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.”

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.”

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.”

A. in                        B. at                            C. from                D. on

A. foot                      B. hair                  C. hand                D. head

A. tried                     B. refused            C. completed         D. separated

A. in fun                 B. in general          C. with fear          D. in pain

A. abandoning         B. selling              C. burning            D. breaking

A. time                   B. state                 C. process             D. record

A. failed                   B. lost                  C. impressed         D. tried

A. chance                B. choice              C. try                   D. force

A. lip                      B. fingers             C. nails                 D. thumb

A. But                   B. And                 C. Though            D. When

A. touch                  B. hit                   C. employ             D. lose

A. all the time               B. in time             C. at one time       D. for some time

A. apparently           B. securely            C. stupidly            D. normally

A. hesitated            B. accepted           C. excited             D. prepared   

A. yet                     B. since                C. once                 D. although

A. seemed              B. compared         C. looked              D. related

A. difficult              B. safe                  C. easy                 D. quiet

A. allow                  B. admit                      C. forbid              D. make

A. open                   B. urgent              C. closed              D. intended

A. bring                  B. take                 C. have                 D. come