阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A man was exploring caves by the seashore when he found a bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had 31 the balls and left them out in the sun to bake.
They didn’t look like much, but they 32 the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he walked along the beach, he 33 the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it 34 he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open (裂开) on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! 35 , the man started breaking open the 36 balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars’ 37 of jewels in the 20 or so leftover ones.
Then it 38 him. He’d been on the beach a long time, throwing maybe 50 or 60 of the balls, with their hidden treasure, into the 39. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he 40 have taken home tens of thousands but he had just thrown it away!
It’s like that 41 people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, but we 42 see the clay shell. It doesn’t look like much from the 43 . It isn’t always beautiful and shining, so we 44 it. We see that person as less important than someone more 45 or stylish or well-known or wealthy. But we haven’t taken the time to find the treasure 46 inside that person.
There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person and ask God to show us that person the 47 He sees them, then the clay begins to 48 and the brilliant jewel begins to shine forth. May we not come to the 49 of our lives and find out that we’ve thrown away a 50 in friendships because the gems were hidden in balls of clay! May we see the people in our world as God sees them.
31. A. invented B. rolled C. handled D. bounced
32. A. confused B. encouraged C. interested D. relaxed
33. A. dipped B. pushed C. kicked D. threw
34. A. until B. when C. since D. though
35. A. Frightened B. Determined C. Excited D. Disappointed
36. A. shining B. floating C. surviving D. remaining
37. A. worth B. value C. cost D. wealth
38. A. shocked B. rejected C. struck D. delighted
39. A. caves B. waves C. seashore D. storms
40. A. might B. must C. could D. should
41. A. with B. towards C. about D. between
42. A. hardly B. actually C. simply D. luckily
43. A. distance B. outside C. weight D. pattern
44. A. removed B. suspected C. ignored D. reserved
45. A. beautiful B. cautious C. positive D. grateful
46. A. lost B. hidden C. divided D. mixed
47. A. moment B. point C. degree D. way
48. A. come off B. break away C. take over D. fall down
49. A. sight B. best C. middle D. end
50. A. relation B. position C. fortune D. memory