题目内容
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As a man was passing some elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope 1. (tie) to their front leg. No chains, no cages. 2._was obvious that the elephants could, at any time, break 3.from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.
He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt 4. (get) away. “Well，”_5. trainer said, “when they are very young and much 6. (small), we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe the rope 7. still hold them, so they never try to run free.”
The man was amazed. These animals could at any time escape from their bonds but _8. they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life 9. (hang) onto a belief that we cannot do something, 10. (simple) because we failed at it once before? Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life.
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