Once there was a man traveling in a faraway village. As he was passing the elephants, he stopped at once. He found that these huge elephants were being held by only a small rope tied to their front legs. No chains, 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 were very young and much smaller, we used the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it was 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 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 in it once before?

. We should never give up the struggle (斗爭) in life.

1.The elephants were being held by ________.

A. a small rope B. a big chain C. a long line D. a piece of cloth

2.The man felt ________ after he heard what the trainer said.

A. excited B. surprised C. angry D. nervous

3.The elephants never tried to break free from the ropes because ________.

A. they liked their living places B. they were too old to do it

C. they thought they could not D. they got on well with the trainer

4.In the last paragraph which of the following can be put in ?

A. Failure is part of learning

B. We should be different from others

C. Helping animals is helping ourselves

D. Traveling always makes people relaxed

5.What is the best title for this passage?

A. A Pleasant Trip B. A Bad Trainer

C. Elephant Training D. The Elephant Rope

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