My desk

　　-mate admires my fluent English very much and I usually feel 1 (encourage) by his compliments.

　　One day, 2 we learned the new word “eccentric” in class, we 3 (ask)to make a sentence with it. I volunteered to do it by saying “-mate is an eccentric boy 4 clothes never fit him.” Hearing this, the whole class burst into 5 (laugh) and my desk-mate’s face turned red. 6 class, I learned from the teacher that my desk-mate 7 (drop) out of school if he hadn’t been helped by others. My mindless words must 8 (hurt) him deeply.

　　Not until then did I realize words could be powerful in 9 positive and negative ways. We should avoid hurting others if we can’t always 10 (encourage) when we speak.

　　1.encouraged 2.when 3.were asked 4.whose 5.laughter

　　6.After 7.would have dropped 8.have hurt 9.both 10.be encouraging