Question

As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, and no cages either. It was obvious that the elephants could, at any time, break away 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 to get away. “Well,” trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the rope of the same size to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away.”

The man was amazed. These animals can break free from their bonds at any time, but because they believe they can’t, they are stuck right where they are.

【写作内容】

1.以约30词概括上文的主要内容。

2.以约120词谈谈你的看法，内容包括：

1.这个故事有什么寓意?

2.你如何解决这样的问题？

【写作要求】

1.写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；

2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3.不必写标题。

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内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

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Answer

Some adult elephants, which could have easily broken away from the chains which confine them, chose to remain where they were. This is largely due to their conditioned thinking pattern, which were formed from their early age.(37 words)

The passage casts spotlight on the moral that once the fixed thinking pattern is deeply rooted in one's mind, it becomes extremely challenging for one to make any positive changes to the circumstances. Ridiculous as it may sound, it is not uncommon for us to see some vivid examples around. For instance, some of us invariably blame our failure in exams on our poor genes inherited from our parents, thus never adopting any effective approaches to polish up this subject.(80 words)

To eliminate this vicious thinking pattern, I should determinedly resort to my teachers or parents for help. I will talk my problems through and seek their suggestions. Once finding out the underlying reasons for my fixed thinking pattern, I will think out of the box and see things from a different angle.(51 words)

【解析】文章要求首先根据所讲故事用30个词概括故事大意，这需要我们看懂故事的内容，找到文章要点，抓住本质。比如故事中为什么大象为什么不逃脱小小的绳子，关键是思维观念的束缚，这一点必须要点出来。第二步要求用120词谈谈对此的看法，内容包括：1.这个故事有什么寓意?要求剖析故事本质及导致的原因，根植内心的思维模式或道德准则等，可结合实际例子进行更详细的描述，更全面的说明。2.你如何解决这样的问题？结合自己实际写出解决办法，如向父母家长寻求帮助，发现问题及时解决，跳出固定的思维框架多角度看问题等。

写作时一定要通过现象看清本质，观点要明确。还要注意叙述的条理性。

【亮点说明】本文要点全面，观点明确，并使用高级句型和高级词汇，如定语从句which could have easily broken away from the chains which confine them；which were formed from their early age. 和that once the fixed thinking pattern。倒装句Ridiculous as it may sound，不定式to eliminate this vicious thinking pattern；词语due to，casts spotlight on，invariably，resort to等。