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专题15选词填空 2020年中考英语试题研究(四川版)
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A man walking through an elephant camp was surprised to find that the elephants weren't being kept in cages or held by chains. All that was holding them back from running away from the camp was a small piece of rope— it was just 【小题1】 to one of their legs.
As the man looked at the elephants, he couldn't understand it. Why didn't the elephants just use their power to break the rope and run away?
Wanting to know the 【小题2】, he asked a trainer nearby why it was so.
"When they were very young and much smaller, we used the same size of rope to tie them, and at that age, it was enough 【小题3】 them. As they grew up, they still believed that they couldn't break away. Even now, they believe the rope can still control them, so they have the 【小题4】 courage to try to break free, "the trainer answered.
The man was 【小题5】. These animals were able to break away from the rope whenever they wanted, but it was only because over time, they believed that it was just 【小题6】.
How many of us go through life like the elephants -—believing that it was beyond(超越)our 【小题7】 to do something only because we failed once or some times before?
Failure is part of 【小题8】. If we fail at something, we can still get something from it. Failure in the past doesn't mean we can never 【小题9】 in the future. We should keep on trying with confidence 【小题10】 even after we have experienced failures in life.
2 . 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空,使短文完整、通顺(每词限用一次)。
include; look; find; seven; among; which; know; animal; cause; how
With the COVID-19 epidemic(传染病) hitting China, many of you might want 【小题1】 more about the virus. The disease 【小题2】 by a newly-found type of corona-virus (冠状病毒). Corona-viruses are a large family of virus. The word “corona" comes from Latin and refers to crowns (王冠) . When people first saw a corona-virus under a microscope (显微镜) , they found that its spikes(刺突) made it 【小题3】 like a crown. That’s 【小题4】 t