The two companies are competing ___ each other to get into the Chinese market.

_____ learn more knowledge, the students stay at school on Sunday.

She wondered what use she would _______ this chance.

---Where’s the little elephant?

---It’s said it ___ in the hospital.

It isn’t quite ___ whether the Tibetan antelope is still being hunted.

They will fly to Washington, ______ they plan to stay for two or three days.

You shouldn’t have failed the job interview. Why didn’t you do ___ the expert suggested?

Kelly _______ her sister is a member of the school basketball club.

Your parents have given you all the facts _____ you can judge for yourself easily

Once a man came to a wise man’s house and said, “ I have many bad habits. Which one of them should I   36  first?” The wise man said, “Never tell lies   37  always speak the truth.” The man   38  to do so and went home.

At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before setting out, he   39  for a moment about the promise he made to the wise man. “If he asks me where I have been, what shall I say? Shall I say I went out   40 ? No, I cannot say that. But nor can I   41 . If I tell the truth, everyone will start   42  me and call me a thief. I would be   43  for stealing.” So the man   44  not to steal that night, and gave up this   45  habit.

Next day, he   46  to drink wine. When he was about to do so, he said to himself. “What shall I say to the wise man   47  he asks me what I did during the day? I cannot tell a lie.” And so he gave up the   48  of drinking wine.

In this   49 , whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he   50  his promise to tell the truth at all times.   51 , he gave up all his bad habits and became a very   52  person.

Telling the truth is a very good   53 . If you always speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of   54  and become a person whom everyone   55  and favors.

Make a promise: I shall always speak the truth.