Question

    While a man was passing by an elephant, he suddenly stopped. The elephant was held by only a small rope. The farmer ties the rope to the elephant's front leg. No chains, no cages. The man was very confused. He wanted to know why the elephant didn't run away.

He visited the farmer and asked why the elephant just stood there and didn't run away. "Well," the farmer said, "when it was very young and much smaller, we used the same size rope to tie it. At that age, the rope was strong enough to hold it. Of course it couldn't run away. When it grew up, it still believed the rope could hold it. So it never tried to run away."

The man was very amazed. In fact, the grown-up elephant could run away at any time. But it didn't run away just because it believed it couldn't. As a result, it was stuck right there.

We have such problems in our life. Sometimes we don't think we can deal with the problems. Sometimes we fail to deal with them. It's not wise to stop struggling. See? Failure is part of learning. We should never give up the struggle.

1.The farmer held the elephant by ________.

A.making a chain to tie the elephant B.making a cage for the elephant

C.tying a rope to the elephant's front leg D.tying a rope around the elephant's body

2.When the elephant grew up, the farmer used ________ to hold it.

A.a stronger rope B.a smaller rope

C.the same size rope D.a longer rope

3.The grown-up elephant couldn't run away because ________.

A.no one came to save it B.the elephant couldn't run fast

C.it was not strong enough D.it believed it couldn't

4.The writer wants to tell us ________.

A.not to stop struggling B.to give up the struggle in life

C.to learn from the farmer D.to learn from the elephant

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。一个人看到一只大象被一根小绳子拴着，这个人很困惑，他想知道为什么大象不逃跑。结果农夫告诉那个人，大象从小到大，农民都是用同样的一条绳子拴住它，这样，当它长大了，它仍然相信那根绳子能拴住它，所以从来没有试图逃跑过。这个故事告诉我们不应该停止奋斗。

1.

细节理解题。根据第一段中The elephant was held by only a small rope. The farmer ties the rope to the elephant's front leg. No chains, no cages.可知大象只被一根小绳子拴着。农民把绳子系在大象的前腿上。没有锁链，没有牢笼。由此可知，农民用一条绳子捆住大象的前腿来控制它，故选C。

2.

细节理解题。根据第二段中"Well," the farmer said, "when it was very young and much smaller, we used the same size rope to tie it. At that age, the rope was strong enough to hold it. Of course it couldn't run away. When it grew up, it still believed the rope could hold it. So it never tried to run away.(“哦”农夫说，“当它还很小的时候，我们用同样大小的绳子绑它。在那个年龄，绳子足够结实，可以控制它。它当然跑不掉了。当它长大了，它仍然相信那根绳子能拴住它。所以它从来没有试图逃跑。”）由此可知，大象从小到大，农民都是用同样的一条绳子拴住，故选C项。

3.

细节理解题。根据第三段中In fact, the grown-up elephant could run away at any time. But it didn't run away just because it believed it couldn't.可知事实上，成年大象可以随时逃跑。但它不会逃跑，因为它认为自己跑不掉。由此可知，这只成年大象跑不掉，因为它相信自己跑不掉。故选D。

4.

推理判断题。根据文章最后一句We should never give up the struggle.可知我们决不应该放弃奋斗。由此可推知，作者想要告诉我们不要停止奋斗，故选A。