Ⅰ. 根据短文内容，从方框内选择合适的单词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、连贯。
amazed, but, by, believe, break, hold, leg, simple, small, why
As my friend was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped. He was surprised that these huge animals were being held (1) only a small rope. The rope was tied (绑) to their front (2) . No chains, no cages. It was clear that the elephants could break away from their bonds (束缚) at any time, but for some reason, they did not.
My friends saw a trainer nearby and asked (3) these elephants just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,” the trainer said, “when they were very young and much (4) , we use the same size rope to tie them. At that age, it was enough to (5) them. As they grow up, they are trained to (6) that they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to (7) free.”
My friend was (8) . These animals could at any time break free from their bonds, (9) because they believed they couldn’t, they were kept right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life in the belief that (相信) we cannot do something, (10) because we failed in doing it once before?
Failure is part of learning; so we should never give up the struggle in life.
综合填空要求考生具有扎实的语言基础知识和对篇章的理解和分析能力。做题时应注意以下步骤：
1. 通读短文，掌握大意； 2. 瞻前顾后，分析推理； 3. 反复推敲，攻克难点； 4. 复读短文，验证答案。 【巩固练习】
Ⅰ. 根据短文内容，从方框内选择合适的单词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、连贯。
because, difficult, good, home, hurt, how, learn, live, successful, until
Nirmala Toppo, a 14-year-old from India, can talk to elephants! And she has saved the city of Rourkela in India with this ability (能力).
One day, 12 wild elephants ran into Rourkela from a nearby forest. They were very huge. Local people tried their (1) to drive the elephants into a gym. But they didn’t know (2)to drive them back to the forest.
“It was a (3) task. The elephants became violent (暴力的) and started to destroy the gym area,” a local forest official told the BBC.
Then they thought of Nirmala Toppo, a tribal (部落的) girl who (4) in the neighboring state of Jharkhand. She is famous for being able to talk to elephants. She has (5) driven back elephants many times before in her hometown.
When Toppo arrived, she came close to the elephants. She wasn’t afraid at all. “I told them the gym was not their (6) . They should return where they belong. They understood what I said,” said Toppo.
The elephants started to leave the gym. Toppo walked many miles with them
(7) they arrived back at the forest. Her feet were badly (8) because of the long distance.
How did she learn to talk to elephants? Toppo said she (9) that after a few
elephants killed her mother. But others think that’s (10) tribal people have lived with wild animals for so many years, and they know how to deal with them.
综合填空 【经典习题】
Ⅰ. 1. by 2. legs 3. why 4. smaller 5. hold 6. believe 7. break 8. amazed 9. but 10. simply 【巩固练习】
Ⅰ. 1. best 2. how 3. difficult 4. lives 5. successfully 6. home 7. until 8. hurt 9. learned / learnt 10. because
