Once there was a man traveling in a faraway village. As he was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped. He found that these huge elephants were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains(锁链)， no cages. It was clear that the elephants could, at any time, break away from their ropes but for some reason, they did not.
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 young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that rage, 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 always stuck 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(挣扎) in life.
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【小题1】 What did the writer see in the village?

Stray cats (野猫)must have been eating like kings during holidays as they climb into the garbage bins behind some best restaurants and search for the food that people left．

Holiday dinners are times of family，friends and food…，lots of food! A meal can usually last for hours．And if there are guests，there will be even more dishes as the host wishes to show his generosity．At family dinners，most of the leftovers (吃剩的饭菜）will be eaten later，but at big dinners，the leftovers go straight into the bin．

It’s reported that 50 million tons of food，about one tenth of the total amount of grain (粮食）production of China，is wasted every year．According to China Agricultural University，that’s enough food to feed 200 million people．A lot of this waste comes from big dinners when hosts try to order expensive foods to impress their guests．

Restaurants make a lot of money from these big dinners，but some restaurant owners are shocked at the waste．They’ve started campaigns (运动)to encourage people to clean their plates．One restaurant owner says he now gives discounts to people who eat everything they order，and he also offers free bags to take home any leftovers．

A full stomach，they say，is good for the body and good for the soul (灵魂)，but wasted food can be bad for both．So，at festival times，we should order what we want，but eat everything that we order…and let the stray cats find their dinner elsewhere!

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51．What do people do with the leftovers at family dinners?

A．Throw them into the dustbins．                            B．Eat them later．

C．Give them to stray cats．                              D．Keep them in the bags．

52．What does the underlined word “generosity” in the second paragraph mean?

A．慷慨                        B．仁慈                       C．宽容                      D．礼貌

53．How much grain is produced every year in China?

A．50 million tons．       B．200 million tons．    C．500 million tons．   D．2,000 million tons．

54．What’s some of the restaurant owners’ attitude (态度）towards the waste?

A．Pleased．                 B．Supportive．           C．Pitiful．                  D．Dissatisfied．

55．Why do you think the writer wrote this passage?

A．To tell us how to get a full stomach．

B．To show us how much food is wasted every year．

C．To encourage people not to waste food at the restaurants．

D．To tell us how restaurants make a lot of money from big dinners．