Question

A group of frogs (青蛙) were travelling through the bush when two of them fell into a deep hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how deep the hole was, they told the two frogs that they could not be saved and that they were almost dead. The two frogs didn’t listen to their words and tried their best to jump out of the hole. But the other frogs kept telling them to stop. Finally, one of the frogs listened to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down and died.

The other frog, however, continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs shouted at him to give up and wait for death. He jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the other frogs asked, “Didn’t you hear us?” The frog explained that he had poor hearing. He thought they were encouraging him the whole time.

Words have the power of life and death. An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it through their difficulties. A destructive (破坏性的) word to someone who is down can be fatal. So always be careful of what you say.

1. What happened when a group of frogs were travelling through the bush?

A. Two of them died

B. Two of them lost their way

C. Someone caught two of them

D. Two of them fell into a hole

2.The other frog jumped out of the hole because he ________.

A. wanted to save his friend

B. wanted to tell the others they were wrong

C. was afraid of destructive words

D. thought the others were encouraging him

3.The underlined word “fatal” in the last paragraph means ________ in Chinese.

A. 致命的.      B. 注定的.      C. 有益的.     D. 必要的.

4.What can we learn from the story?

A. We shouldn’t try to give others advice.

B. We should be careful of what we say to others.

C. Destructive words can also be helpful.

D. Words have nothing to do with life and death.

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本文叙述了一群青蛙在树林里旅行时，有两只青蛙掉进了一个坑里。其他青蛙认为坑太深了，它们死定了，于是告诉它们别跳了。其中有一只青蛙Nick听了它们的话，没有跳出来，因此最后死去了。而另一只青蛙Jack没有听其他青蛙的话，它跳的更努力了，最后跳出了那个坑。

1.D细节理解题。根据短文开头A group of frogs (青蛙) were travelling through the bush when two of them fell into a deep hole.可知一群青蛙在树林里旅行时，有两只青蛙掉进了一个坑里。所以该选D。

2.D细节理解题。根据第三段中He thought they were encouraging him all the time.可知它以为其他的青蛙一直在鼓励它。所以选B。

3.A词义猜测题。根据前面句子Words have the power of life and death可知该词的意思是“致命的”，所以该选A。

4.细节理解题。根据最后一段的描述可知我们应该小心我们对别人说的话。所以该选B。

考点：故事类短文阅读。