江苏省淮安市洪泽区2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编：完形填空

江苏省淮安市洪泽区 2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编 完形填空 2023年江苏省淮安市洪泽区中考一模英语试卷 Ⅱ. 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 A man was visiting an elephant camp. He found that the elephants weren't kept in 11 or by chains（铁链）. There was only a small piece of rope 12 them from running away. And the rope was just tied to one of 13 legs. As the man looked at the elephants, he couldn't understand it — 14 didn't the elephants just use their strength to break the rope and escape? After all, they could 15 do so. However, they didn't try at all. Wanting to know the answer, he 16 a trainer nearby. “When they were very young and much smaller, we used the same 17 of rope to tie them. At that age, it was 18 to hold them. As they grew up, they 19 believed that they couldn't break the rope and run away. They believed it could hold them as before, so they never tried to get themselves 20 .” the trainer answered. The man was speechless. These animals could break the rope 21 they wanted, but they never tried just because as time went by, they believed that it just wasn't 22 . How many of us go through life like the elephants -holding onto the belief that we cannot do something simply because we 23 it once or some times before? So please be careful that our 24 can prevent our development. We might not be able to achieve our goal in the past, 25 it doesn't mean we can never succeed. We should never give up trying even when we experience failures in life. 11. A. zoos B. boxes C. camps D. cages 12. A. protecting B. stopping C. forcing D. suggesting 13. A. their B. her C. our D. your 14. A. why B. how C. when D. what 15. A. carefully B. easily C. closely D. wisely 16. A. helped B. caught C. missed D. asked 17. A. length B. number C. size D. age 18. A.