Test 1
As a man was passing some elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused
by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope 1 (tie) to their front leg. No chains, no cages. 2 was obvious that the elephants could, at any time, break away from their bonds but 3 some reason, they did not.
He saw a trainer nearby and 4 (ask) why these animals just stood there and made no attempt 5 (get) away. “Well”, the trainer said, “when they are very young and much 6 (small) , we used the small size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grew up, they are conditioned to believe the rope can still hole them, so they never try to struggle free.”
The man was amazed. These animals could at any time escape from their bonds but 7 they believe they couldn’t, they were struck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life 8 (hang)
on to a belief that we cannot do something, 9 (simple) because we failed once before? 9 (fail) is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life.
Test 2
Many years ago, in a village lived a simple, good-natured fellow 1 (name) Rip Van Winkle. He was very lazy. To avoid work, he would walk away into the forest.
One day, Rip just walked on and on and reached the 2 (high) part
of the mountains. Suddenly he heard a voice 3 (call) his name. He looked around and saw a short, old man, with thick hair and a grizzled beard walking toward him with a barrel. Rip hurried 4 (help) him. Together they reached a place where there were some more odd-looking man. His companion 5 (empty) the contents of the barrel into glasses and make Rip drink it. Rip obeyed. Since he was
6 (thirst) he drank a few more some more glasses and slowly fell into
a deep sleep.
On waking up, he found that he was at the place 7 he had first met the old man. He began to go back to his village. As the neared the village, he met a number of people 8 he didn’t know any of them. The 9 (village) also stared at him equally surprised. Then an old woman walked up to him and looked at his face 10 a moment, saying, “It is Rip Van Winkle! Welcome home again, old neighbor! Where have you
been these twenty long years?”
Test 3
It is easy to overlook 1 role that your body plays in 2 (influence) your mood. When you are ill, you may find 3 (you) blaming work pressures or an unknown future. However, it could just be that you have been sitting behind your desk too long.
One way 4 (improve) your mood is exercise. Psychologically, it provides you 5 a break from the stresses in your life. Also, in the process, you may aim for clear goal, like a new 6 (person) running record or a better body shape. The achievement of a particular goal 7 (make) you feel good and contributes to your 8 (confident). That is why exercise has been shown to build up your self-respect.
You do not have to train yourself hard to feel the psychological benefits of exercise. What 9 (real) matters is frequency, not intensity of your exercise. You can try walking for 30 minutes five times per week 10 simply gardening on weekends.
Test 4
Two men travelling through a forest together promised 1 (help) each other whatever danger threatened them. They had not gone far before
a bear rushed at them from some bushes. One man was a good 2 (climb), and quickly climbed a nearby tree, but the other, 3 (see) that he had no chance alone against the bear, fell flat on his back and pretended to be 4 (die).
The bear came up to him, sniffed at him. Thinking the man was dead, he went off into the wood again 5 hurting him. When the bear had gone, the other traveler came down from his tree, and 6 (smile) asked his companion what the bear had said to him. “For I could see,”he said, “that he put his mouth close to your ear.”
“He told me to tell you,” 7 (reply) the other, “that you were
a coward（懦夫）,and that in future I should not trust those 8 make fine promises, but will not stand by 9 (they)friends in danger.”
Don’t trust fine promise 10 you are sure of the person who makes them.
