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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 on C．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 in C．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．happy C．known D．succesul
答案 D [只有做自己我们才能成功。]
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