There is an old story about an army of frogs that went jumping 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 two fallen friends. They all began to
3 shake their heads and croak out warnings. “It’s too deep!”said one frog. Another said that there was no
4 they would ever be able to get out
5 .
The two fallen frogs began to continuously jump as they
6 to get out, but the frogs that were
7 kept croaking louder at them that they might as well stop
8 they were as good as dead and just
9 their time. One of the two frogs finally gave up,
10 their advice and died.
The other frog just kept on jumping harder than ever
11 all the loud croaks of disapproval from the frogs around the top of the hole. They kept croaking at him to
12 jumping and save himself from all the
13 and suffering as he jumped and fell back down to the bottom
14 .
Finally, to the
15 of all the other frogs, he jumped right out of the deep hole. The other frogs asked him, “Why did you keep jumping
16 we yelled and croaked at you to stop?” The frog explained to them he was
17 at that time and that he had thought they were cheering for him and yelling words of
18 to him the entire time!
A little encouragement can go a long way. We don’t often think about the
19 that our words have upon others. Our words do have the power to hurt or to
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| 小题1: | | A．hole | B．river | C．well | D．valley |
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| 小题3: | | A．violently | B．gently | C．sadly | D．doubtfully |
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| 小题4: | | A．wonder | B．doubt | C．Problem | D．way |
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| 小题5: | | A．alone | B．alive | C．aware | D．awake |
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| 小题6: | | A．attempted | B．chose | C．preferred | D．failed |
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| 小题7: | | A．helping | B．jumping | C．watching | D．cheering |
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| 小题8: | | A．if | B．because | C．though | D．until |
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| 小题9: | | A．saving | B．spending | C．killing | D．wasting |
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| 小题10: | | A．ignored | B．offered | C．followed | D．rejected |
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| 小题11: | | A．in spite of | B．as a result of | C．in terms of | D．instead of |
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| 小题12: | | A．try | B．practise | C．imagine | D．quit |
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| 小题13: | | A．stress | B．pain | C．panic | D．trouble |
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| 小题14: | | A．here and there | B．now and then | C．over and over | D．neck and neck |
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| 小题15: | | A．delight | B．disappointment | C．embarrassment | D．surprise |
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| 小题16: | | A．even though | B．now that | C．as though | D．in case |
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| 小题17: | | A．blind | B．deaf | C．numb | D．clumsy |
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| 小题18: | | A．warning | B．trust | C．wisdom | D．encouragement |
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| 小题19: | | A．pressure | B．magic | C．effect | D．force |
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| 小题20: | | A．help | B．protect | C．prevent | D．create |
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