Question

It was a sunny day. Everything looked so lively. A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them    into a deep hole. When the other frogs saw how deep the hole was, they told the two frogs that they would die soon.

The two frogs didn't care about it and tried their best to jump out of the hole. The other frogs kept    them to stop. Finally one of the frogs accepted    the other frogs were saying and gave up. He died.

The other frog continued to jump as   as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs shouted at him to stop the effort and just die. He jumped    harder and finally made it. When he got out, the other frogs said, " Did you not hear us?" The frog   to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him all the time.

There is power in the       . An encouraging word to someone who is down can    him up and help him make it through the day.      ,a destructive(被坏性的) word to someone who is down can kill him. Be careful of what you say—especially to yourself. Maybe your life will be    just because of a word.

1.A.jumped       B.stepped.    C.fell        D.looked

2.A.telling      B.saying      C.talking   D.speaking

3.A.which        B.how        C.what      D.why

4.A.fast        B.hard        C.long       D.deep

5.A.many         B.even      C.very       D.more

6.A.explained    B.encouraged  C.excused    D.expected

7.A.mouth        B.head      C.tongue      D.ear

8.A.get         B.give        C.catch       D.cheer

9.A.Though       B.So          C.Or         D.However

10.A.interesting B.lively      C.different  D.peaceful

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.D

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了两只跳进深坑的青蛙，一只因为听了其他青蛙的消极的话，放弃了努力，最后死了，另一只是个聋子，他以为人们在鼓励他，所以他尽力跳，最后逃生了。

1.考查动词及语境的理解。A.jumped跳；B.stepped举步；C.fell落下；D.looked看。

句意：他们中有两只跳进了深坑。根据青蛙的特点，可知是跳进去的，故选A，跳。

2.考查动词及语境的理解。A.telling告诉；B.saying说；C.talking交谈；D.speaking说。

剩余的青蛙一直在告诉他们停止那么做，tell sb to do sth告诉某人做某事，根据句意及结构，故选A

3.C考查连接词及语境的理解。A.fast快的；B.hard努力的；C.long长的；D.deep深的。最后一只青蛙接受了其他青蛙的所说的话，放弃了，根据句意，故填C。what做宾语从句的引导词，代指他们所说的话。

4.B考查副词及语境的理解。另一只青蛙继续尽可能努力的跳。as…as one can,尽可能……，联系下文可知是努力地，故选B

5.B考查副词及语境的理解。A.many许多；B.even甚至；C.very很非常；D.more更多。他跳得甚至更努力了，最后成功了。even,可以修饰比较级，表示比较的程度，故选B。

6.A考查动词及语境的理解。A.explained解释；B.encouraged鼓励；C.excused借口；D.expected期待，句意：那只青蛙对他们解释，他是聋子。故选A，解释。

7.C考查名词及语境的理解。A.mouth嘴；B.head头；C.tongue舌头；D.ear耳朵。句意：这就是语言的力量。在这里用舌头代指语言，故选C，舌头。

8.D考查动词及语境的理解。A.get到达；B.give给；C.catch捉住；D.cheer鼓励。句意：鼓励的语言能使一个处于低谷的人振作起来，cheer up,振作，根据句意，故选D。

9.D考查连词及语境的理解。A.Though尽管；B.So因此；C.Or或者；D.However然而。根据上下文的对比，可知具有转折的意思，故选D。

10.考查形容词及语境的理解。A.interesting有趣的；B.lively有活力的；C.different不同的；D.peaceful和平的。句意：也许你的生活会因为这句话而不同，根据句意故选C.不同的。

考点：考查哲理故事类短文。