Oncetherewasamantravellinginafarawayvillage.Ashewaspassingtheelephantshesuddenlystopped.Hefoundthatthesehugeelephantswerebeingheldbyonlyasmallropetiedtotheirfrontleg.Nochains(锁链)nocages.Itwasclearthattheelephantscouldatanytimebreakawayfromtheirropesbutforsomereasontheydidnot.
Hesawatrainernearbyandaskedwhytheseanimalsjuststoodthereanddidn’ttrytogetaway.“Well”thetrainersaid“whentheyareveryyoungandmuchsmallerweusethesamesizeropetotiethemandatthatageit’senoughtoholdthem.Astheygrowuptheystillbelievetheycannotbreakaway.Theybelievetheropecanholdthemsotheynevertrytobreakfree.”
Howcoulditbe?Theseanimalscouldatanytimebreakfreefromtheirropes.Butbecausetheywerealwaysstuck(固定)rightwheretheyweretheybelievedtheycouldn’t.
Justliketheelephantshowmanyofusgothroughlifebelievingthatwecannotdosomethingjustbecausewefailedatitoncebefore?
Weshouldnevergiveupthestruggle(斗争)inlife.
【小题1Whatdidthewriterseeinthevillage？
A.ChainsB.Elephants.
C.Cages.D.Farmers.
1.Whydotheelephantsnevertrytobreakfreefromtheropes?
A.Becausetheythinktheycannot..
B.Becausetheyaretoooldtodoit.
C.Becausetheyliketheirlivingplaces.
D.Becausetheygetonwellwiththetrainer.
2.Howdidthemanfeelafterheheardwhatthetrainersaid?
A.Moved.B.Surprised.
C.Angry.D.Nervous.
3.Whichofthefollowingisthemissingpart(空白处)inthelastparagraph?
A.Failingispartoflearning
B.Weshouldbedifferentfromothers
C.Helpinganimalsishelpingourselves
D.Travellingalwaysmakespeoplerelaxed
4.Whatisthebesttitleforthistext?
A.APleasantTripB.ACruelTrainer
C.ElephantTrainingD.TheElephantRope
