【Asmyfriendwaspassingsomeelephants，hesuddenlystopped．Hewasconfusedbythefactthatthesehugeanimalswerebeingheldbynothingbutasmallrope．Theropewastiedtotheirfrontlegs．Itwasthattheelephantscouldbreak】

　　Asmyfriendwaspassingsomeelephants，hesuddenlystopped．Hewasconfusedbythefactthatthesehugeanimalswerebeingheldbynothingbutasmallrope．Theropewastiedtotheirfrontlegs．Itwas  thattheelephantscouldbreakawayfromtheropesatanytime．Butforsome    ，theydidnot．

　　Myfriendsawatrainernearbyandaskedwhytheseelephantsjuststoodthereanddidn't      togetaway．

　　“Well，”hesaid，“whentheyarevery      andmuchsmaller，weusethesamesizeropetotiethem．Atthatage，it'senoughtoholdthem．Astheygrowup，theyareusedto    thattheycannotbreakaway．Theybelievetheropecan    holdthem，sotheynevertrytobreakfree．”

　　Myfriendwasamazed．Theseanimalscouldatanytimebreakfree，    becausetheybelievedtheycouldn't，theywerestuckrightwheretheywere．

　　Liketheelephants，howmanyofusgo     lifehangingontoabeliefthatwecannotdosomething，simplybecausewe    atitoncebefore?Howmanyofusarebeingheldbackbyold，outdated      thatnolongerserveus?

　　1.A．clear                                       B．necessary                                       C．interesting                                       D．important

　　2.A．business                                       B．time                                                    C．duty                                                    D．reason

　　3.A．try                                                    B．continue                                       C．remember                                       D．refuse

　　4.A．strong                                       B．sleepy                                       C．young                                       D．tired

　　5.A．guessing                                       B．believing                                       C．proving                                       D．regretting

　　6.A．ever                                       B．even                                                    C．never                                                    D．still

　　7.A．but