Question

Once there was a man travelling in a faraway village. As he was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped. He found that these huge elephants were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains(鎖鏈), no cages. It was clear that the elephants could, at any time, break away from their ropes but for some reason, 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 grow up, 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 were always stuck(固定) right where they were, they believed 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?

We should never give up the struggle(斗爭) in life.

1.What did the writer see in the village？

A. Chains B. Elephants.

C.Cages. D.Farmers.

2.Why do the elephants never try to break free from the ropes?

A. Because they think they can not..

B. Because they are too old to do it.

C. Because they like their living places.

D. Because they get on well with the trainer.

3.How did the man feel after he heard what the trainer said?

A.Moved. B.Surprised.

C.Angry. D.Nervous.

4.Which of the following is the missing part(空白處) in the last paragraph?

A. Failing is part of learning

B. We should be different from others

C. Helping animals is helping ourselves

D. Travelling always makes people relaxed

5.What is the best title for this text?

A. A Pleasant Trip B. A Cruel Trainer

C. Elephant Training D.The Elephant Rope

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：曾經(jīng)有一個人旅行在一個遙遠的村莊。他發(fā)現(xiàn)這些巨大的大象被只一個小繩綁住它們的前腿。在了解了真正的原因之后，給我們的感悟是：就像大象一樣，有多少人生活中都相信我們不能做些什么，僅僅因為我們失敗過一次嗎?

1. he was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped.句意：當他經(jīng)過大象身邊，他突然停了下來。明確他看到了大象。故選B

2. 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 grow up, they still believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can hold them, so they never try to break free.句意：當他們非常小的時候，我們使用同樣大小的繩子把它們綁著，在那個時候，它是足夠的小。當他們長大后，它們?nèi)匀幌嘈潘麄儫o法掙脫繩子。他們相信繩子可以綁住他們，所以他們從不試著掙脫。明確答案為第一項。故選 A

3.

4. like the elephants, how many of us go through life believing that we cannot do something, just because we failed at it once before?句意：就像大象一樣，有多少人生活中都相信我們不能做些什么，僅僅因為我們失敗過一次嗎? 所以在此處應(yīng)該填寫對失敗的總結(jié)，在生活中不應(yīng)該放棄斗爭。故選A

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考點：人生哲理類短文閱讀。