A group of frogs were traveling through the forests, but unluckily two of them fell into a hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how 51 the hole was, they cried to the two frogs that they could not be saved. The two frogs didn't 52 and tried their best to jump up out of the hole. The other frogs 53 saying that they were sure to die. 54, one of the two frogs, who heard what the other frogs were saying, 55 . Then he fell down and died.
The other frog, however, 56 to jump as hard as he could, and at last made it out. When he 57 , the other frogs asked, "Didn't you hear us?" The frog, who had a poor 58, explained, "I thought you were encouraging me all the timid."
The story teaches us a 59 : There is power(����) of life and death in the tongue. An 60 word to those who are down can help them out while a discouraging word can kill them.
1.A. small B. deep C. big D. wide
2.A. care B. refuse C. insist D. think
3.A. kept B. finished C. practiced D. stopped
4.A. Luckily B. Finally C. Suddenly D. Happily
5.A. went on B. ran away C. jumped out D. gave up
6.A. happened B. continued C. planned D. wanted
7.A. got out B. ran away C. got off D. woke up
8.A. smelling B. eyesight C. hearing D. looking
9.A. way B. skill C. sentence D. lesson
10.A. interesting B. exciting C. excellent D. encouraging
I couldn't get through the door because there was a big box ______.
A. by the way B. on the way C. out of the way D. in the way
-- Excuse me. May I use your eraser, please?
-- Sure. ______
A. Watch out! B. Well done! C. Go ahead. D. Follow me.
-- Dad, it's such a long way from our home to the park!
-- You mean it's ______ to take a taxi?
A. popular B. necessary C. possible D. important
-- Why didn't you go to the cinema with us this afternoon?
-- I ______ at the station for my uncle from Beijing.
A. was waiting B. have waited C. am waiting D. will wait
-- It seems that Alice never wants to do anything except draw pictures.
-- Right. That's what she likes to do ______.
A. more B. less C. most D. least