閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36-55所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項。
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 (阻礙) 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.”

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36-55所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項。

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 (阻礙) 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.”

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題紙上將該項涂黑。
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   36  the sound of her son’s crying she saw that his   __37   was in the vase and was apparently stuck. She   38  to help him and pulled and pulled until the child cried out   39_ . But the hand was stuck fast（牢固地）. How would they get it out? The father suggested   40  the vase but it was quite valuable and the child’s hand might be cut in the   41 _. Yet he knew that if all else   42  there would be no other alternative.
So he said to the boy, “Now, let’s make one more   43 . Open your hand and stretch your  44  out straight, as I’m doing, and then pull!” “  45  Dad,” said the boy, “if I do that I’ll   46  my penny!”
The boy had had a coin in his hand   47  and was holding it   48 in his little fist(拳頭). And he wasn’t   49  to open his hand and lose it. But  50  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 (阻礙) your walk with God? That vase can be  51  to the entrance to the Kingdom of God. It is narrow yet quite  52   to pass in, but first you must open your hand to God and   53  earthly（世俗的）things to fall. If we keep our fists   54  and hold fast to what we have and keep it for ourselves, we will be unable to   55  hold of the hand of God. Open your hand to the hand of God and you will see great things take place.”

【小題8】

A．chance B．choice C．try D．force

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36-55所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項。

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 (阻礙) 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

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題紙上將該項涂黑。

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   36   the sound of her son’s crying she saw that his   __37   was in the vase and was apparently stuck. She   38   to help him and pulled and pulled until the child cried out   39_ . But the hand was stuck fast（牢固地）. How would they get it out? The father suggested   40   the vase but it was quite valuable and the child’s hand might be cut in the   41 _. Yet he knew that if all else   42   there would be no other alternative.

So he said to the boy, “Now, let’s make one more   43  . Open your hand and stretch your  44   out straight, as I’m doing, and then pull!” “  45   Dad,” said the boy, “if I do that I’ll   46   my penny!”

The boy had had a coin in his hand   47   and was holding it   48  in his little fist(拳頭). And he wasn’t   49   to open his hand and lose it. But  50   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 (阻礙) your walk with God? That vase can be  51   to the entrance to the Kingdom of God. It is narrow yet quite   52   to pass in, but first you must open your hand to God and   53   earthly（世俗的）things to fall. If we keep our fists   54   and hold fast to what we have and keep it for ourselves, we will be unable to   55   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. throwing       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. lips           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. obviously       B. tightly      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. clean           C. closed            D. dirty

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