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.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】

试题分析：本文介绍了作者通过对在马戏团看见大象脚上即便是拴有一根小的绳子也不去挣脱的现象的理解来阐述生活中我们要是想取得成功就不能被曾经的失败给拴住的道理。

1. by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg.此处要表达的是对大象被一根绳子拴住的情况感到困惑。故答案为B。

2. _that they could, 对于后面的情况是显而易见的，句式It’s obvious that…。故答案为D。

3. strangely enough,这儿明显是表示转折的含义。答案选A。

4. for this.句意上我问驯兽员这种现象的原因，有与介词for的搭配。答案选C。

5.

6. size rope句意上随着大象长大，它们还是认为绳子可以拴住它们。

7.____once before?” 推断只是因为你曾经失败过所以你才认为你做不好一件事。答案选B。

8. “I cannot dance” or “I’m not good at math”?接着上一题应该还是问你自己。答案选A。

9. of self limiting beliefs. 句意上在我们生活中也有类似的事例发生，所以选D。

10.C考查形容词辨析。A. Conscious 有意识的；B. Honest 诚实的；C. Responsible 有责任感的；D. Depended 决定的。You must realize you’re for them. A limiting belief that says you’re poor at math结合上一句在生活中有许多这样的事例，而我们自己该对此负责。搭配上，be responsible for…。答案选C。

11. as a reaction to the embarrassing experiences related to math这儿要表示的是这种limiting belief 来自于我们曾经有的体验，originate表示源自于…。答案选D。

12. you与上句中的embarrassing experiences相对应。 答案选B。

13. ___you can choose to change it! Here is how:这段的开头就出现了belief. 答案选A。

14. it with “I am good at math”这儿明显是接着上面的如何去做，首先就是转变观念。答案选D。

15. , 这句中有单词subconsciousness，对应的就是想法---thought。答案选B。

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

17. help与help搭配用for。答案选C。

18. .此处为improve skills。答案选A。

19. it today. o.此处作者建议从现在开始。答案选D。

20. 陷入；C.unfinished 未完成的；D.changed改变。Don’t be like the poor elephant and make your life at a place because of a limiting belief you developed years ag与后面的limiting相对应，不要像大象一样困在一个地方。答案选B。

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