Question

【题目】Once a circle missed a wedge（楔子）. The circle wanted to be 【1】 , so it went around looking for its missing piece. It was uncompleted and therefore could roll only very slowly. While rolling, it admired the flowers along the way, 【2】 (chat) with worms and enjoyed the sunshine.

One day the circle found a piece that 【3】 perfectly. It was so happy. Now it could be whole with nothing missing. It fixed the missing piece in itself and began to 【4】 . Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to notice the flowers or talk to 【5】 . When it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it 【6】 and left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.

The lesson of the story, I suggested, was that in some strange 【7】 we are whole when we are missing something. The man who has everything is in some way a poor man. He will never know what it feels like to desire, to hope, to nourish his soul 【8】 the dream of something better.

When we accept that imperfection is part of human being, and when we can continue rolling through life and appreciate it, we will have achieved a wholeness that others can 【9】 wish to.

If we are brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, generous enough to share in another’s happiness, and wise enough to know there is enough love to go around for us all, then we can achieve a fullness that 【10】 other living creature will ever know.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】whole/complete/perfect

【2】chatted

【3】fitted/fit

【4】roll

【5】worms

【6】stopped

【7】sense/way

【8】with

【9】only/merely

【10】no

【解析】

试题分析：通过一个圆丢了一个楔子的故事，说明了一个人失去了某样东西并不一定是坏事，如果他有足够的勇气去爱，足够坚强去原谅，足够慷慨地分享他人的快乐，足够明智地知道有足够的爱围绕着，则他还是一样完美。

【1】whole/complete/perfect 句意：从前，一个圆盘缺少了一块儿。它希望变得完整起来。根据句意可知，填whole/complete/perfect。

【2】chatted 句意：一路上，它欣赏着鲜花，享受着阳光，与昆虫交谈。此处与前面的admired和后面的enjoyed是并列的谓语动词，故填chatted。

【3】fitted/fit 句意：一天它终于找到了完全适合的那一块，因此变得非常高兴。故填fitted/fit。

【4】roll 句意：于是它又开始滚动。故填roll。

【5】worms 句意：它已经是一个完整的圆盘,它能滚得很快，快得无法注意鲜花，也不能和昆虫交谈了。故填worms。

【6】stopped 句意：它感到是那样的沮丧，因此停了下来。它又把找到的那一块扔到路旁慢慢地滚。故填stopped。

【7】sense/way 句意：从某种奇怪的意义上说，在失去某些东西的时候，我们有时候是完美的。故填sense/way。

【8】with 句意：他从不会希望或梦想得到某些更好的东西。故填with。

【9】only/merely 句意：我们将实现一个别人只能希望成为的完整。故填only/merely。

【10】no 句意：我们可以达到其他生物不知道的完整。故填no。

【知识拓展】

stop to do sth.停下来开始做某事；stop doing sth.停止做某事。