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He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and
didn’t try to get away. “Well,” the trainer said, “when they are very you ng and
much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and , at that age, it’s
enough to hold them. As they grow up, they still believe they cannot break away.
They believe the rope can hold them, so they never try to break free.”
How could it be? These animals could at any time break free from their
ropes. But because they were always stuck(固定) right where they were, they
believed they couldn’t.
Just like the elephants, how many of us go through life believing that we
cannot do something, just because we failed at it once before?
. We should never give up the struggle(斗争) in life.
86.What did the writer see in the village?
A. Chains B. Elephants. C.Cages. D.Farmers.
87. Why do the elephants never try to break free from the ropes?
A. Because they think they can not..
B. Because they are too old to do it.
C. Because they like their living places.
D. Because they get on well with the trainer.
88. How did the man feel after he heard what the trainer said?
A.Moved. B.Surprised. C.Angry. D.Nervous.
89. Which of the following is the missing part(空 白处) in the last
paragraph?
A. Failing is part of learning B. We should be different from others
C. Helping animals is helping ourselves D. Travelling always makes people
relaxed
90. What is the best title for this text?
A. A Pleasant Trip B. A Cruel Trainer
C. Elephant Training D.The Elephant Rope
D
I never saw my father come home from work late or ill, nor did I ever see
my father take a “night out with the boys”. He had no hobbies but just took care
of his family.
For 22 years, since I left home for college , my father called me every
Sunday at 9:00 am. He was always interested in my life----how my family was
doing. The calls even came when he and my mother were in Australia, England or
Florida.
Nine years ago when I bought my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent
eight hours a day for three days, painting my house. He would not allow me to
pay someone to have it done. All he asked, was a glass of iced tea, and that I
hold a paintbrush for him and talk to him. But I was too busy, for I had a law
practice to run, and I could not take the time to hold the paintbrush, or talk
to my father.
Five years ago, my 71-year-old father spent five hours putting together a
swing set(秋千) for my daughter. Again, all he asked was that I get him a glass of
iced tea, and talk to him. But again, I had laundry to do, and the house to
clean.
The morning on Sunday, January 16, 1996, my father telephoned me as usual,
this time he had seemed to have forgotten some things we had discussed the week
before. I had to get to church, and I cut the conversation short.
The call came at 4:40 am. That day my father was sent to hospital in
Florida. I got on a plane immediately, and I vowed(发誓) that when I arrived, I
would make up for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him and really
get to know him.
I arrived in Florida at 1:00 am, but my father had died at 9:12 pm. This
time it was he who did not have time to talk, time to wait for me.
In the years since his death I have learnt much about my father, and even
more about myself. As a father, he never asked me for anything but my time. Now
he has all my attention, every single day.
91.We know from the reading that the father .
A、liked to paint houses
B、had no friends around him
C、 was not healthy in his youth
D、thought of his family as his all |
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