Question

【題目】完形填空

As my friend was passing some elephants，he suddenly stopped．He was confused by the fact that these huge animals were being held by nothing but a small rope．The rope was tied to their front legs．It was________that the elephants could break away from the ropes at any time．But for some_______，they did not．

My friend saw a trainer nearby and asked why these elephants just stood there and didn’t________to get away．

“Well，”he said，“when they are very_______and much smaller，we use the same size rope to tie them．At that age，it’s enough to hold them．As they grow up，they are used to_______that they cannot break away．They believe the rope can________hold them，so they never try to break free．”

My friend was amazed．These animals could at any time break free，________because they believed they couldn’t，they were stuck right where they were．

Like the elephants，how many of us go________life hanging on to a belief that we cannot do something，simply because we________at it once before?How many of us are being held back by old，outdated_______that no longer serve us?

【1】

A．clear

B．necessary

C．interesting

D．important

【2】

A．business

B．time

C．duty

D．reason

【3】

A．try

B．continue

C．remember

D．refuse

【4】

A．strong

B．sleepy

C．young

D．tired

【5】

A．guessing

B．believing

C．proving

D．regretting

【6】

A．ever

B．even

C．never

D．still

【7】

A．but

B．and

C．or

D．so

【8】

A．across

B．into

C．through

D．over

【9】

A．failed

B．laughed

C．aimed

D．looked

【10】

A．dreams

B．instructions

C．beliefs

D．chances

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【6】D

【7】A

【8】C

【9】A

【10】C

【解析】

【1】結合上下文可知，很明顯，大象可以隨時掙脫繩子而逃走，故clear符合題意。

【2】由于某種“原因”，它們并沒有逃跑，故reason符合題意。

【3】我的朋友問那些大象為什么站在那里。并不“企圖”離開。try to do sth．企圖做某事。

【4】結合上下文可知，大象“年幼”，體型小的時候，他們用同樣大小的繩子拴住了它們。故young符合題意。

【5】大象長大以后，已經習慣了“相信”它們無法逃脫，故答案為B。

【6】它們相信繩子“仍然”可以拴住它們，故still符合題意。

【7】結合上下文的轉折語氣可知。but符合題意。

【8】go through和life搭配。

【9】我們相信我們不能做某件事，僅僅是因為我們以前曾經“失敗”過，故failed符合題意。

【10】結合上文中出現(xiàn)的belief可知答案為C。