【Whenrespondingtoanyadultyoumustanswerbysaying“Yesma’am”or“Nosir.”Justnoddingyourheadisnotacceptable.BecauseIgrewupinruralNorthCarolinathisrulecomes36tomeanditseemstheobviouschoice】

　　Whenrespondingtoanyadultyoumustanswerbysaying“Yesma’am”or“Nosir.”Justnoddingyourheadisnotacceptable.

　　BecauseIgrewupinrural NorthCarolinathisrulecomes 36 tomeanditseemstheobviouschoicetocomefirst.Ifyouwantchildrentorespectyouyouhavetoletthemknow 37 .Simplytellingthemyouwantthemtoaddressyoubysaying“sir”letsthemknow 38 youexpectthemtotreatyou.Ialsotellmystudentsit’saveryusefultoolwhen 39 with adultsandfurthermoreitalso 40 handyforanyadultinteractingwithanotheradult.Caseinpoint:Iwas 41 thephone recentlywiththephonecompanydiscussingtheinaccuracies(差错)ofmy 42 .TheladyIspoketowasnot43 andseemedannoyed. 44 inthemidstoftheconversationI threw ina“yesma’am”andherentire 45 changed.Shebecamefarmorehelpfuland 46 todealwithandshe 47 cuttingmybillinhalf.

　　Someofmystudentsin Harlem weretobe 48 forachancetoattendahigh-ratedjuniorhighschool.Theschoolonlyhadthirtyopeningsforthefollowingyearandtwelveofmystudentswere 49 themanykids across thecitywhoappliedforthespots.Ipracticed what theinterviewwouldbe 50 withmystudentsandonemainthingIstressedwas“ 51 yousay‘yesma’am’or‘nosir’nomatterwhat!”WeeksaftertheinterviewsIwasdelightedtohearthat all twelveofmystudentshadbeen 52 .WhenItalkedwiththeadmissionsdirectorattheschoolthemain 53 hemadeoverandoverwashow 54 mystudentswereintheirinterviews.Itseemedlikejustsuchasimplethingtodobutitgets 55 .

　　小题1:A．frequentlyB．eagerlyC．constantlyD．naturally小题2:A．youB．itC．themselvesD．why小题3:A．thewayB．thewishC．themethodD．thereason小题4:A．disagreeingB．debatingC．dealingD．discussing