Unit 3 单元话题短文首字母填空练习-2023-2024学年九年级英语上册单元重难点易错题精练（牛津上海版）

Unit 3 Pets 单元话题短文首字母填空练习 （2023·上海奉贤·统考二模）Fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给） The Elephant and the Rope A gentleman was walking through an elephant camp. He suddenly stopped. He realized that the elephants weren’t being kept in cages or held by the use of chains(链条). Each of the giant animals was held by only a small rope tied to its front leg. The man felt confused. It was c 1 that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds and run away. But, for some reason, they did not. In fact, they didn’t try to escape at all. He saw a trainer nearby. Curious and wanting to know the answer, he went up and asked, “Excuse me, but I want to know why the elephants are just standing there. Why do they never try to run away?” The trainer replied, “When the elephants are very young and much smaller, we use ropes of the same size to tie them. At a young a 2 , the elephants are not strong enough to break free from the ropes. They try and try, but fail each time. As they grow up, they are conditioned to(习惯于) believe they cannot break away. They believe the ropes can still hold them, so they n 3 try to break free ever again.” L 4 the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before? I think every one of us can relate to this story and the feeling of having failed at something or another over the years. Over time, we might begin to think that we are not able to do a particular(特定的) thing and we a 5 this as the truth and never try again. We think to ourselves, “I tried that before and it didn’t work out. What is the point in trying it again and w 6 my time? I don’t want to look like a fool!” And this is how we start to settle for a life that is “safe” and “less exciting”. However, we could regard all the so-called “failures” in our lives as just stepping stones along our path, and decide to respond in a way