I stopped speaking because I found myself arguing all the time. After witnessing an oil spill in San Francisco Bay, I ______ using vehicles and started walking everywhere as a statement about ______. I often kept getting into ______ about whether one could make a ______ and argued about how everyone should do what I was doing.

On my 27th birthday, I decided not to speak for one day, as a kind of ______ to my community. When I woke up the next day, I didn't see any ______ to speak, so I didn't.

A week later, people started getting ______. My girlfriend wanted me to stop. My parents even got angry with me. But I didn't change my idea.

On the 10th anniversary of not ______， I spoke for a day. I didn't want it to feel as if it wasn't a ______. I was in California and I ______ my parents. My mother picked up and thought it was my brother ______ around. I had to prove it was me by telling her something only we knew.

______ not speaking for 17 years, I felt I had something to say. People came to ______ me. My first words were, “Thank you for being here.” But I didn't recognize my ______.

Having listened to thousands of people, I realized we had a ______ view of the environment. People always think it's about planting more trees, but it's more than that; it's about how we treat each other, and that also ______ economic equality and civil rights.

Now I give talks around the world. I started using ______ again. I still practise being ______ every morning. It reminds me to listen ______； not to judge what I think I'm hearing, but to try to understand what people are really ______.

1.A. turned to B. thought about C. gave up D. insisted on

2.A. pollution B. waste C. exercise D. support

3.A. fights B. traps C. dilemmas D. debates

4.A. promise B. difference C. plan D. living

5.A. encouragement B. belief C. punishment D. gift

6.A. reason B. sign C. chance D. language

7.A. puzzled B. disappointed C. worried D. interested

8.A. arguing B. riding C. speaking D. failing

9.A. warning B. disadvantage C. strength D. choice

10.A. missed B. called C. visited D. thanked

11.A. walking B. coming C. messing D. hanging

12.A. Though B. Once C. If D. After

13.A. hear B. comfort C. instruct D. help

14.A. parents B. voice C. photo D. handwriting

15.A. valid B. correct C. narrow D. universal

16.A. proves B. includes C. improves D. insures

17.A. phones B. computers C. loudspeakers D. vehicles

18.A. silent B. deaf C. friendly D. patient

19.A. constantly B. properly C. largely D. merely

20.A. worrying B. doing C. advising D. saying

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