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语法填空阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
Two seeds lay side by side in the ground. They were talking with【1】 other.
The first seed said, “I want to grow!I want to feel the 【2】(warm) of the sun on my face and the blessing of the fresh rain drops on my flowers in the morning!I want to hold 【3】 my sprouts(芽) through the earth and send my roots(根) deep into the ground. I will make friends with other【4】(plant), and we can grow together.”
So she grew. 【5】, she saw that the other seed did nothing. She was surprised and asked, “Don’t you want to come out and see?”
The other seed said, “I am scared. If I send my roots into the ground below, I don’t know what I will come across in 【6】 dark. If I push my way through the hard clay above me, I might hurt my sprouts. And if I open my flowers, I might【7】(pull) out of the ground by a naughty(淘气的) child. No, it is much better for me to wait until it is safe.”
It just sat there 【8】(silent).
A hen was walking nearby and looking for food. She found the 【9】(two) seed and ate it.
Like this seed, if we do not take risks in order to grow, we may lose【10】(we) in life.