永远不要失去奋斗精神（完形填空）
永远不要失去奋斗精神（完形填空）

When a man was walking outside in the zoo, he was passing some elephants. Suddenly he stopped, ___1___ by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small ___2___ tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was ___3___ that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.
He saw a ___4___ nearby who taught them skills and asked why these animals just stood there and made no ___5___ to get away. “Well,” the trainer said, “when they are very young and much ___6___ we use the same size rope to tie them and. At that age, it’s ___7___ enough to hold them. As they grow up, they still ___8___ that they can not break away from the rope. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break ___9___.”
The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their thin ropes but because they believed they couldn’t, they were ___10___ right where they were.
Like the ___11___, how many of us go through life hanging onto a ___12___ that we cannot do something, ___13___ because we failed at it once before? ___14___ is part of learning: we should never stop the struggle in life. So when we meet any difficulty in our life, we should try to find ways to fight with it ___15___ we succeed at last.
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1.1.

A tired

B confused

C relaxed

D stressed

解析：选B。B 根据后面的“these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope”那么大的动物居然被一条细绳拴住，所以那个人感觉“疑惑不解”，所以此处要用confused。故选B。

2.2.

A line

B thread

C rope

D string

解析：选C。C 根据文章第二段第二句中的“we use the same size rope”可知，大象是被绳索(rope)拴住的，所以此处要用rope。故选C。

3.3.

A reasonable

B suitable

C obvious

D perfect

解析：选C。C 后面描述的大象能够挣脱绳子，这是很“明显”的，所以此处要用obvious。故选C。

4.4.

A cleaner

B trainer

C teacher

D worker

解析：选B。B 从后面的“taught them skills”可知，这是驯兽员要做的事情，另外从第5题后面的“‘Well,’ the trainer said”也明确提示此处要用trainer。故选B。

5.5.

A answer

B study

C mistake

D attempt

解析：选D。D 那个人就问驯兽员，为何大象不试图逃走，此处要用“make no attempt”表示“不尝试”。故选D。

6.6.

A healthier

B smaller

C taller

D cleverer

解析：选B。B 现在大象(的体积)确实很大，但驯象人在大象很小的时候给它们拴上了绳索，所以此处要用smaller。故选B。

7.7.

A rich

B wide

C thick

D strong

解析：选D。D 在那个时候(大象小时候)，绳子还是足够“结实的”(它们无法挣脱)，所以此处要用strong。故选D。

8.8.

A doubt

B remind

C believe

D argue

解析：选C。C 现在大象长大了，但是从它们的行为来看，它们还是“相信”它们不能挣脱那个绳子，所以此处要用believe。故选C。

9.9.

A down

B free

C out

D up

解析：选B。B 那些大象相信这些绳索依然能拴住它们，所以它们再也不去想挣脱束缚，所以用break free。另外根据下一段中的“break free from their thin ropes”也可得到答案。故选B。

10.10.

A invited

B asked

C kept

D paused

解析：选C。C 因为它们相信自己不能挣脱绳子，所以它们就只能被人束缚(保留)在原地，所以此处要用kept。故选C。

11.11.

A horses

B elephants

C monkeys

D birds

解析：选B。B 结合上文内容，在讨论大象，所以此处要用elephants。故选B。

12.12.

A belief

B goal

C hope

D habit

解析：选A。A 后面的内容“we cannot do something”是我们自己形成的一个“信念/看法”，所以此处要用belief。结合上一段的“because they believed they couldn’t”中的believe也可以推断出这其实是一种“信念”。故选A。

13.13.

A certainly

B simply

C exactly

D entirely

解析：选B。B “仅仅”因为我们曾经在这件事情上失败过，我们就相信自己再也无法完成这件事，就再也不敢努力，所以此处要用simply。故选B。

14.14.

A Failure

B Encouragement

C Ambition

D Violence

解析：选A。A 句意：失败是学习不可缺少的部分。根据上句中的“fail at it once before”以及下一句“we should never stop the struggle in life.”我们不应该停止生活中的奋斗（不能因为失败了一次就停止奋斗），可知此处要用failure。故选A。

15.15.

A if

B since

C until

D before

解析：选C。C 我们要一直奋斗，“直到”我们最终成功，故选C。