Question

    A group of frogs were traveling through the woods. Unluckily, two of them fell into a hole. When the other frogs saw how_________the hole was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The two frogs didn’t _________them and tried to jump out of the hole with all their might. The other frogs kept telling them to _________. Finally, one of the frogs believed what the other frogs were saying and_________. He fell down and died. The other frog continued to jump as_________ as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs shouted at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder and_________made it out. When he got out, the other frogs said,” Didn’t you_________ us?” The frog explained to them that he was________. He thought that they were_______ him all the time.

This story teaches us two_________:

1. There is power of life and death in words. An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift him /her up and help him/her make it through the day.

2.A destructive(破坏性的) word to someone who is unhappy can be what it takes to kill them.

1.A.wet B.round C.far D.deep

2.A.listen to B.look forward to C.move to D.turn to

3.A.leave B.jump C.try D.stop

4.A.broke up B.showed up C.gave up D.looked up

5.A.fast B.far C.gladly D.hard

6.A.quickly B.finally C.slowly D.possibly

7.A.hear B.see C.need D.know

8.A.cheerful B.great C.deaf D.surprised

9.A.laughing B.greeting C.frightening D.encouraging

10.A.example B.lessons C.sayings D.ways

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.B

【解析】

这篇短文讲述了一个故事，一群青蛙在树林里走，其中两只掉到了一个洞里。洞很深，所以其他青蛙对它们说让它们不要试图跳出来。其中一只摔下去死了，但另一只一直努力的跳，终于跳了出来。这个故事告诉我们，我们对一个处在困境中的人所说的话，也许会对他有很大的影响。

1.句意：当其他青蛙看到洞有多深时，他们告诉这两只青蛙，他们死定了。

A. wet潮湿的，B. round圆的，C. far 远的，D. deep深的。根据后文的“tried to jump out of the hole with all their might.”可知，此处表示其他青蛙看看那个洞有多深。故选D。

2.句意：这两只青蛙没有听他们的，整个晚上，他们都尽力的想从洞里跳出来。

A. listen to听，B. look forward to期望，C. move to搬到，D. turn to转向，求助于。根据“tried to jump out of the hole with all their might.”可知，其他青蛙告诉掉进洞里的青蛙不要往外跳，他们努力向外跳，因此表示他们没有听。故选A。

3.句意：其他的青蛙一直告诉他们停下来。

A. leave离开，B. jump 跳跃，C. try尝试，D. stop停止。根据后文的“the crowd of frogs shouted at him to stop the pain”可知，其他青蛙让他们不要往外跳，让他们停下来。故选D。

4.句意：最后其中的一只青蛙听了他们说的话，放弃了。

A. broke up分解，B. showed up露出，C. gave up放弃，D. looked up查出，向上看。根据后文的“He fell down and died”和“the crowd of frogs shouted at him to stop the pain and just die.”可知，其中的一只青蛙听了其他青蛙的话，停止往外跳，掉下去，死了，即放弃了。故选C。

5.句意：另外一只青蛙继续尽力的跳。

A. fast快的，B. far远的，C. gladly高兴地，D. hard努力地。根据文意可知，另外一只青蛙继续努力的跳。根据下文的“jumped even harder”可知此处表示努力地跳。故选D。

6.句意：他跳得更努力了，最后终于跳了出来。

A. quickly迅速地，B. finally最后，C. slowly缓慢地，D. possibly可能地。根据前文的“The other frog continued to jump as____5____ as he could.”可知，这只青蛙尽最大努力，不断地跳，最后从洞里跳出来了。故选B。

7.句意：当他出来的时候，其他青蛙说：难道你没听见我们说的吗？

A. hear听见，B. see看见，C. need需要，D. know知道。根据前文的“the crowd of frogs shouted at him to stop the pain and just die.”可知，这些青蛙让他不要跳了，但是他跳出来了，因此这里其他青蛙问他难道没听见他们说的话吗。故选A。

8.句意：这只青蛙对他们解释说他是聋的，听不见。

A. cheerful快乐的，B. great 伟大的，C. deaf聋的，D. surprised感到惊讶的。根据后文的“He thought that they were___9___ him all the time.”可知，这只青蛙以为他们一直在鼓励他，没有听见他们的话，因此说他是聋子，故选C。

9.句意：他以为他们是在一直鼓励他。

A. laughing大笑，B. greeting问候，C. frightening吓唬，D. encouraging鼓励。根据后文的“An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift him /her up and help him/her make it through the day.”可知，鼓励的话能让人度过困难，因此他认为其他青蛙是在鼓励他从洞里跳出来。故选D。

10.句意：这个故事给了我们两个启示。

A. example例子；B. lessons课，教训；C. sayings谚语；D. ways方法。根据后文的“An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift him /her up and help him/her make it through the day.”和 “A destructive(破坏性的) word to someone who is unhappy can be what it takes to kill them.”文意可知，这里作者告诉我们从这个故事中我们学到的道理，教训。故选B。