题目内容
Elephants are the biggest animals live on
1.________
land.When born, a baby elephant weights
2.________
about 9 kilograms.It is about 91 centimeter
3.________
high.When it reaches at the age of twelve
4.________
years, it does no grow any more.Elephants
5.________
have very long noses what we call “trunks”
6.________
The elephant can use it’s trunk to smell as
7.________
well as to pick up things.The trunk’s tip can be used as a hand.Elephants are
8.________
kindly animals.When one of them is
9.________
hurted, the other elephants will help it.
10.________
提示:
1. live改为living或者在 live 前加 that,用现在分词作定语或者用定语从句 2. weights-weighs,weigh是动词,weight是名词“重量”的意思 3. centimeter-centimeters,前面的数字是91用复数 4. 删at,到了12岁,直接说reach the age of 12,不用介词at 5. no-not,否定在助动词does后面加not 6. what-that/which,这是定语从句应由that或which引导 7. it’s-its,能用它的,用its 8. as-like,像手一样使用,表示像…时,like是介词后接名词;as是连词后接句子 9. kindly-kind,用形容词修饰名词animals,kind温和的 10. hurted-hurt,hurt的过去分词就是hurt
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My friend Jim and I finally decided to spend our 14 days off in the eastern country.We were arranged to stay with a local family, which made it possible for us to share a real life experience with the locals and in return bring ourselves a richer experience of the native culture and tradition.
In the company of one of our well-informed local tour leaders, we started one of the trips to the nearby town . As we were passing elephants, we stopped , confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by a small rope tied to their front legs . No chains, no cages. It was obvious that these elephants could, at any time, break away from the ropes they were tied to but for some reason, they did not . My friend went up to the trainer and asked why these beautiful animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,”he said , “When they were young and much smaller we used the same size rope to tie them and at that age, it was enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are accustomed to believing that they can not break away. They believe that the rope can hold them, so they never try to break free. We were amazed . These animals could at any time break away from their ropes but just because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we can not do something , simply because we failed at it once before ? How many of us are being held by outdated belief that no longer serves us ? How many of us have avoided trying something new because of a limited belief? Worse still , how many of us are being held back by someone else’s limiting beliefs? Your attempt may fail but never fail to make an attempt.
【小题1】What was the author most interested in during his visit?
| A.The local people and elephants |
| B.The local culture and tradition |
| C.The history of the eastern country |
| D.The local food and scenery |
| A.the trainer playing skillfully with the huge animals |
| B.the trainer attracting the visitors’s attention in such a way |
| C.the huge elephants tied only by a small rope |
| D.the elephants being trained with small ropes |
| A.they believed they couldn’t break away from the small ropes |
| B.they got used to being raised and controlled by human beings |
| C.they had a very close relationship with their trainers |
| D.it was hard to break away from the strong and powerful ropes |
| A.people should never fail to make an attempt or get held by false beliefs |
| B.people should travel around and try new things |
| C.animals should be trained to obey their masters |
| D.it’s necessary to train creatures when they are young |