阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。I am sitting in the grass, watching as ants crowd around a stone, taking bits of food 【小题1】 others have left behind. I am feeling alone and so sad.
My vision clouds with tears as I watch the ants crawl (爬行) into their holes. A figure appears, 【小题2】 (silent) sitting next to me. He looks at me and smiles. I’ve seen him before. I can tell he has hard times too. He’s wearing a hearing aid. He has different 【小题3】 (experience) and troubles, yet we’re so alike.
“Ants are amazing,” I say.
He looks at me, tracing my every move 【小题4】 his eyes.
“Yeah, they’re really cool,” he says and then turns back to look at the ants.
“Isn’t it 【小题5】 (interest) how they can carry a thing that is ten times the size of their body?” I whisper, watching a red ant picking up a biscuit three times 【小题6】 (big) than its head.
“My friend got bitten by a whole bunch of fire ants once,” he says, smiling. “She ran into the cottage 【小题7】 (make) the burning stop but the only things inside were two large cans of vinegar. I don’t think vinegar helps with ant bites, but she used it anyway.”
We both laugh, a sound I didn’t expect to hear today. We watch the ants a little longer, 【小题8】 (share) facts and funny encounters. I push away my negative thoughts.
【小题9】 is funny how the tiniest things can bring people together. The smallest spark(火花) of 【小题10】 (kind) can change a day. I realize now, we are just like ants, small things living in a huge world. We are all ants, but together we are one.