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     Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each
passing day everyone became more   1   waiting for the final school bell. Upon its   2  everyone would run for
their coats and go home, everyone except David.
     David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often   3    what kind of home life David had, and what kind
of mother could send her son to school dressed so   4    for the cold winter months without a coat, boots, or
gloves. But something made David   5  . I can still remember he was always   6   a smile and willing to help. He
always
  7   after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He   8   just simply smile and
ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly   9   home.
     Weeks passed and the  10   over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of   11 
 before the holiday break. I smiled in  12   as the last of them hurried out of the door. Turning around I saw
David   13   standing by my desk.
     "I have something for you," he said and  14   from behind his back a small box.   15   it to me, he said
anxiously,"Open it. " I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my
 16   I saw nothing. I looked at David's smiling face and back into the box and said, "The box is nice, David,
but it's  17  ."
     "Oh, no. It isn't." said David." It's full of love. My mum told me before she died that love was something
you couldn't see or touch unless you know it's there."
     Tears filled my eyes  18   I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given  19   to. After that
Christmas,David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning  20   the little empty box set on
my desk..

      Ever since news of widespread food recalls caused by a carcinogenic dye (颜料) broke, there has been
confusion over possible links to the country of the same name, but Sudan officials say there is no connection
whatever.
     Sudan 1 is a red industrial dye that has been found in some chilli powder, but was banned in food products
across the European Union (EU) in July 2003. Since the ban was put in place, EU officials have been striving
to remove some food products from the shelves. So far 580 products have been recalled. Last week Sudan's
Embassy in the United Kingdom asked the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for clarification of the origin of the
dye's name.
     Omaima Mahmoud Al Sharief, a press official at Sudan's Embassy in China, explained the purpose of the
inquiry was to clear up any misunderstanding over links between the country and the poisonous dye. 　　
     "We want to keep an eye on every detail and avoid any misunderstanding there," she said."Our embassy
to Britain asked them how the dye got that name and whether the dye had something to do with our country.
But they told us there was no relationship."
     The FSA, an independent food security watchdog in Britain, received a letter from the Sudanese embassy
last week. 　
     "They asked us why the dye is named Sudan, however, we also do not know how it got the name," she
said. "People found the dye in 1883 and gave it the name. Nobody knows the reason, and we cannot give any
explanation before we find out."
     Sudan dyes, which include Sudan 1 to 4, are red dyes used for colouring solvents (溶剂), oils, waxes,
petrol, and shoe and floor polishes. They are classified as carcinogens by the International Agency for
Research on Cancer.

     Sometimes you can learn more about what a person is trying
to say just by watching instead of l    1   . You might be talking to someone 
about an idea you have. He might say that he's interested    2   your idea.
Just watch his face. Is he l   3   at you or are his eyes moving around,
just tired of w  4    you're saying? It's important to watch other's body
language carefully because it provides a lot of useful   5   (信息).
Sometimes a person will be speaking too q    6   or use words that you 
don't understand. If you pay attention to the   7   (信号)he is giving, 
maybe you can still follow him, even    8   you're not sure of the meaning 
of the words. This is especially  9   (有必要的)when watching TV or
in other situations  10   you can't ask the speaker to slow down.