题目内容：

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. excitedB. confusedC. discouragedD. worried

2.A. impossibleB. doubtfulC. uncertainD. obvious

3.A. butB. orC. andD. so

4.A. caseB. resultC. reasonD. choice

5.A. sameB. biggerC. smallerD. different

6.A. narrowlyB. almostC. stillD. hardly

7.A. didB. failedC. triedD. succeeded

8.A. yourselfB. othersC. your teacherD. your partner

9.A. causesB. storiesC. resultsD. examples

10.A. consciousB. honestC. responsibleD. depended

11.A. stoppedB. referredC. changedD. originated

12.A. interestedB. disappointedC. boredD. inspired

13.A. beliefB. experienceC. embarrassmentD. remark

14.A. representB. compareC. mixD. replace

15.A. actionB. thoughtC. aimD. plan

16.A. come trueB. run outC. on guardD. keep cool

17.A. atB. byC. forD. in

18.A. improvedB. judgedC. realizedD. recognized

19.A. finishB. continueC. keepD. begin

20.A. involvedB. stuckC. unfinishedD. changed