"Eighty per cent of my classmates use QQ [MASK] school."
after
[ "product", "structure", "organization" ]
QQ is the biggest messaging [MASK] in China.
service
[ "granting", "depending", "considering" ]
A record 4 million people used it on Saturday nights in October, [MASK] to Tencent, the company which developed QQ.
according
[ "sleepy", "tired", "busy" ]
"I log in on Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel [MASK] . I usually spend about 10 hours chatting online every week,"she said.
bored
[ "take", "cost", "pay" ]
"I log in on Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel bored . I usually [MASK] about 10 hours chatting online every week,"she said.
spend
[ "adults", "males", "strangers" ]
"But I rarely talk with [MASK] , especially boys or men."
friends
[ "relation", "touch", "contact" ]
Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making [MASK] with strangers online.
friends
[ "that", "whose", "these" ]
"You don't know [MASK] you're talking to.
who
[ "often", "usually", "sometimes" ]
You should [MASK] be careful about who you trust online."
always
[ "recognize", "tell", "judge" ]
Many people would like to meet offline when they feel they have got to [MASK] someone very well.
know
[ "good", "safely", "healthy" ]
However, not all teenagers have been so [MASK] .
fortunate
[ "kept", "held", "killed" ]
The criminals weren't [MASK] until last month.
caught
[ "uselessness", "noise", "rubbish" ]
"I used to chat on QQ, but I found that most people were talking [MASK] ," he said.
nonsense
[ "short", "lack", "little" ]
But he spends little time chatting as he sees it as a [MASK] of time and money.
waste
[ "kept", "held", "stuck" ]
"If you are really [MASK] to it, sometimes you just can't cocentrate in class," he said.
addicted
[ "friends", "classmates", "neighbors" ]
Because of what those words meant to me,I said the same thing to my21 [MASK] .
children
[ "confusion", "imagination", "attraction" ]
My childhood was filled with 22 [MASK] --a lot of kisses,lots of hugs,and lots of spoken "I love you".Because of what those meant to me,I 23 gave my sons the same things.
happiness
[ "ordered", "paid", "bought" ]
My childhood was filled with 22 happiness --a lot of kisses,lots of hugs,and lots of spoken "I love you".Because of what those meant to me,I 23 [MASK] my sons the same things.
gave
[ "famous", "peaceful", "rich" ]
My mom came from a 24 [MASK] family and had a difficult childhood,yet she never25 complained about how unlucky she was.
broken
[ "thought", "learned", "wondered" ]
My mom came from a 24 broken family and had a difficult childhood,yet she never25 [MASK] about how unlucky she was.
complained
[ "With", "Like", "Before" ]
26 [MASK] my mom,I saw love's ability to forgive.
In
[ "because", "so", "if" ]
I saw my sweet mom love my Grandpa,27 [MASK] he had abandoned her and my Grandma and failed to 28 provide them with basic necessities;I never saw mom treat Grandpa any way but lovingly,even though he was far from 29 kind . I learned how love behaves and forgives.
although
[ "prepare", "run", "hope" ]
I saw my sweet mom love my Grandpa,27 although he had abandoned her and my Grandma and failed to 28 [MASK] them with basic necessities;I never saw mom treat Grandpa any way but lovingly,even though he was far from 29 kind . I learned how love behaves and forgives.
provide
[ "special", "normal", "smart" ]
I saw my sweet mom love my Grandpa,27 although he had abandoned her and my Grandma and failed to 28 provide them with basic necessities;I never saw mom treat Grandpa any way but lovingly,even though he was far from 29 [MASK] . I learned how love behaves and forgives.
kind
[ "little", "free", "early" ]
I watched my mom 30 look after my 100yearold grandma who,in her blindness,deafness and feebleness ,needed almost 31 [MASK] care.
total
[ "call", "ask", "encourage" ]
They would 32 [MASK] each other this at least five times a 33 day --when mom got Grandma up,made her comfortable in bed,or prepared her 34 meal .
tell
[ "year", "month", "second" ]
They would 32 tell each other this at least five times a 33 [MASK] --when mom got Grandma up,made her comfortable in bed,or prepared her 34 meal .
day
[ "books", "money", "travel" ]
They would 32 tell each other this at least five times a 33 day --when mom got Grandma up,made her comfortable in bed,or prepared her 34 [MASK] .
meal
[ "question", "solution", "measure" ]
And I would hear love's 35 [MASK] when Grandma said,"And I love you too."
response
[ "Besides", "Therefore", "Also" ]
37 [MASK] ,love's focus is on what needs to be done and on doing it the 38 best we can.
Instead
[ "quickest", "least", "longest" ]
37 Instead ,love's focus is on what needs to be done and on doing it the 38 [MASK] we can.
best
[ "look", "put", "write" ]
My mom taught me to love;she told me to 39 [MASK] it on to my children,and she40 showed forgiveness herself.
pass
[ "expected", "remembered", "doubted" ]
My mom taught me to love;she told me to 39 pass it on to my children,and she40 [MASK] forgiveness herself.
showed
[ "so", "but", "however" ]
The wise man said, "Never tell lies [MASK] always speak the truth."
and
[ "persuaded", "preferred", "began" ]
The man [MASK] to do so and went home.
promised
[ "played", "drank", "recognized" ]
Before setting out, he [MASK] for a moment about the promise he made to the wise man.
thought
[ "walking", "studying", "climbing" ]
Shall I say I went out [MASK] ?
stealing
[ "move", "say", "help" ]
But nor can I [MASK] .
lie
[ "catching", "killing", "believing" ]
If I tell the truth, everyone will start [MASK] me and call me a thief.
hating
[ "expected", "hurt", "ignored" ]
I would be [MASK] for stealing."
punished
[ "asked", "forgot", "pretended" ]
So the man [MASK] not to steal that night, and gave up this bad habit.
decided
[ "special", "unfair", "funny" ]
So the man decided not to steal that night, and gave up this [MASK] habit.
bad
[ "went", "learnt", "stopped" ]
Next day, he [MASK] to drink wine.
wanted
[ "before", "since", "as" ]
"What shall I say to the wise man [MASK] he asks me what I did during the day?
if
[ "word", "power", "use" ]
And so he gave up the [MASK] of drinking wine.
idea
[ "base", "block", "place" ]
In this [MASK] , whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he remembered his promise to tell the truth at all times.
way