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Long long ago, a circle missed one piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its __21__ piece. But because it was __22__ and therefore could roll only very slowly, it __23__ the flowers along the way. It __24__ with the worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, but __25__ of them fitted. So it left them all by the side of the road and __26__ searching. Then one day the circle found a piece that fitted __27__. It incorporated the missing piece into itself and began to roll. __28__ it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, __29__ fast to notice the flowers or talk to the worms. After it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it __30__， left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.
The __31__ of the story, I suggest, is that in some strange __32__ we are more whole when we are missing something. The man who has __33__ is in some ways a poor man. He will never know what it __34__ like to nourish his soul with the dream of something __35__. When we accept that __36__ is part of being human and when we can continue rolling __37__ life and appreciate it, we will have __38__ a wholeness that others can only desire, which, I believe, is __39__ God asks of us—not“be perfect”， not“don't even make a mistake”， __40__“be whole”.
21.A.other B.missing
C.rest D.remaining
22.A.incomplete B.ugly
C.ordinary D.unusual
23.A.picked B.watered
C.admired D.planted
24.A.played B.chatted
C.sang D.danced
25.A.neither B.each
C.all D.none
26.A.carried out B.put on
C.worked out D.kept on
27.A.especially B.permanently
C.perfectly D.constantly
28.A.Although B.Now that
C.Unless D.As long as
29.A.very B.too
C.so D.how
30.A.stopped B.continued
C.hesitated D.cried
31.A.lesson B.root
C.reason D.cause
32.A.degree B.level
C.sense D.manner
33.A.nothing B.something
C.little D.everything
34.A.smells B.feels
C.looks D.sounds
35.A.better B.common
C.impractical D.worse
36.A.strength B.kindness
C.imperfection D.benefit
37.A.behind B.at
C.of D.through
38.A.recognized B.searched
C.achieved D.founded
39.A.which B.how
C.that D.what
40.A.but B.while
C.and D.otherwise
