Complete the passage with the words chosen from the words and phrase in red. accomplish, apply, assist , attach , await , bold , continual , contrast , creative , critical , departure , desirable , emerge , enormous , evolve , exaggerate , initial , insert , investigate , neglect , occasion , performance , phenomenon , principal , priority , promote , relevant , somewhat , summarize , superior , valid, worthwhile , find one ‘ s way in due course, in retrospect, make up for, not in the least, on occasion, on the other hand, pick up, throw light on, work on. Is there a 【1】 between learning styles in China and the West? While we should be careful to avoid 【2】 the differences, they do appear to exist. In China, for example, greater 【3】 is given to developing skills at an early age. The Americans, on the other hand , place more emphasis on 【4】 creativity in young children, leaving them to pick up skills later. American parents tend to avoid rushing in to 【5】 their children as they try to accomplish a task, thinking it better that children should learn to solve problems by themselves. Such an approach can, on occasion , be mistaken for one’s parental duties by those more used to “teaching by holding the hand,” Both approaches have their disadvantages as well as advantages, and it may well be worthwhile to search for a 【7】 method that would combine the best of both worlds.