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,” Did you not____ us?” The frog explained to them that he was____. He thought that they were____ him all the time.

This story teaches us two___:

There is power of life and death in ____. An encouraging word to someone who is____ can lift him /her up and help him/her make it____ the day.

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

Be careful of what you say. Speak life to these who cross your path . It is sometimes ____ to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way. Remember, anyone can say words that can encourage another person to continued his/her way in difficult times.

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

11.A. lies        B. stories         C. words       D. books

12.A. down      B. relaxed        C. bored       D. angry

13.A. on        B. around        C. into        D. through

14.A. help      B. kill           C. surprise     D. hurt

15.A. easy      B. strange        C. hard        D. surprising

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本篇短文是一则寓言故事，两只掉在深洞里的青蛙，一只听说了根本出不来，一时失望掉在里面摔死了，而另一只呢？却把别人的话语当成了鼓励与鞭策，坚持不懈地努力，最终取得了胜利，这就教育我们：同样是别人的语言，你当成鼓励可以帮助你，否则完全也可以害死你。

1.当其他的青蛙看到这洞是多么深时，他们告诉那两只青蛙他们和死了一样。Wet湿的； round圆的；far远的； deep深的。通读全文，尤其后面的“不能挽救”和jump up以及掉下去就摔死，更能体现是太“深”了。所以选D。

2.这两只青蛙没有听到他们说的，试图尽他们所有的可能跳出来。listen to听； look forward to期待； move to移到； turn to转向。根据并列成分and tried to jump out of the hole with all their might.可推知此处是说这两只青蛙没有听他们说，所以选A。

3.其他的青蛙一直对他们说停止吧。Leave离开；jump跳；try尝试；stop停止。根据前文they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead.可推知此句是说其他的青蛙一直对他们说停止吧，所以选D。

4.最后，其中一只相信了那些青蛙的话，放弃了。broke up分手，解散，结束（break up 的变形）; showed up出现；gave up 放弃；looked up向上看。其中一只听到其他青蛙的话，相信了那些青蛙的话即了解了事实，自然就“放弃”，所以选C。

5.另一只青蛙继续尽他的努力跳。fast 快的； far 远的； gladly高兴地； hard努力地。根据句意可知该选D。

6.他却跳得更有劲了最后他出来了。Quickly迅速地；.Finally最后； slowly慢慢地；possibly可能地。根据He jumped even harder 结合语境可推知该选B。

7.你没有听见我们说吗？hear 听见；see 看见；need 需要；Know知道。根据前文描述及语境可知该选A。

8.这只青蛙向他们解释了他是聋子。cheerful欢乐的，高兴的；great很好；deaf聋的；surprised惊奇的。由上文的没听见也可以知道是它的“听力”hearing差。所以选C。

9.他认为他们一直在鼓励他。 Laughing笑；greeting 问候；frightening令人恐惧的；encouraging鼓励。根据句意可知该选D。

10.这个故事给了我们两个教训。example例子; 榜样；lessons课，教训；sayings 谚语； ways方式，方法。考查词组teach sb a lesson“给某人以教训，给某人上了一课”。所以选B。

11.话语中有生命与死亡的力量。 Lies谎言；stories 故事；words话语； books书。根据后文An encouraging word to someone who is___ can lift him /her up and help him/her make it__ the day.A destructive(破坏性的) word to someone who is unhappy can be what it takes to __ them.可知该选C。

12.一句鼓励的话可以让消沉的人鼓起生活的勇气。down向下的; 沮丧的; relaxed轻松的； bored 无聊的；angry生气的。根据can lift him /her up 可知该选A。

13.帮助他度过那消沉的日子。On在……上； around在周围；into 进入； through通过，穿过。和后面的discouraging相对应，所以这里是说鼓励的话语可以使人脱离困难。可推知该选D。

14.对不开心的人的一句破坏性的话可让他们自杀。Help帮助； kill 杀死； surprise 惊奇； hurt伤害。与上文An encouraging word to someone who is___ can lift him /her up and help him/her make it__ the day.相对应，所以选B。

15.有时很难理解一句鼓励的话会有这么长的路。 Easy容易的；strange 陌生的，奇怪的；hard努力地；surprising令人惊奇的。结合整篇短文内容可知该选C。

考点：故事类短文。