Once, a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But it was incomplete, so it could only roll very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine along the way. It talked with worms. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on looking for the missing piece.
Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly. The circle put the missing piece into itself. It could be whole with nothing missing. It was so happy and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to worms. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad that it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled away slowly.
Sometimes we are perfect when we lose something. A man who has everything is a poor man in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something better. He will never know someone loves him or someone is giving him something he has always wanted or never had.
We couldn’t be perfect, but we must be brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to share happiness with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us and then we can always live a wonderful time in our lives.
【小題1】
The circle rolled very slowly because it       .

A.spent much time talking to worms
B.wanted to enjoy the sunshine
C.was looking for its missing piece
D.lost a piece of its own
【小題2】
Why did the circle stop when it rolled quickly? Because it       .
A.wanted to enjoy the world
B.found a different world
C.wanted to look for another missing piece
D.thought the world changed so quickly
【小題3】
The story mainly tells us that       .
A.nobody loves us if we give nothing
B.a(chǎn) man who has everything is the happiest
C.losing something may not be a bad thing sometimes
D.we are not whole when we lose something


【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】C

解析【小題1】根據(jù)Once, a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But it was incomplete, so it could only roll very slowly.描述。可知這個(gè)圓丟了一部分。故選D。
【小題4】根據(jù)Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to worms. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad that it stopped, 描述可知,如果轉(zhuǎn)的太快了,就很難看見(jiàn)花草或者和小蟲(chóng)子說(shuō)話了,故選A。想慢下來(lái)享受世界。
【小題5】短文中的這個(gè)圓因?yàn)樯倭艘徊糠郑棺约翰荒苻D(zhuǎn)的很快,結(jié)果卻能享受到一些快樂(lè),從而告訴我們有時(shí)丟失一些東西并不一定是壞事。故選C。

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