Once a man came to a wise man's house and said, “I have many bad habits. Which one of them should I ____ first？” The wise man said, “Never tell lies ___ always speak the truth.” The man ____ to do so and went home.
At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before setting out, he ___ for a moment about the promise he had made to the wise man. “If he asks me where I have been, what shall I say? Shall I say I went out ___？No, I cannot say that. But nor can I ____.If I tell the truth, everyone will start __ me and call me a thief. I would be ___ for stealing. ”So the man ____ not to steal that night，and gave up this ___ habit.
The next day, he ____ to drink wine. When he was about to do so, he said to himself，“What shall I say to the wise man ____ he asks me what I did during the day？I cannot tell a lie. ”And so he gave up the ___ of drinking wine.
In this ___， whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he ___ his promise to tell the truth at all times.____，he gave up all his bad habits and became a very ____ person.
Telling the truth is a very good __. If you always tell the truth, you can keep yourself away from a lot of ____ and become a person whom everyone __ and favors.
Make a promise：I shall always speak the truth.

A．take out B．give up C．add up D．turn off

A．so B．but C．and D．or

A．promised B．happened C．settled D．began

A．played B．drank C．thought D．slept

A．walking B．stealing C．studying D．climbing

A．move B．say C．lie D．help

A．hating B．catching C．killing D．believing

A．expected B．hurt C．suffered D．punished

A．decided B．forgot C．asked D．pretended

A．special B．funny C．great D．bad

A．went B．wanted C．learned D．stopped

A．before B．since C．if D．as

A．idea B．word C．power D．use

A．base B．way C．place D．time

A．imagined B．planned C．broke D．remembered

A．By the way B．In a word C．First of all D．One by one

A．good B．strong C．rich D．common

A．custom B．habit C．game D．example

A．money B．hope C．pleasure D．trouble

A．serves B．cheats C．likes D．Controls