题目内容：

Sand and Stone

The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had a fierce argument, and one friend _________ control of his anger, hit the other one ___________ the face.

The one who got hit was _______, but without saying anything, wrote in the _________, “Today my best friend hit me in the face.”

They kept on walking _________ they found an oasis (绿洲), where they decided to _______. The one who had been hit got _______ in the mire (烂泥) and started drowning, but _________ the friend saved him.

After he _______ from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone, “Today my best friend saved my life.”

The friend who had hit and saved his best friend felt ________ and couldn’t help asking him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?”

The other friend replied, “When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can __________ it away. But when someone does something __________ for us, we must engrave (雕刻) it in stone where no wind can __________ erase it.”

________ TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR __________ ON STONE.

________ says it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to __________ them, a day to love them, but an entire ________ to forget them.

________ this phrase to the people you’ll never forget. It’s a short __________ to let them know that you’ll never forget them.

1.A.kept B.lost C.gained D.received

2.A.for B.at C.in D.on

3.A.injured B.shocked C.ashamed D.hurt

4.A.sand B.earth C.stone D.ground

5.A.before B.after C.until D.when

6.A.take a rest B.take a bath C.take a breath D.take a nap

7.A.stuck B.taken C.arrested D.pulled

8.A.surprisingly B.suddenly C.finally D.fortunately

9.A.rose B.recovered C.jumped D.left

10.A.strange B.funny C.puzzled D.upset

11.A.erase B.blow C.carry D.smooth

12.A.useful B.important C.serious D.good

13.A.nearly B.ever C.even D.alone

14.A.FORGET B.BELIEVE C.LEARN D.JUDGE

15.A.BENEFITS B.PROMISE C.WISHES D.RESPECT

16.A.Anyone B.Nobody C.Everyone D.Someone

17.A.leave B.appreciate C.realize D.observe

18.A.week B.month C.year D.life

19.A.Send B.Report C.Declare D.Explain

20.A.greeting B.saying C.message D.sentence