九年级英语选词填空专练九
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Once there was a man _1.____in a faraway village. As he was passing the elephants, he___2._ stopped. He found that these huge elephants _3._____by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains(锁链), no ____4._. 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 __5._____ 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__6._ 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 ___7.____, so they never try to break free.”
How could it be? These animals could at any time break free from their ropes. But __8.____ they always stuck right where they were, they __9._____ they couldn’t. Just like the____10.___ , how many of us go through life believing that we cannot do something, just because we failed at it once before?
Falling is part of learning. We should never give up the struggle(挣扎) in life. 1.______ 2._____ 3._____ 4._____ 5.______ 6.______ 7._____ 8.______ 9.______ 10._____