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word版-精品资料分享 分享精品资料 Test 1 As a man was passing some elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope 1 (tie) to their front leg. No chains, no cages. 2 was obvious that the elephants could, at any time, break away from their bonds but 3 some reason, they did not. He saw a trainer nearby and 4 (ask) why these animals just stood there and made no attempt 5 (get) away. “Well”, the trainer said, “when they are very young and much 6 (small) , we used the small size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grew up, they are conditioned to believe the rope can still hole them, so they never try to struggle free.” The man was amazed. These animals could at any time escape from their bonds but 7 they believe they couldn’t, they were struck right where they were. Like the elephants, how many of us go through life 8 (hang) on to a belief that we cannot do something, 9 (simple) because we failed once before? 9 (fail) is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life. Test 2 Many years ago, in a village lived a simple, good-natured fellow 1 (name) Rip Van Winkle. He was very lazy. To avoid work, he would walk away into the forest. One day, Rip just walked on and on and reached the 2 (high) part of the mountains. Suddenly he heard a voice 3 (call) his name. He looked around and saw a short, old man, with thick hair and a grizzled beard walking toward him with a barrel. Rip hurried 4 (help) him. Together they reached a place where there were some more odd-looking man. His companion 5 (empty) the contents of the barrel into glasses and make Rip drink it. Rip obeyed. Since he was 6 (thirst) he drank a few more some more glasses and slowly fell into a deep sleep. On waking up, he found that he was at the place 7 he