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