As my friend was passing some elephants，he suddenly stopped．He was confused by the fact that these huge animals were being held by nothing but a small rope．The rope was tied to their front legs． It was       that the elephants could break away from the ropes at any time．But for some         ，they did not．
My friend saw a trainer nearby and asked why these elephants just stood there and didn't        to get away．
“Well，” he said，“when they are very           and much smaller，we use the same size rope to tie them．At that age，it's enough to hold them．As they grow up，they are used to         that they cannot break away．They believe the rope can       hold them，so they never try to break free．”
My friend was amazed．These animals could at any time break free，      because they believed they couldn't，they were stuck right where they were．
Like the elephants，how many of us go       life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something，simply because we      at it once before? How many of us are being held back by old，outdated        that no longer serve us?

Once there was a man traveling 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(锁链)， 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 rage, 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 always stuck 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(挣扎) in life.
根据材料内容选择正确答案。
【小题1】 What did the writer see in the village?

One windy spring day, I noticed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Colorful creations of different shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds flying and dancing. As the strong winds blew against the kites, a string kept them in control.
Instead of blowing away with the wind, they rose against it to achieve great heights. They shook and pulled, but the restraining (控制的) string and the cumbersome (笨重的) tail kept them in control, facing upward and against the wind. As the kites struggled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!” They rose beautifully even when they fought the restriction of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose(松散的). “Free at last,” it seemed to say. “Free to fly with the wind.”
Yet freedom(自由) simply put it in the control of an unkind wind. It fell down to the ground and landed in a mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. “Free at last”, free to lie powerlessly in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to stop lifelessly against the first obstacle (障碍物).
How much like kites we sometimes are. The Heaven gives us adversity (逆境) and rules, rules to follow from which we can grow and get strength. Some of us break away from the rules so hard that we never reach the heights we might get to. We keep part of the rules and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.
Let us each rise to the great heights, knowing that some of the rules that we may be angry about are in fact the strong force that helps us achieve.
【小题1】Why does the writer write the first paragraph?

As my friend was passing some elephants，he suddenly stopped．He was confused by the fact that these huge animals were being held by nothing but a small rope．The rope was tied to their front legs． It was ?? that the elephants could break away from the ropes at any time．But for some ? ?? ? ，they did not．

My friend saw a trainer nearby and asked why these elephants just stood there and didn't?? ?? ?? to get away．

“Well，” he said，“when they are very ?? ?? ?? and much smaller，we use the same size rope to tie them．At that age，it's enough to hold them．As they grow up，they are used to ? ?? ? that they cannot break away．They believe the rope can? ?? ? hold them，so they never try to break free．”

My friend was amazed．These animals could at any time break free， ?? ?? because they believed they couldn't，they were stuck right where they were．

Like the elephants，how many of us go? ?? ?? life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something，simply because we? ?? ? at it once before? How many of us are being held back by old，outdated?? ?? ?? that no longer serve us?

1.A．clear????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．necessary????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．interesting????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．important

2.A．business????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．time????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．duty????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．reason

3.A．try????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．continue????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．remember????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．refuse

4.A．strong????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．sleepy????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．young????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．tired

5.A．guessing????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．believing????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．proving????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．regretting

6.A．ever????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．even????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．never????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．still

7.A．but????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．and????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．or????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．so

8.A．across????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．into????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．through????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．over

9.A．failed????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．laughed????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．aimed????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．looked

10.A．dreams????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．instructions????????????? ????????????? C．beliefs????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．chances