There is an old story about an army of frogs that went jumping through the fores

There is an old story about an army of frogs that wentjumping through the forest one day when two of them suddenly fell into a deep   1 .All of the other frogs gathered around to look  2 at their twofallen friends. They all began to   3  shake theirheads and croak out warnings. “It­­­’s too deep!”said one frog. Another saidthat there was no   4  they would ever be able toget out   5 .

The two fallen frogs began to continuously jump asthey   6  to get out, but the frogs that were   7  keptcroaking louder at them that they might as well stop   8  theywere as good as dead and just   9  their time. One of thetwo frogs finally gave up,  10  their advice and died.

The other frog just kept on jumping harder than ever   11  allthe loud croaks of disapproval from the frogs around the top of the hole. Theykept croaking at him to   12  jumping and savehimself from all the   13  and suffering as hejumped and fell back down to the bottom   14 .

Finally, to the   15  ofall the other frogs, he jumped right out of the deep hole. The other frogsasked him, “Why did you keep jumping   16   weyelled and croaked at you to stop?” The frog explained to them he was   17  atthat time and that he had thought they were cheering for him and yelling wordsof   18  to him the entire time!

A little encouragement can go a long way. We don’toften think about the   19   that our wordshave upon others. Our words do have the power to hurt or to   20 .

1.                A．hole           B．river           C．well D．valley

2.                A．up            B．down          C．over D．around

3.                A．violently        B．gently          C．sadly D．doubtfully

4.                A．wonder        B．doubt          C．Problem  D．way

5.                A．alone          B．alive           C．aware    D．awake

6.                A．attempted      B．chose          C．preferred D．failed

7.                A．helping         B．jumping         C．watching  D．cheering

8.                A．if             B．because        C．though   D．until

9.                A．saving          B．spending        C．killing    D．wasting

10.               A．ignored        B．offered         C．followed   D．rejected

11.               A．in spite of       B．as a resultof     C．in terms of D．instead of

12.               A．try            B．practise        C．imagine   D．quit

13.               A．stress          B．pain           C．panic D．trouble

14.               A．here andthere   B．now and then    C．over and over  D．neck and neck

15.               A．delight         B．disappointment  C．embarrassment D．surprise

16.               A．even though     B．now that        C．as though  D．in case

17.               A．blind          B．deaf           C．numb D．clumsy

18.               A．warning        B．trust           C．wisdom   D．encouragement

19.               A．pressure       B．magic          C．effect D．force

20.               A．help           B．protect         C．prevent   D．create

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1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.A

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