Question

Years ago, I worked at the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. One day, as I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped, by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. It was _that they could, at any time, break free, strangely enough, they didn’t. I asked a trainer the for this.

He said, “When they were very young we used the size rope, and it was enough to hold them. As they grow up, they believe the rope can hold them, so they never try.”

Like the elephants, how many of you believe you cannot do a thing, simply because you once before? Do you often tell I cannot dance” or “I’m not good at math”?

These are of self limiting beliefs. You must realize you’re for them. A limiting belief that says you’re poor at math may have as a reaction to the embarrassing experiences related to math, or the remarks made by someone important to you which you. The cool thing is that because you create the ___you can choose to change it! Here is how:

First, it with “I am good at math”. Once you change your , your subconsciousness will make this by driving you to act. That might be to take a math course or to go online help, etc. Gradually you’ll really see your math skills are .

This is such a simple process that you can it today. Don’t be like the poor elephant and make your life at a place because of a limiting belief you developed years ago.

1.A. excitedB. confusedC. discouragedD. worried

2.A. impossibleB. doubtfulC. uncertainD. obvious

3.A. butB. orC. andD. so

4.A. caseB. resultC. reasonD. choice

5.A. sameB. biggerC. smallerD. different

6.A. narrowlyB. almostC. stillD. hardly

7.A. didB. failedC. triedD. succeeded

8.A. yourselfB. othersC. your teacherD. your partner

9.A. causesB. storiesC. resultsD. examples

10.A. consciousB. honestC. responsibleD. depended

11.A. stoppedB. referredC. changedD. originated

12.A. interestedB. disappointedC. boredD. inspired

13.A. beliefB. experienceC. embarrassmentD. remark

14.A. representB. compareC. mixD. replace

15.A. actionB. thoughtC. aimD. plan

16.A. come trueB. run outC. on guardD. keep cool

17.A. atB. byC. forD. in

18.A. improvedB. judgedC. realizedD. recognized

19.A. finishB. continueC. keepD. begin

20.A. involvedB. stuckC. unfinishedD. changed

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了作者通過(guò)對(duì)在馬戲團(tuán)看見(jiàn)大象腳上即便是拴有一根小的繩子也不去掙脫的現(xiàn)象的理解來(lái)闡述生活中我們要是想取得成功就不能被曾經(jīng)的失敗給拴住的道理。

1.考查形容詞辨析。A激動(dòng)的；B困惑的；C泄氣的；D擔(dān)心的。此處要表達(dá)的是對(duì)大象被一根繩子拴住的情況感到困惑。故答案為B。

2.考查形容詞辨析。A不可能的；B疑惑的；C不確定；D明顯的。對(duì)于后面的情況是顯而易見(jiàn)的，句式It’s obvious that…。故答案為D。

3.考查連詞辨析。A但是；B或者；C和；D。所以這兒明顯是表示轉(zhuǎn)折的含義。答案選A。

4.考查名詞辨析。A問(wèn)題；B結(jié)果；C原因；D選擇。句意上我問(wèn)馴獸員這種現(xiàn)象的原因，有與介詞for的搭配。答案選C。

5.考查形容詞辨析。A一樣；B更大；C更��；D不同的。題意上從小大象就是用這根繩子拴住的，故應(yīng)該是the same. 答案選A。

6.考查副詞辨析。句意上隨著大象長(zhǎng)大，它們還是認(rèn)為繩子可以拴住它們。A狹窄地；B幾乎；C仍然；D幾乎不。答案選C.

7.考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A做；B失�。籆嘗試；D成功。根據(jù)“how many of you believe you cannot do a thing, simply because you ____once before?” 推斷只是因?yàn)槟阍��?jīng)失敗過(guò)所以你才認(rèn)為你做不好一件事。答案選B。

8.考查代詞辨析。A你自己；B其他；C你的老師；D你的伙伴。接著上一題應(yīng)該還是問(wèn)你自己。答案選A。

9.考查名詞辨析。句意上在我們生活中也有類似的事例發(fā)生。A緣由；B故事； C結(jié)果 ；D事例。答案選D。

10.考查形容詞辨析。A有意識(shí)的；B誠(chéng)實(shí)的；C有責(zé)任感的；D決定的。結(jié)合上一句在生活中有許多這樣的事例，而我們自己該對(duì)此負(fù)責(zé)。搭配上，be responsible for…。答案選C。

11.考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A停止；B提到；C改變；D起源。這兒要表示的是這種limiting belief 來(lái)自于我們?cè)��?jīng)有的體驗(yàn)，originate表示源自于…。答案選D。

12.考查動(dòng)詞辨析。與上句中的embarrassing experiences相對(duì)應(yīng)。A有趣的； B失望的；C厭煩枯燥的；D激勵(lì)的。答案選B。

13.考查名詞辨析。A想念，想法；B經(jīng)驗(yàn)，經(jīng)歷；C尷尬；D評(píng)價(jià)，評(píng)論。這段的開頭就出現(xiàn)了belief. 答案選A。

14.考查動(dòng)詞辨析。這兒明顯是接著上面的如何去做，首先就是轉(zhuǎn)變觀念。A.代表；B比較；C混合； D取代。答案選D。

15.考查名詞辨析。A行動(dòng)；B想法；C目的；D計(jì)劃。這句中有單詞subconsciousness，對(duì)應(yīng)的就是想法---thought。答案選B。

16.考查短語(yǔ)辨析。A實(shí)現(xiàn)； B用光，耗盡；C保衛(wèi)；D保持冷酷；make …come true。答案選A

17.考查介詞辨析。A在；B通過(guò)；C為了；D在…里。與help搭配用for。答案選C。

18.考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A改善，提高；B判斷；C實(shí)現(xiàn)； D認(rèn)出，識(shí)別；此處為improve skills。答案選A。

19.考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A完成；B繼續(xù)；C保持；D開始。此處作者建議從現(xiàn)在開始。答案選D。

20.考查動(dòng)詞辨析。與后面的limiting相對(duì)應(yīng)，不要像大象一樣困在一個(gè)地方。A牽扯，涉及；B陷入；C未完成的；D改變。答案選B。

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