Question

Long long ago, a circle missed one piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its 5 piece. But because it was 6 and therefore could roll only very slowly, it 7 the flow?ers along the way. It 8 with the worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, but 9 of them fitted. So it left them all by the side of the road and 10 searching. Then one day the circle found a piece that fitted 11 .It incorporated (合并)the missing piece into itself and began to roll.      12     it was a per?feet circle, it could roll very fast,     13     fast to notice the flowers or talk to the worms. After it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it 14    ， left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.

The 15 of the story, I suggest, is that in some strange 16 we are more whole when we are missing something. The man who has 17 is in some ways a poor man. He will never know what it 18 like to nourish his soul with the dream of something 19 . When we accept that 20 is part of being human and when we can continue rolling 21 life and appreciate it, we will have 22 a wholeness that others can only-desire, which, I believe, is 23 God asks of us―not "Be perfect", not "Don't even make a mistake", 24 "Be whole".

5.    A. other  B. missing

      C. rest     D. remaining

6.    A. incomplete B. ugly

      C.    ordinary  D.    unusual

7.    A.    picked     B.    watered

      C.    admired   D.    planted

8.    A.    played     B.    chatted

      C.    sang D.    danced

9.    A.    neither    B.    each

      C.    all    D.    none

10.   A.    carried out      B.    put on

      C.    worked out     D.    kept on

11.   A.    especially       B.    permanently

      C.    perfectly  D.    constantly

12.   A. Although    B. Now that

      C. Unless D. As long as

13.   A. very   B. too

     C. so       D. how

14.   A. stopped      B. continued

     C. hesitated     D. cried

15.   A. lesson B. root

     C. reason D. cause

16.   A. degree       B， level

        C. sense   D. manner

17.   A. nothing      B. something

     C. little   D. everything

18.   A. smells B. feels

     C. looks  D. sounds

19.   A. better  B. common

     C. impractical D. worse

20.   A. strength     B. kindness

     C. imperfection      D. benefit

21.   A. behind       B. at

   C. of       D. through

22.   A. recognized B. searched

   C. achieved     D. founded

23.   A. which B. how

    C. that     D. what

24.   A. but     B. while

    C. and     D. otherwise

Answer 1

【文章大意】本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章，通过一个缺失了部分的圆圈在找到缺失部分后前后不同的生活方式对比告诉我们：缺憾也是一种美，正因为缺失我们才更完整。

B other其他的；missing丢失的；rest剩余的；remaining剩下的。根据上句"Long long ago, a circle missed one piece of its own."可知，此处表示寻找丢失的那部分，故选B项。

A incomplete不完整的，不完全的；ugly丑陋的；ordinary普通的；unusual不同寻常的。根据下文"...and therefore could roll only very slowly…"的提示可知，圆圈由于缺失而变得不是很圆了，故不得不慢慢滚，故选A项。

C pick捡；water浇水；admire赞赏iplant种植。根据下文"It enjoyed the sunshine."可知，这个圈边滚边欣赏路边的花儿， 故选C项。

B play玩；chat聊天；sing唱歌；dance跳舞。结合后文"… fast to notice the flowers or talk to the worms.，，的提示可知， 此处应为talk的同义词，故选B项。

D neither两个都不；each每一个；all所有；none没一个人或物。根据下句"So it left them all by the side of the road…"可推知没有一个是适合的，故选D项。

D carry out执行；put on穿上；work out解决，进展，锻炼身体；keep on继续。因为没有发现合适的，圆圈继续搜寻，故选D项。

C especially尤其；permanently永久；perfectly完美地；con?stantly 经常。 根据下一句"It incorporated(合并）the missing piece into itself and began to roll.，，的提示可知，它找到了完全与自己契合的碎片，且与下文"it was a perfect circle—" 呼应，故选C项。

B although尽管；now that既然；unless除非；as long as只要。根据句意可知，上下文之间是逻辑上的因果关系，故选B项。

B very非常；too太，也；so如此，因此；how如何。很明显， 滚得太快自然就没有机

会慢慢欣赏路边的花朵或不能和虫子说话了，且与固定搭配too... to相呼应，故选B项。

A stop停止；continue继续；hesitate犹豫；cry哭，喊。根据下文"...left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away."的提示可知，正在滚动中的圈只有停下来才能够做这些事情，故选A项。

A lesson教训，课程；root根；reason理由；cause原因。结合本文可知，此处表示从故事中得到的教训，故选A项。

C degree程度，学位,度；level水平；sense感觉；manner举止。in some sense意为"在某种意义上"，与下句中的in some ways相呼应，故选C项。

D nothing什么也没有；something某事；little少许；everything 切。由上句中的"…we are more whole when we are missing something."可知，完美本来就是一种缺失，故选D项。

B   smell闻起来；feel摸起来，感觉；look看起来；sound听起来。由本句中的know可知，此处表示"感觉，体验"，故选B项。

A better更好的；common普通的；impractical不实用的； worse更糟糕的。根据上句可知，他已经什么都'不缺了 ，自然就没有什么是值得追求的了 ，那么追求完美或者说是更好， 他自然是体会不到的，故选A项。

C   strength力量；kindness善良；imperfection不完美；benefit益处。当我们接受了不完美是人的一部分，我们才能继续前行，并感激这种前行，故选c项。

D此处表示前行贯穿一生，生命不止，前进不停歇，故选D项。

C recognize认出；search搜索；achieve获取；found建立。通过不完美的人生，我们得到了完整，故选C项。

D what引导表语从句，在从句中作ask的宾语，故选D项。A but"但是，而是，除了"，表示转折性的

对比关系；while "然而"，表并列性的对比关系；and而且；otherwise"否则"，为副词。根据固定搭配not ...but..."不是……而是"可知A项符合语境。