阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Years ago, I worked at the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. One day, as I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped,        by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. It was        that they could, at any time, break free,       strangely enough, they didn’t. I asked a trainer the       for this.

He said, “When they were very young we used the       size rope, and it was enough to hold them. As they grow up, they believe the rope can       hold them, so they never try.”

Like the elephants, how many of you believe you cannot do a thing, simply because you       once before? Do you often tell       “I cannot dance” or “I’m not good at math”?

    These are       of self limiting beliefs. You must realize you’re       for them. A limiting belief that says you’re poor at math may have       as a reaction to the embarrassing experiences related to math, or the remarks made by someone important to you which       you. The cool thing is that because you create the       you can choose to change it! Here is how:

First,       it with “I am good at math”. Once you change your      , your subconsciousness will make this      by driving you to act. That might be to take a math course or to go online       help, etc. Gradually you’ll really see your math skills are      .

This is such a simple process that you can       it today. Don’t be like the poor elephant and make your life       at a place because of a limiting belief you developed years ago.

1.A. excited       B. confused       C. discouraged  D. worried

2.A. impossible         B. doubtful        C. uncertain      D. obvious

3.A. but     B. or         C. and        D. so

4.A. case   B. result    C. reason      D. choice

5.A. same B. bigger C. smaller     D. different

6.A. narrowly    B. almost   C. still            D. hardly

7.A. did     B. failed    C. tried          D. succeeded

8.A. yourself    B. others   C. your teacher          D. your partner

9.A. causes        B. stories  C. results         D. examples

10.A. conscious         B. honest  C. responsible   D. depended

11.A. stopped   B. referred        C. changed        D. originated

12.A. interested        B. disappointed         C. bored       D. inspired         

13.A. belief      B. experience   C. embarrassment    D. remark

14.A. represent        B. compare        C. mix            D. replace

15.A. action      B. thought         C. aim           D. plan

16.A. come true       B. run out C. on guard        D. keep cool

17.A. at     B. by         C. for                 D. in

18.A. improved          B. judged  C. realized    D. recognized

19.A. finish        B. continue        C. keep         D. begin

20.A. involved  B. stuck     C. unfinished     D. changed

 

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Taking a math test can be pretty stressful. Even if you know the material, you can still get the problem wrong. Knowing how to go through your math test and check your work can save you from handing in a test full of mistakes that can be avoided.   1. 

Write it out

You can also check a math problem by writing everything out on paper.   2.  Writing out math problems reduces your chances of missing anything to the lowest possible level, which is a common cause of incorrect answers.

 3. 

Make sure your answers work by doing the opposite procedure of what your problem calls for, including the answer you got the first time around. In other words, you would use the opposite of this addition problem—subtraction (减法)—to determine whether or not your answer is the correct one.

Plugging in

You may find that a variable isn’t good enough or have a problem where you have to solve for a variable (变量).   4.  This is the only real way to assure yourself that the answer you’ve found is correct.

Check for a reasonable answer

  5.  For example, if you get an answer in the millions and you know it should be in the thousands, you’ve likely misplaced a point. Go back through the work on your paper to make sure all of your formulas (公式) and calculations are correct. If everything looks okay, do the problem again and compare the result of the second try to what you’ve got on the first try.

A．Do the opposite

B．Correct the answers

C．Therefore you’ll improve your grades, as well as your math skills.

D．Plug the variable in the equation (方程) to check it out.

E. If the result of a problem seems to make no sense, it indicates that the answer is incorrect.

F. It also helps you to figure out everything after you have already finished the test.

G. This helps you to know what information you have and what information you need to solve.

 

Hunting

The days of the hunter are almost over in India. This is partly because there is practically nothing left to kill, and partly because some steps have been taken, mainly by banning tiger-shooting, to protect those animals which still survive.

Some people say that Man is naturally a hunter. I disagree with this view. Our earliest forefathers, who at first possessed no weapons, spent their time digging for roots, and were no doubt themselves often hunted by meat-eating animals.

I believe the main reason why the modern hunter kills is that he thinks people will admire his courage in overpowering dangerous animals. Of course, there are some who truly believe that the killing is not really the important thing, and that the chief pleasure lies in the joy of the hunt and the beauties of the wild countryside. There are also those for whom hunting in fact offers a chance to prove themselves and risk death by design; these men go out after dangerous animals like tigers, even if they say they only do it to rid the countryside of a threat. I can respect reasons like these, but they are clearly different from the need to strengthen your high opinion of yourself.

The greatest big-game hunters expressed in their writings something of these finer motives(动机).One of them wrote.

“You must properly respect what you are after and shoot it cleanly and on the animal’s own territory(领地)。You must fix forever in your mind all the wonders of that particular day. This is better than letting him grow a few years older to be attacked and wounded by his own son and eventually eaten, half alive, by other animals, Hunting is not a cruel and senseless killing – not if you respect the thing you kill, not if you kill to enrich your memories, not if you kill to feed your people.”

I can understand such beliefs, and can compare these hunters with those who hunted lions with spears(矛) and bravely caught them by the tail. But this is very different from many tiger—shoots I have seen, in which modern weapons were used. The so—called hunters fired from tall trees or from the backs of trained elephants. Such methods made tigers seem no more dangerous than rabbits.

1.There is no more hunting in India now partly because _________.

A. it is dangerous to hunt there                                                        B. hunting is already out of date

C. hunters want to protect animals                                                   D. there are few animals left to hunt

2.The author thinks modern hunters kill mainly _________.

A .to make the countryside safe                                                       B .to earn people’s admiration

C. to gain power and influence                                                D. to improve their health

3.What do we learn about the big-game hunters?

A They hunt old animals

B. They mistreat(虐待) animals

C .They hunt for food

D. They hunt for money

4.What is the author’s view on the tiger-shoots he has seen?

A .Modern hunters lack the courage to hunt face-to-face

B. Modern hunters should use more advanced weapons

C. Modern hunters like to hunt rabbits instead of tigers

D. Modern hunters should put their safety first

 

根据句意，选择适当的词并用其恰当的形式填空。

tie          compare     impress    around the corner    on average production    rely        survive    sink               take over

【小题1】Try and smile. You don’t want to give people the wrong   that you are not friendly.
【小题2】The company went bankrupt（破产）and     by its opponent.
【小题3】The Titanic was a passenger ship which     to the bottom of the ocean in 1912.
【小题4】The only     of the car accidents was a 90-year-old woman, who remembered every detail clearly.
【小题5】It turned out that the two teams    with each other by the end of the game.
【小题6】    to driving, I prefer riding to school, because it can keep me fit.
【小题7】Gideon is very    —if he says he’ll do something, he’ll do it.
【小题8】Cheer up! Victory is just    .
【小题9】If you cannot   any convincing evidence, you’ll lose the lawsuit.
【小题10】In recent 3 years the price of cars has gone up    by 5％.