Question

Years ago, I worked at the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. One day, as I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped, by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. It was _that they could, at any time, break free, strangely enough, they didn’t. I asked a trainer the for this.

He said, “When they were very young we used the size rope, and it was enough to hold them. As they grow up, they believe the rope can hold them, so they never try.”

Like the elephants, how many of you believe you cannot do a thing, simply because you once before? Do you often tell “I cannot dance” or “I’m not good at math”?

These are of self limiting beliefs. You must realize you’re for them. A limiting belief that says you’re poor at math may have as a reaction to the embarrassing experiences related to math, or the remarks made by someone important to you which you. The cool thing is that because you create the ___you can choose to change it! Here is how:

First, it with “I am good at math”. Once you change your , your subconsciousness will make this by driving you to act. That might be to take a math course or to go online help, etc. Gradually you’ll really see your math skills are .

This is such a simple process that you can it today. Don’t be like the poor elephant and make your life at a place because of a limiting belief you developed years ago.

1.A. excitedB. confusedC. discouragedD. worried

2.A. impossibleB. doubtfulC. uncertainD. obvious

3.A. butB. orC. andD. so

4.A. caseB. resultC. reasonD. choice

5.A. sameB. biggerC. smallerD. different

6.A. narrowlyB. almostC. stillD. hardly

7.A. didB. failedC. triedD. succeeded

8.A. yourselfB. othersC. your teacherD. your partner

9.A. causesB. storiesC. resultsD. examples

10.A. consciousB. honestC. responsibleD. depended

11.A. stoppedB. referredC. changedD. originated

12.A. interestedB. disappointedC. boredD. inspired

13.A. beliefB. experienceC. embarrassmentD. remark

14.A. representB. compareC. mixD. replace

15.A. actionB. thoughtC. aimD. plan

16.A. come trueB. run outC. on guardD. keep cool

17.A. atB. byC. forD. in

18.A. improvedB. judgedC. realizedD. recognized

19.A. finishB. continueC. keepD. begin

20.A. involvedB. stuckC. unfinishedD. changed

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了作者通過對在馬戲團看見大象腳上即便是拴有一根小的繩子也不去掙脫的現(xiàn)象的理解來闡述生活中我們要是想取得成功就不能被曾經(jīng)的失敗給拴住的道理。

1. by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg.此處要表達的是對大象被一根繩子拴住的情況感到困惑。故答案為B。

2. _that they could, 對于后面的情況是顯而易見的，句式It’s obvious that…。故答案為D。

3. strangely enough,這兒明顯是表示轉(zhuǎn)折的含義。答案選A。

4. for this.句意上我問馴獸員這種現(xiàn)象的原因，有與介詞for的搭配。答案選C。

5.

6. size rope句意上隨著大象長大，它們還是認為繩子可以拴住它們。

7.____once before?” 推斷只是因為你曾經(jīng)失敗過所以你才認為你做不好一件事。答案選B。

8. “I cannot dance” or “I’m not good at math”?接著上一題應該還是問你自己。答案選A。

9. of self limiting beliefs. 句意上在我們生活中也有類似的事例發(fā)生，所以選D。

10.C考查形容詞辨析。A. Conscious 有意識的；B. Honest 誠實的；C. Responsible 有責任感的；D. Depended 決定的。You must realize you’re for them. A limiting belief that says you’re poor at math結(jié)合上一句在生活中有許多這樣的事例，而我們自己該對此負責。搭配上，be responsible for…。答案選C。

11. as a reaction to the embarrassing experiences related to math這兒要表示的是這種limiting belief 來自于我們曾經(jīng)有的體驗，originate表示源自于…。答案選D。

12. you與上句中的embarrassing experiences相對應。 答案選B。

13. ___you can choose to change it! Here is how:這段的開頭就出現(xiàn)了belief. 答案選A。

14. it with “I am good at math”這兒明顯是接著上面的如何去做，首先就是轉(zhuǎn)變觀念。答案選D。

15. , 這句中有單詞subconsciousness，對應的就是想法---thought。答案選B。

16. by driving you to actmake …come true。答案選A

17. help與help搭配用for。答案選C。

18. .此處為improve skills。答案選A。

19. it today. o.此處作者建議從現(xiàn)在開始。答案選D。

20. 陷入；C.unfinished 未完成的；D.changed改變。Don’t be like the poor elephant and make your life at a place because of a limiting belief you developed years ag與后面的limiting相對應，不要像大象一樣困在一個地方。答案選B。

考點：考查生活故事類短文閱讀