根据短文内容，从各题所给的四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。

There was a stone lying in the mountains for a long time. He had a dream—one day he could fly up into the sky ___（1）___ a bird. When he told his dream to his friends, they all laughed at him.

“Look! Your heart is ___（2）___ than the sky!”

However, these words didn’t make a difference to the stone. Instead, he just said ___（3）___ , looked up into the sky full of hope in his eyes and waited for the chance.

One day, a man named Zhuangzi passed by. The stone knew this man had the great wisdom. So he talked about his dream to the great man.

“ ___（4）___ me, please!” The stone begged（乞求）.

Zhuangzi said, “I can help you achieve it, but you must first grow into a mountain and be strong enough to suffer（承受） a lot.” The stone replied, “I am not afraid of anything ___（5）___ I’m sure I can do it.”

From then on, the stone tried his best to get as much energy as he could from nature to make himself strong. After so many years and storms, the stone grew into a large mountain ___（6）___ . So Zhuangzi sent some huge birds to hit the mountain with ___（7）___ wings. After shaking strongly, the mountain broke apart and countless stones flew up into the sky. At the moment of flight, the stone was so ___（8）___ that he couldn’t help shouting, “I am flying in the sky now!” He finally experienced the joy of flying.

But soon he fell off from the sky and turned back into what he was like before. Zhuangzi asked, “ ___（9）___ you regret?”

“No, I don’t. I am very ____（10）____ . I have ever grown into a mountain and flown!” The stone answered.

（1）

A．

like

B．

with

C．

for

D．

about

（2）

A．

lower

B．

longer

C．

higher

D．

smaller

（3）

A．

everything

B．

nothing

C．

something

D．

anything

（4）

A．

To help

B．

Helping

C．

Helped

D．

Help

（5）

A．

and

B．

but

C．

so

D．

or

（6）

A．

at the beginning

B．

over and over again

C．

in the end

D．

after all

（7）

A．

his

B．

our

C．

your

D．

their

（8）

A．

scared

B．

relaxed

C．

excited

D．

surprised

（9）

A．

Did

B．

Do

C．

Have

D．

Are

（10）

A．

lucky

B．

luck

C．

luckily

D．

unlucky