Question

【題目】

able catch difficult hold learn little possible speech success tie true we

A man walking through an elephant camp was surprised to find that the elephants weren't being kept in cages or held by chains. All that was holding them back from running away from the camp was a small piece of rope— it was just 【1】 to one of their legs.

As the man looked at the elephants, he couldn't understand it. Why didn't the elephants just use their power to break the rope and run away?

Wanting to know the 【2】, he asked a trainer nearby why it was so.

"When they were very young and much smaller, we used the same size of rope to tie them, and at that age, it was enough 【3】 them. As they grew up, they still believed that they couldn't break away. Even now, they believe the rope can still control them, so they have the 【4】 courage to try to break free, "the trainer answered.

The man was 【5】. These animals were able to break away from the rope whenever they wanted, but it was only because over time, they believed that it was just 【6】.

How many of us go through life like the elephants -—believing that it was beyond(超越)our 【7】 to do something only because we failed once or some times before?

Failure is part of 【8】. If we fail at something, we can still get something from it. Failure in the past doesn't mean we can never 【9】 in the future. We should keep on trying with confidence 【10】 even after we have experienced failures in life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】tied

【2】truth

【3】to hold

【4】least

【5】speechless

【6】impossible

【7】ability/abilities

【8】learning

【9】succeed

【10】ourselves

【解析】

當(dāng)作者看到大象前腿上系著一根細(xì)繩，大象卻不會(huì)掙脫，他感到驚訝。馴象師告訴他這是因?yàn)榇笙笤诤苄〉臅r(shí)候，因?yàn)閽昝摬涣诉@個(gè)繩子，他長(zhǎng)大了仍然以為掙脫不了，所以就放棄努力了。本文通過(guò)講述栓大象的繩子來(lái)告訴我們，面對(duì)失敗，不要放棄，要堅(jiān)持斗爭(zhēng)；失敗是生活中的一部分，應(yīng)該不要放棄掙扎。

【1】

句意：它只是綁在它們的一條腿上。

根據(jù)前句“All that was holding them back from running away from the camp was a small piece of rope所有阻止他們逃離營(yíng)地的都是一根小繩子”可知，空前的it指a small piece of rope，結(jié)合所提供單詞可知，此處是說(shuō)它只是“綁”在它們的一條腿上，是被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，所以用tie的過(guò)去分詞形式，be tied to one of their legs符合語(yǔ)境。故填tied。

【2】

句意：想知道真相，所以他問(wèn)附近的一個(gè)訓(xùn)象師為什么會(huì)這樣。

根據(jù)后面“he asked a trainer nearby why it was so”結(jié)合前句“Why didn't the elephants just use their power to break the rope and run away? 大象為什么不利用它們的力量來(lái)折斷繩子逃跑呢”可知，此處是說(shuō)想知道“真相”，結(jié)合所提供單詞可知，應(yīng)該用true的名詞形式truth。故填truth。

【3】

句意：在那個(gè)年齡，繩子已經(jīng)足夠拴住它們了。

根據(jù)前面句子“When they were very young and much smaller, we used the same size of rope to tie them”結(jié)合本句意思可知，在大象小的時(shí)候，繩子足以拴住它們，主語(yǔ)是it，所以動(dòng)詞應(yīng)該用hold；本句句式是it is +形容詞+to do sth，所以此處用hold的不定式形式to hold。故填to hold。

【4】

句意：所以他們沒(méi)有勇氣嘗試掙脫。

根據(jù)前句“Even now, they believe the rope can still control them即使現(xiàn)在，他們相信繩子仍然可以控制它們”結(jié)合所提供單詞可知，此處是說(shuō)沒(méi)有勇氣嘗試掙脫；根據(jù)空前的the可知，空處應(yīng)該用little的最高級(jí)形式least。故填least。

【5】

句意：男人無(wú)語(yǔ)了。

根據(jù)后句“These animals were able to break away from the rope whenever they wanted”可知，此處是說(shuō)男人無(wú)話可說(shuō)了，結(jié)合所提供單詞可知，此處應(yīng)該用speech的形容詞形式speechless。故填speechless。

【6】

句意：它們相信這是不可能的。

根據(jù)前句“but it was only because over time,”可知事實(shí)與前面所說(shuō)的“These animals were able to break away from the rope whenever they wan-ted,”相反，所以此處是說(shuō)這不可能，結(jié)合所提供單詞可知，空處用possible的反義詞impossible。故填impossible。

【7】

句意：認(rèn)為這超出了我們做某事的能力，僅僅是因?yàn)槲覀円郧笆�敗過(guò)一次或幾次？

根據(jù)前面“How many of us go through life like the elephants”結(jié)合后面“because we failed once or some times before”可知，此處是說(shuō)超出了我們的“能力”，結(jié)合所提供單詞可知此處應(yīng)該用ability或復(fù)數(shù)形式abilities。故填ability/abilities。

【8】

句意：失敗是學(xué)習(xí)的一部分。

根據(jù)后面“If we fail at something, we can still get something from it”結(jié)合常識(shí)及所提供單詞可知，此處應(yīng)該是說(shuō)失敗是“學(xué)習(xí)”的一部分，所以應(yīng)該用learn的動(dòng)名詞形式learning。故填learning。

【9】

句意：過(guò)去的失敗并不意味著我們將來(lái)永遠(yuǎn)不能成功。

根據(jù)空前“Failure in the past”可知，此處應(yīng)該是表達(dá)“成功”，情態(tài)動(dòng)詞can后跟動(dòng)詞原形，此處應(yīng)該用動(dòng)詞形式，結(jié)合所提供單詞可知，此處用success的動(dòng)詞形式succeed。故填succeed。

【10】

句意：即使我們經(jīng)歷了生活中的失敗，我們自己要有信心地繼續(xù)努力。

根據(jù)后面“even after we have experienced failures in life”結(jié)合所提供單詞可知，努力奮斗只能靠自己，所以用反身代詞形式ourselves。故填ourselves。