题目内容：

In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh (法老) treated the message runner like a prince if he brought good news. 1., if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring, his head was cut off. Shades of that spirit spread over today’s conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches in 2.(prepare) for an outing. As we walked 3.(cheerful) out of the door, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, “Oh boy, a bad day for a picnic for it’s going to rain.” I 4.(strike) him in the face in my mind not for his stupid weather report 5. for his smile.

More often than not, what makes someone angry is not the unpleasant news but the unsympathetic attitude with 6. it’s delivered. Everyone must give bad news from time to time, but big winners know they should share the feeling of the receiver when 7.(deliver) any bad news. If my neighbor 8.(tell) me of the upcoming rainstorm with 9.(sympathetic), I would have appreciated his warning. Big winners, when they bear bad news, deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded (被轰炸) person is sure 10.(have).