Question

【題目】語(yǔ)法填空。

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.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】tied

【2】It

【3】away

【4】to get

【5】the

【6】smaller

【7】can

【8】because

【9】hanging

【10】simply

【解析】

試題分析：

【1】大象僅由一根系在前腿的小繩拴住。rope和tie之間是動(dòng)賓關(guān)系，故此處用過(guò)去分詞表被動(dòng)。

【2】顯而易見(jiàn)，大象在任何時(shí)候都能夠掙脫繩子。分析句子成分可知，It在句中作形式主語(yǔ)，that引導(dǎo)的從句是真正的主語(yǔ)。

【3】break away from ...“從……突然掙脫，從……逃脫”。

【4】他看見(jiàn)附近有位馴獸師，就問(wèn)為什么這些動(dòng)物只是站在那里而不試圖逃跑呢？make an attempt to do sth.“試圖做某事”。

【5】這位馴獸師說(shuō)：“當(dāng)它們還年幼、較小時(shí)，我們使用同樣大小的繩子拴住它們�！贝颂幱枚ü谠~the表示特指。

【6】much修飾形容詞比較級(jí)。

【7】當(dāng)它們長(zhǎng)大時(shí)，它們就習(xí)慣性地認(rèn)為繩子依然能夠拴住它們。此處用情態(tài)動(dòng)詞can表示一般的能力。

【8】這些大象在任何時(shí)候都能夠掙脫繩子，但是因?yàn)樗鼈冋J(rèn)為不能，所以它們就待在原處。

【9】此處應(yīng)用現(xiàn)在分詞作伴隨狀語(yǔ)。

【10】僅僅是因?yàn)槲覀冊(cè)��?jīng)失敗過(guò)嗎？此處應(yīng)用副詞作狀語(yǔ)。