Question

（共15小題，每小題2分，滿分30分）

Elephants are trained, at an early age, not to escape. One leg of a baby elephant is tied with a rope to a wooden post planted in the ground. The rope limits the baby elephant to an area determined by the length of the rope. At first the baby elephant tries to break free from the rope, but the rope is too strong. Soon the elephant learns that he cannot break the rope in any case. This space defined by the rope becomes the elephant's comfort zone.

As the elephant grows up it could easily break the rope, but it does not even try because it was conditioned as a baby to think that it still could not break free. As a result, the large elephant remains tied and stays in a small space.

This metaphor(隱喻) can be used to describe what happens to human beings as we become trapped in a comfort zone. Just as the elephant's space determines what it can do, our comfort zone determines what we are able to achieve. Fortunately, humans are born with the ability to make conscious choices. The elephant doesn't try to break the rope free while we can easily leave our comfort zone.

In order to expand our potential and succeed in life, we must expand our comfort zone into unfamiliar fields. You will never realize what you are truly able to achieve if you remain in your comfort zone.

1. The area where the baby elephant can move around is decided by ________.

A. the space covered by the elephant

B. the length of the rope

C. the elephant’s comfort zone

D. the wooden post planted in the ground

2.The large elephant does not try to break the rope, because ________.

A. the rope is too strong

B. a wooden post is planted in the ground

C. the elephant likes the small space

D. the elephant thinks it still could not break free

3. What can be the best title for the text?

A. How to train elephants

B. A cautious elephant

C. A comfort zone

D. Expand your comfort zone

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.D

【解析】

試題分析: 本文是一篇議論文。大象在年幼時(shí)就被訓(xùn)練不能逃跑，象寶寶被繩子捆在一定的范圍，即使大象長大了也不會想著去掙脫。作者以此來隱喻處在舒服狀態(tài)下的人們，并且建議人們?yōu)榱藬U(kuò)大我們的潛力和獲得成功，我們必須擴(kuò)大舒服狀態(tài)到不熟悉的領(lǐng)域。

1.B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第二行“The rope limits the baby elephant to an area determined by the length of the rope.”描述可知小象寶寶能夠移動的區(qū)域大小是由繩子的長度決定的。故選B。

2.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一行“but it does not even try because it was conditioned as a baby to think that it still could not break free.”描述可知大象不想嘗試掙脫繩子是因?yàn)樗�仍然像象寶寶那樣認(rèn)為那是無法打破的。故選D。

3.A標(biāo)題歸納題。本文告訴我們大象在年幼時(shí)就被訓(xùn)練不能逃跑，象寶寶被繩子捆在一定的范圍，即使大象長大了也不會想著去掙脫。作者以此來隱喻處在舒服狀態(tài)下的人們，并且建議人們?yōu)榱藬U(kuò)大我們的潛力和獲得成功，我們必須擴(kuò)大舒服狀態(tài)到不熟悉的領(lǐng)域。由此可知本文最好的題目是D. Expand your comfort zone擴(kuò)大你的舒適區(qū)。故選D。

考點(diǎn)：考查教育類短文閱讀。