阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
There is a beautiful story about a child playing with a vase his mother had left on the table for a few moments. When the mother turned
16 the sound of her son’s crying she saw that his
17 was in the vase and was apparently stuck. She
18 to help him and pulled and pulled until the child cried out
19 . But the hand was stuck fast（牢固地）. How would they get it out? The father suggested
20 the vase but it was quite valuable and the child’s hand might be cut in the
21 _. Yet he knew that if all else
22 there would be no other alternative.
So he said to the boy, “Now, let’s make one more
23 . Open your hand and stretch your
24 out straight, as I’m doing, and then pull!” “
25 Dad,” said the boy, “if I do that I’ll
26 my penny!”
The boy had had a coin in his hand
27 and was holding it
28 in his tight little fist. And he wasn’t 29 to open his hand and lose it. But
30 he opened his hand it came out of the vase easily.
The father said to the boy, “What are you holding onto so tightly as to hinder (阻碍) your walk with God? That vase can be
31 to the entrance to the Kingdom of God. It is narrow yet quite
32 to pass in, but first you must open your hand to God and
33 earthly（世俗的）things to fall. If we keep our fists
34 and hold fast to what we have and keep it for ourselves, we will be unable to
35 hold of the hand of God. Open your hand to the hand of God and you will see great things take place.”
| 小题2: | | A．foot | B．hair | C．hand | D．head |
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| 小题3: | | A．tried | B．refused | C．completed | D．separated |
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| 小题4: | | A．in fun | B．in general | C．with fear | D．in pain |
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| 小题5: | | A．abandoning | B．selling | C．burning | D．breaking |
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| 小题6: | | A．time | B．state | C．process | D．record |
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| 小题7: | | A．failed | B．lost | C．impressed | D．tried |
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| 小题8: | | A．chance | B．choice | C．try | D．force |
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| 小题9: | | A．lip | B．fingers | C．nails | D．thumb |
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| 小题10: | | A．But | B．And | C．Though | D．When |
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| 小题11: | | A．touch | B．hit | C．employ | D．lose |
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| 小题12: | | A．all the time | B．in time | C．at one time | D．for some time |
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| 小题13: | | A．apparently | B．securely | C．stupidly | D．normally |
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| 小题14: | | A．hesitated | B．accepted | C．excited | D．prepared |
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| 小题15: | | A．yet | B．since | C．once | D．although |
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| 小题16: | | A．seemed | B．compared | C．looked | D．related |
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| 小题17: | | A．difficult | B．safe | C．easy | D．quiet |
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| 小题18: | | A．allow | B．admit | C．forbid | D．make |
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| 小题19: | | A．open | B．urgent | C．closed | D．intended |
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| 小题20: | | A．bring | B．take | C．have | D．come |
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