题目内容：

语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式

David was a normal boy, but he had been born deaf. He was well known to everyone in town, and they were all very fond 1. him. Unfortunately, he always seemed to be treated 2. (different) from everyone else.

David didn’t like this very much. But the person 3. disliked this the most was his friend Michael, Michael decided that things had to change. So he managed to persuade other people in town 4. (choose) one day of the festival for deaf people this year. During that whole day everyone in town would have to wear earplugs (耳塞). The day 5. (call) The Day of Silence, and when it arrived everyone stuck plugs in their ears. As the hours passed, people began to realize 6. difficult life was for the deaf. Soon no one was thinking of David as a deaf person. 7. (use) his usual gestures, David was the one who could communicate best with everyone. They were 8. (surprise) at his ability to find solutions to almost any problem. They realized all David needed was a little 9. (much) time than others to communicate. That was the only difference.

It was on this day 10. everyone realized they have to give people a chance to show how useful they are.