Question

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36－55各題所給的四個選項A、B、C和D中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

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. excited       B. confused       C. discouraged  D. worried

2.A. impossible         B. doubtful        C. uncertain      D. obvious

3.A. but     B. or         C. and        D. so

4.A. case   B. result    C. reason      D. choice

5.A. same B. bigger C. smaller     D. different

6.A. narrowly    B. almost   C. still            D. hardly

7.A. did     B. failed    C. tried          D. succeeded

8.A. yourself    B. others   C. your teacher          D. your partner

9.A. causes        B. stories  C. results         D. examples

10.A. conscious         B. honest  C. responsible   D. depended

11.A. stopped   B. referred        C. changed        D. originated

12.A. interested        B. disappointed         C. bored       D. inspired         

13.A. belief      B. experience   C. embarrassment    D. remark

14.A. represent        B. compare        C. mix            D. replace

15.A. action      B. thought         C. aim           D. plan

16.A. come true       B. run out C. on guard        D. keep cool

17.A. at     B. by         C. for                 D. in

18.A. improved          B. judged  C. realized    D. recognized

19.A. finish        B. continue        C. keep         D. begin

20.A. involved  B. stuck     C. unfinished     D. changed

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.D

12.B

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對在馬戲團看見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. excited         激動的；B. confused 困惑的；        C. discouraged  泄氣的；D. worried 擔(dān)心的；此處要表達的是對大象被一根繩子拴住的情況感到困惑。答案選B。

2.考查形容詞辨析。A. impossible 不可能的；B. doubtful 疑惑的；C. uncertain 不確定；D. obvious 明顯的；對于后面的情況是顯而易見的，句式It’s obvious that….。答案選D。

3.考查連詞辨析。這兒明顯是表示轉(zhuǎn)折的含義。答案選A。

4.考查名詞辨析。句意上我問馴獸員這種現(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。句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。句意上隨著大象長大，它們還是認為繩子可以拴住它們。A. narrowly 狹窄地；B. almost 幾乎；C. still 仍然；D. hardly 幾乎不。答案選C.

7.考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)“how many of you believe you cannot do a thing, simply because you ____once before?” 推斷只是因為你曾經(jīng)失敗過所以你才認為你做不好一件事。答案選B。

8.考查代詞辨析。接著上一題應(yīng)該還是問你自己。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. causes 緣由；B. stories    故事； C. results 結(jié)果 ；D. examples 事例。答案選D。

10.考查形容詞辨析。 結(jié)合上一句在生活中有許多這樣的事例，而我們自己該對此負責(zé)。搭配上，be responsible for…。答案選C。

11.考查動詞辨析。這兒要表示的是這種limiting belief 來自于我們曾經(jīng)有的體驗，originate表示源自于…。答案選D。

12.考查動詞辨析。與上句中的embarrassing experiences相對應(yīng)。A. interested 有趣的； B. disappointed失望的；C. bored 厭煩枯燥的；D. inspired 激勵的。答案選B。       

13.考查名詞辨析。A. belief 想念，想法；B. experience        經(jīng)驗，經(jīng)歷；C. embarrassment 尷尬；D. remark 評價，評論。這段的開頭就出現(xiàn)了belief. 答案選A。

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

15.考查名詞辨析。這句中有單詞subconsciousness，對應(yīng)的就是想法---thought。答案選B。

16.考查短語辨析。A. come true 實現(xiàn)；          B. run out 用光，耗盡；C. on guard 保衛(wèi)；   D. keep cool 保持冷酷；make …come true。答案選A

17.考查介詞辨析。與help搭配用for。答案選C。

18.考查動詞辨析。A. improved. 改善，提高；B. judged 判斷；C. realized 實現(xiàn)； D. recognized

認出，識別；此處為improve skills。答案選A。

19.考查動詞辨析。此處作者建議從現(xiàn)在開始。答案選D。

20.考查動詞辨析。與后面的limiting相對應(yīng)，不要像大象一樣困在一個地方。A. involved 牽扯，涉及；B. stuck       陷入；C. unfinished 未完成的；D. changed 改變。答案選B。

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