动词填空（10分）
1. Your brother ___________ (practice) dancing at the moment, isn’t he?
2. My cousin _____________(not swim) so fast as I when we were young.
3. Everyone knows that it’s much easier to say than ___________. (do)
4. The day before yesterday, he made up his mind ______________(lose) weight.
5. The teacher said as much as he could _____________(help)Peter not to drop Chinese.
6. Be quiet! The Greens ______________(plan) their trip to the USA.
7. Look! The new pair of glasses your mother gave you __________(match) your coat very well.
8. Do you have any time ____________(prepare) the dinner for us?
9. Each of us ___________(tell) you the truth when we arrive home.
10. Would you please make all the boys there__________( not talk) in class?
A group of frogs were traveling1 the forests, but suddenly two of them fell into a hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how deep the hole was, they cried to the two frogs that they could not be saved. The two frogs didn't 2 and tried their best to jump up out of the hole. The other frogs 3 saying that they were sure to die. 4, one of the two frogs, who heard what the other frogs were saying, gave up. Then he fell down and died.
The 5 frog, however, continued to jump as 6 as he could, and at last made it out. When he 7 , the other frogs asked, "Didn't you hear us?" The frog, who had a poor 8, said, "I thought you were encouraging me all the time."
The story teaches us a 9:There is power(����) of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging 10 to those who are down can help them out while a discouraging word can kill them.
( )1. A. across B. through C. from D. past
( )2. A. care B. understand C. know D. think
( )3. A. kept B. finished C. practiced D. stopped
( )4. A. Luckily B. Finally C. Suddenly D. Happily
( )5. A. another B. other C. others D. one
( )6. A. wide B. tall C. hard D. far
( )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. smile B. laugh C. help D. word
The pair of trainers is a little small. Can you give me ______________?
A. a cheaper one B. another cheaper pair C. the cheaper ones D. cheaper ones
Don’t lose ________________computer games, little boys!
A. yourself to B. yourself in C. yourselves to D. yourselves in
I can’t decide to choose which of them to ________.
A. make a friend B. make friends C. make a friend with D. make friends with
– Shanghai is larger than __________ city in China.
– Yes. And it is larger than __________ city in Jiangsu.
A. any other, any B. any other, any other
C. any, any other D. any, any
