Question

【題目】Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once （將下列單詞或詞組填入空格, 每詞只能填一次）

A.believed B. small C. never D. found E. grow up F. reason

Once there was a man travelling in a faraway village. As he was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped. He【1】 that these huge elephants were being held by only a small rope (繩索) tied to their front leg. No chains (鎖鏈), no cages (籠子). It was clear that the elephants could, at any time, break away from their ropes but for some【2】 , they did not.

He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and didn’t try to get away. “Well,” the trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they 【3】 , they still believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can hold them, so they never try to break free.”

How could it be? These animals could at any time break free from their ropes. But because they always stuck right where they were, they 【4】 they couldn’t.

Just like the elephants, how many of us go through life believing that we cannot do something, just because we failed at it once before?

Failing is part of learning. We should 【5】 give up the struggle (掙扎) in life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】F

【3】E

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】

本文通過講述大象鼻子上的繩子來告訴我們：面對失敗，不要放棄，要堅(jiān)持斗爭。當(dāng)作者在村里看到大象鼻子上系著一根細(xì)繩，大象卻不會掙脫，他感到驚訝。馴象師告訴他這是因?yàn)榇笙笤诤苄〉臅r(shí)候，因?yàn)閽昝摬涣诉@個(gè)繩子，他長大了仍然以為掙脫不了，所以就放棄努力了。這告訴我們，失敗是生活中的一部分，應(yīng)該不要放棄努力。

【1】句意：他發(fā)現(xiàn)這些巨大的大象只被拴在前腿上的一根小繩子牽著。

根據(jù)空后“that these huge elephants were being held by only a small rope (繩索) tied to their front leg. 這些巨大的大象只被拴在前腿上的一根小繩子牽著�！笨芍�是發(fā)現(xiàn)這樣的一個(gè)現(xiàn)象，結(jié)合所給單詞，found符合句意。故選D。

【2】句意：很明顯，大象在任何時(shí)候都可以掙脫繩索，但因?yàn)槟撤N原因，它們沒有。

根據(jù)空前“the elephants could, at any time, break away from their ropes大象在任何時(shí)候都可以掙脫繩索”，及后面“they did not它們沒有”，可知在這兒for是因?yàn)榈囊馑迹?/span>“因?yàn)槟撤N原因”符合語境。故選F。

【3】句意：當(dāng)大象長大了，他們?nèi)匀徽J(rèn)為他們不能掙脫繩子。

根據(jù)空前“at that age, it’s enough to hold them.在那么大時(shí)，繩子足以能栓住他們。”可知這兒as意為當(dāng)……時(shí)，結(jié)合所給單詞，“as they grow up當(dāng)它們長大時(shí)”符合語境。故選E。

【4】句意：但因?yàn)樗麄兛偸谴粼谠�地，他們相信他們做不到（掙脫繩子）。

根據(jù)空前“because they always stuck right where they were因?yàn)樗麄兛偸谴粼谠�地”，可知后面是結(jié)果，“they couldn’t它們不能” ，結(jié)合所給單詞，“他們相信他們不能做到”符合句意。故選A。

【5】句意：我們不應(yīng)該放棄在生活中奮斗。

根據(jù)前面“Failing is part of learning. 失敗是學(xué)習(xí)的一部分。”，可知后面是鼓勵人們別怕失敗，要去奮斗，所以“我們不應(yīng)該放棄在生活中奮斗�！边x用“never”符合語境和句意。故選C。

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