阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。Don’t shoot butterflies with guns.C

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Don’t shoot butterflies with guns.
Can you imagine someone running【小题1】a butterfly with a gun in his hands? Won’t such stupidity make you burst out laughing? But wait. Stop and consider how often you might have done【小题2】similar.
【小题3】hen, Henny-Penny, lived in a forest with many other animals and birds. One fine, sunny morning, she was busy looking for worms in the ground. Suddenly she let out a【小题4】(frighten) cackle (咯咯叫 ) with wings flapping in fear. A dry leaf had fallen down on her, and she went screaming at whoever she met, “Run, run for your lives; the sky【小题5】(fall).” The other birds and animals stopped whatever they were doing. Some ran behind Henny-Penny, screaming warnings with her,【小题6】 others spread the unfounded story that the sky was falling.
We all have e across people like this hen. The rest of us are like the other foolish creatures【小题7】    did not stop to verify ( 证实 ) the【小题8】(true) for themselves. They shoot butterflies with guns. They just will not think for themselves.
Why don’t people think for【小题9】? Often because of laziness, or because they do not want to be responsible for their way of thinking. Don’t let your mind be enslaved 【小题10】    someone else. Stop, think and then go ahead. Let these signals direct you at every crossroads of life.after