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完形填空 When I started my company, a customer service number was put on the company's website to better the communication with users. Somehow it rarely rang. So we abandoned it. However, I thought phone support would have made sense. So, last year, I1putting another service number on our homepage.  "Again? We tried this before, but it didn't work!" they responded, casting2on me. "But companies evolve; circumstances change." I argued. Late last year, I convinced my company to give it a shot. So we started a two-week3. During the first few days, the volume of calls, around    per day, was not much but4. Then, over the following days, the volume increased dramatically, which5them all. So successful was it that we finally decided to adopt the service phone number6. This experience reminded me of the elephant-and-rope story. Baby elephants were7with a small rope. Because they're too8to break free from the rope, they grow up being conditioned that the rope is stronger than they are. So, as adults, they think they can still be9by the rope. In my company, those who thought we couldn't because we once10were like a baby elephant who was living with a11mindset. They drew a conclusion based on specific12, but they forgot to revise it when things changed. In business, not to mention life, all sorts of invisible mental ropes may hold us back. It results in missed opportunities and wasted13. So don't hold onto the14that you can't grow or learn from past failures. All it takes is15eyes to reexamine the situation. （1） A . admitted B . imagined C . enjoyed D . proposed （2） A . annoyance B . fear C . doubt D . regret （3） A . activity B . trial C . procedure D . mission （4） A . significant B . precise C . perfect D . common （5） A . amused B . frustrated C . astonished D . pleased （6） A . partly B . regularly C . naturally D . officially （7） A . injured B . secured C . moved D . pulled （8） A . small B . big C . fat D . short （9） A . held on B . held back C . set free D . set apart （10） A . tried B . reflected C . persevered D . failed （11） A . flexible B . complex C . fixed D . simple （12） A . places B . conditions C . standards D . systems （13） A . space B . strength C . money D . potential （14） A . belief B . excuse C . ambition D . information （15） A . mature B . eager C . fresh D . optimistic 答案：（1）D；（2）C；（3）B；（4）A；（5）C；（6）D；（7）B；（8）A；（9）B；（10）D；（11）C；（12）B；（13）D；（14）A；（15）C；

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