While traveling in Ssesse Island, Uganda, I came across a basket weaver. Weaving basket designs is a complex craft that ____1____ much skill and cleverness. To see an expert at work is so ____2____ that I had watched this particular lady for hours. What was astonishing, ____3____, was that a young African man had also become ____4____ as the basket weaver performed her craft.
____5____ whether the young man was more interested in the basket weaving or the weaver, I ____6____ the unexpected couple. On being asked about his ____7____ in weaving, the wise young man looked at me with complete puzzle and ____8____ that he didn’t know how to weave so he was watching because people can always ____9____ something from one another.
Of all the lessons I’ve learned during my travels, one of the finest is that ____10____ has nothing to do with wealth and little to do with ____11____ education! Wisdom can be ____12____ in every village, every town, every city, country, and continent in every ____13____ of the earth. Moreover, the wisest are often not those who are the most outspoken but, ____14____, those who are quiet and modest.
The young man on Ssesse Island is a perfect ____15____. His high status in the village was such that he was not ____16____ to study the lowly task of basket weaving; yet, there he was. And to top it off, this modest young man threw out a pearl of wisdom so ____17____.
As I watch what is ____18____ in our world today, I find myself wishing that more people had the wisdom of my young African friend. Much time has ____19____ since I met the young man but I have carried his wisdom in my heart ____20____. And I believe that it doesn’t matter who we are, we can always learn something from one another.
1．A．asks B．takes C．costs D．deserves
2．A．encouraging B．moving C．fascinating D．touching
3．A．however B．otherwise C．anyhow D．therefore
4．A．inspired B．excited C．delighted D．engaged
5．A．Thinking B．Finding C．Wondering D．Accepting
6．A．walked B．approached C．reached D．met
7．A．hobby B．doubt C．advantage D．interest
8．A．replied B．told C．spoken D．remarked
9．A．borrow B．learn C．understand D．think
10．A．thought B．knowledge C．wisdom D．opinion
11．A．private B．special C．usual D．formal
12．A．found B．invented C．discovered D．created
13．A．side B．space C．corner D．district
14．A．though B．instead C．however D．therefore
15．A．example B．figure C．model D．symbol
16．A．meant B．predicated C．planned D．expected
17．A．certainly B．naturally C．surely D．definitely
18．A．appearing B．turning C．happening D．showing
19．A．passed B．disappeared C．lost D．missed
20．A．ever after B．before long C．long since D．ever since