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　　A family had a hobby of putting together jigsaw puzzles.The father regularly brought home puzzles of greater and greater __1__.One night he __2__ his family with a puzzle of over one thousand pieces.Immediately they __3__ it.After an hour，__4__，the family was frustrated.No matter how hard they tried，they couldn't get the __5__ started.

　　The father then discovered that he had __6__ switched the box top with the top from another puzzle.The picture they were looking at wasn't the puzzle they were __7__.

　　We may feel __8__ with God because he doesn't live up to the __9__ we have of him.Sometimes we feel frustrated with the church because it doesn't __10__ the ideal church that we have in mind.We're often frustrated with __11__ because they fall short of expectations that we have of them.

　　Perhaps we should consider __12__ the problem in all these cases is that we are __13__ our expectations on a distorted view—of God or of the church or of others.Perhaps our expectations are __14__ and can never be realized because we've been looking at the __15__ on the wrong box top.

　　We may also feel frustrated with __16__ because we don't believe we live up to what others want from us or __17__ what we think God wants from us.More often than not，though，our problem is trying to make ourselves into someone else's image or __18__ ourselves to fit someone else's standards for us.God created us each to be __19__.We all have our own “box­top­picture，” and the only way we can ever be __20__ in life is to be ourselves，allowing God to use us just the way we are.

　　Notes：

　　①jigsaw puzzles智力拼图玩具　②distorted view偏见

　　【语篇解读】 本文是议论文。作者首先讲述了一家人在玩智力拼图时遇到的困难，然后联想到生活中我们也会有如此的经历，认识到只有勇敢做自己，我们才能成功。

　　1.A.interest B.excitement C.difficulty D.fun答案　C　[从后面他们遇到困难可以知道，他们买的拼图玩具难度也越来越大。]

　　2.A.presented B.helped C.covered D.taught

　　答案　A　[一天晚上他给家人带回了一个一千多块的拼图玩具。其他选项均有一定的干扰性，联系上文的“The father regularly brought home puzzles”可以得出答案。]

　　3.A.made B.managed C.solved D.tried

　　答案　D　[联系下文的“the family was frustrated”可知这个家庭进行了没有成功的尝试。make it指“做到”;manage it指“设法对付过去”;solve it指“解决”。]

　　4.A.therefore B.however C.still D.then答案　B　[前后为转折关系。]

　　5.A.engine B.top C.puzzle D.question

　　答案　C　[由上下文可知他们要开始的是智力拼图，因此本空用puzzle。]

　　6.A.accidentally B.occasionally C.immediately D.purposely

　　答案　A　[他偶然地用另一个游戏的顶部接到这个游戏的顶部。occasionally指“有时候”;immediately指“立刻”;purposely指“故意地”。] 7.A.meeting with B.working onC.making up D.knowing of

　　答案　B　[此处指“他们正在解决这个游戏”，因此用work on。meet with“偶然遇到”;make up“编造”;know of“知道有关情况”。]

　　8.A.anxious B.thankful C.frustrated D.sad

　　答案　C　[联系空后的“because He doesn't live up to...”可知，因为上帝没有实现我们对他的期待，我们会很失落的。联系后面几段我们也可以得出答案。]9.A.promises B.hopes C.actions D.expectations

　　答案　D　[他没有实现我们对他的期望。空前的live up to意思是“实践，实现”。promise“承诺”;hope“希望”;action“行为”。]

　　10.A.match up with B.fit inC.look like D.stand for

　　答案　A　[这个教堂跟我们心目中的教堂不相配。match up with意思是“匹配”。fit in“装配”;look like“看上去像”;stand for“代表”。]

　　11.A.friends B.relatives C.others D.children

　　答案　C　[联系下文中的“of God or of the church or of others”可以得出答案。]

　　12.A.whether B.how C.why D.what

　　答案　A　[whether引导宾语从句，在句中的意思是“是否”。]

　　13.A.focusing B.basing C.making D.breaking

　　答案　B　[我们把期待建立在偏见之上。A项有一定的干扰性，focus...on的意思是“集中……”。　]

　　14.A.useful B.practical C.improper D.unrealistic

　　答案　D　[联系空后的“can never be realized ”可知，我们的期待是不现实的。useful“有用的”;practical“切合实际的”;improper“不适当的”。] 15.A.style B.design C.picture D.shape

　　答案　C　[联系文章第二段最后一句“The picture they were looking at...”可以得出答案。]

　　16.A.God B.churches C.others D.ourselves

　　答案　D　[联系空后的“because we don't believe we live up to what others want from us or...”可知，因为我们不能实现别人甚至上帝对我们的期待，我们对自己也会失落。] 17.A.even B.ever C.also D.only

　　答案　A　[even在这里表示程度的加深。甚至我们觉得我们都不能实现上帝对我们的期待。]

　　18.A.improve B.change C.help D.force

　　答案　B　[联系空后的“fit someone else's standards for us”可知，我们改变自己以适应别人对我们的标准。从下文中的“to be ourselves”也可以得到答案提示。]

　　19.A.necessary B.helpful C.different D.great

　　答案　C　[联系空后的“We all have our own...”可以得出答案。] 20.A.independent B.happyC.known D.successful

　　答案　D　[只有做自己我们才能成功。]

　　维B 完形填空(每题1.5分，满分30分)