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先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项

As my friend was passing some elephants，he suddenly stopped．He was confused by the fact that these huge animals were being held by nothing but a small rope．The rope was tied to their front legs． It was  1  that the elephants could break away from the ropes at any time．But for some   2   ，they did not．

My friend saw a trainer nearby and asked why these elephants

just stood there and didn't   3   to get away．

“Well，” he said，“when they are very    4    and much smaller，we use the same size rope to tie them．At that age，it's enough to hold them．As they grow up，they are used to   5  that they cannot break away．They believe the rope can  6   hold them，so they never try to break free．”

My friend was amazed．These animals could at any time break free， 7   because they believed they couldn't，they were stuck right where they were．

Like the elephants，how many of us go  8   life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something，simply because we  9  at it once before? How many of us are being held back by old，outdated   10   that no longer serve us?

1．A．clear                        B．necessary                C．interesting               D．important

2．A．business                   B．time                        C．duty                       D．reason

3．A．try                           B．continue                  C．remember               D．refuse

4．A．strong                   B．sleepy                     C．young                     D．tired

5．A．guessing                   B．believing                 C．proving                   D．regretting

6．A．ever                         B．even                       C．never                      D．still

7．A．but                          B．and                         C．or                          D．so

8．A．across                  B．into                          C．through                  D．over

9．A．failed                   B．laughed                     C．aimed                     D．looked

10．A．dreams                   B．instructions             C．beliefs                    D．chances

—Do you know           tomorrow?

     —David? Never! He hates outdoor activities．

    A．whether David will go cycling with us          B．when will David go cycling with us

    C．that David would go cycling with us             D．who David would go cycling with

Reading every day can make you           ．

      A．became a superstar                           B．getting clever

      C．to have fun                                      D．become knowledgeable

I can't understand what the book is about because it           in English．

      A．writes          B．will write C． is written       D．will be written

Nobody has the right to laugh at others           he is right．

      A．until        B．because      C．though        D．if

When you talk with a stranger，be           one thing：don't talk too much about yourself．

      A．interested in         B．careful about    C．frightened of    D．pleased with

 Martian Brother is the nickname for a boy called Hua Chenyu           won the 2013 Supei Boy．

      A．who             B．which              C．whose             D．what

—Final exams are forcing many students to bum the midnight oil．

     —That's true，but           late has a bad effect on their health．

      A．making up           B．using up           C．looking up        D．staying up

—When do you           your parents to stop offering you money?

    —After I get my first job．

      A．consider              B．suggest            C．expect             D．hope

—Do you know the first shop for left-handed people in Dalian?

    —Sure，the shop offers products made           for left-handers．

      A．specially              B．fairly               C．strongly           D．finally