If you are human, you can’t help but experience times when everything seems to be going wrong ．You must also
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as if your life is completely out of control at times．It is during those “down times” that words of encouragement from family, friends, co-workers or
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strangers can boost (增强) your spirits．It is also during those
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that destructive words can be devastating (毁灭性的) and sink you deeper and deeper into depression．
For example, consider this story about a group of
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who were traveling through the woods when
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of them fell into a deep pit (坑)．All of the other frogs gathered around the
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．When they saw how
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the pit was, they told the two
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frogs they would never get out．
The two frogs didn’t obey what other frogs said and tried to
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out of the pit．The other frogs kept telling them not to jump,
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it was in vain．Finally, one of the frogs followed what the other frogs were saying and simply 31 ．He fell down and
32 ．The other frog continued to jump as
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as he could．Once again the crowd of frogs shouted at him to
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the pain．The more they 35 , the harder he jumped and finally he
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to safety．
When he
37 , the other frogs asked him why he continued to jump when they were all
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him to simply quit．The frog
39 to them that he was a little bit deaf．He thought they were
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21．A．think B．experience
C．seem D．feel
22．A．so
B．just C．even
D．ever
23．A．processes
B．times
C．courses
D．practices
24．A．frogs
B．mice
C．dogs
D．cats
25．A．two B．three
C．many
D．few
26．A．hole
B．pit C．water
D．well
27．A．muddy
B．wide
C．deep
D．long
28．A．uncomfortable
B．unpleasant
C．unhappy
D．unfortunate
29．A．run
B．walk
C．climb D．jump
30．A．so
B．since
C．because D．although
31．A．gave out
B．gave up
C．gave away
D．gave off
32．A．died
B．wounded
C．destroyed
D．damaged
33．A．fast
B．hard
C．easily
D．swiftly
34．A．help B．ban
C．stop
D．forbid
35．A．cried
B．spoke C．shouted D．read
36．A．get it
B．forget it
C．use it
D．made it
37．A．turned out
B．kept out
C．got out
D．held out
38．A．talking to
B．shouting at C．throwing at
D．speaking to
39．A．explained B．announced
C．introduced
D．told
40．A．encouraging
B．helping
C．pulling
D．dragging
21．D由第一句话知“如果你是人，你不得不体会到每件事情好象是错误的时候。”接下来，说到你一定也……，从选项分析,seem与feel后可接as if ,但seem as if的主语常是it。因此，答案为D项。
22．C由本句中可以看出，鼓励性的语言能够增强你的精神，无论是来自家人，朋友，同事 或……陌生人，应为递进关系，因此，选择C项适合。
23．B由上文的 “It is during those “down times” that words of encouragement from family, friends,．．．”可以猜测出来。
24．A由下文的 “All of the other frogs gathered around the．．．”可知，一群青蛙正穿过树林。因此，答案为A项。
25．A由下文的 “．．．the two ．．．frogs they would never get out．”可知，掉进坑里的是两只青蛙。
26．B由下文的 “．．．them fell into a deep pit (坑)．”可知。
27．C由下文的 “．．．they would never get out．”可知，坑是非常深的，所以其他的青蛙说他们将从不会出来。
28．D因青蛙掉进了深坑，所以是两支不幸的青蛙。
29．D由下文的 “The other frogs kept telling them not to jump,．．．”可知，两只进坑的青蛙尽力地想从坑中跳出来。
30．C其他的青蛙让他们不要跳，与下文的 “．．．it was in vain．”可知是因果关系，因此，答案为C项。
31．B由上文知，其它的青蛙不让他们跳，又由 “Finally, one of the frogs followed what the other frogs were saying ．．．”以及”He fell down．．．”可知，一只青蛙放弃了。因此，答案为B项。give out分发，用完；give away赠送，泄露，抛弃；give off
发出，散发出。
32．A因为坑深，这只青蛙放弃了且掉下去了，那就死了。
33．B由下文的 “．．．the harder he jumped．．．”可知。jump as hard as he could．尽可能努力地跳。
34．C由 “The other frogs kept telling them not to jump．．．”及本句中的once again可知，其他的青蛙让他停下来。
35．C由上文的 “Once again the crowd of frogs shouted at him．．．”可知。
36．D其他的青蛙喊得越利害，他跳得越努力并且最终他成功地到安全地了。Make it成功；get it理解，明白；forget it没关系；use it使用它。
37．C青蛙出来后，其他的青蛙问他……。get out出来；keep out留在外面，扣留；turn out关灯，制造；结果是，原来是；hold out伸出，坚持。
38．B由上文的 “Once again the crowd of frogs shouted at him．．．”可知。throw at投向，掷向；speak to对……讲；talk to
向……讲话。
39．A由上文的 “．．．,the other frogs asked him why．．．”可知，这只青蛙向他们解释。Explain to sb．sth向某人解释某事。
40．A前后呼应，由第一段的 “．It is during those “down times” that words of encouragement．．．can boost (增强) your spirits．”可知，这只青蛙以为他们正在鼓励他呢。
.He was driving home one evening, on a two-lane country road. 1 , in this small mid-western community, was slow. 2 he never quit looking. Ever since the Levis factory 3 , he’d been unemployed. It was a 4 road. Not very many people had a reason to be on it, 5 they were leaving. Most of his friends had already 6 . They had families to 7 and dreams to fulfill (实现). But he stayed on. 8 , this was where he buried his mother and father. He was born here and knew the country.
He could go down this road blind, and 9 you what was on either side, and with his 10 not working, that came in handy. It was starting to get 11 and light snow was coming down. He’d better get a (n) 12 on. You know, he almost didn’t see the old lady, 13 on the side of the road. But even in the dim light of 14 , he could see she needed help. So he 15 in front of her and got out. His car was still roaring (轰鸣) when he approached her.
Even with the smile on his face, she was 16 . No one had stopped to help for the last hour 17 . Was he going to hurt her? He didn’t look safe, he looked poor and 18 . He could see that she was 19 , standing out there in the cold. He knew how she felt. He said, “I’m here to help you. Why don’t you wait in the 20 where it’s warm? By the way, my name is Joe.”
1. A. WorkB. LuckC. WealthD. Life
2. A. SoB. ThusC. ButD. Yet
3. A. openedB. closedC. producedD. stood
4. A. longB. dirtyC. wideD. lonely
5. A. unlessB. ifC. whenD. until
6. A. workedB. leftC. stayedD. died
7. A. seeB. helpC. feedD. enter
8. A. At allB. After allC. Above allD. In all
9. A. askB. giveC. tellD. show
10. A. engineB. wheelC. mindD. headlights
11. A. darkB. brightC. closeD. cold
12. A. lightB. moveC. coatD. engine
13. A. standingB. lyingC. shoutingD. waving
14. A. lightsB. dayC. moonlightsD. night
15. A. moved onB. walked outC. drove offD. pulled up
16. A. cheerfulB. anxiousC. worriedD. thankful
17. A. at leastB. at mostC. or soD. exactly
18. A. seriousB. hungryC. tallD. helpful
19. A. surprisedB. happyC. excitedD. frightened
20. A. carB. roomC. factoryD. family
参考答案165.ACBDA BCBCD ABABD CCBDA： .All kinds of people come in to have their shoes shined. Most folks are friendly. But this man was different.
“How much do you make a week, boy?” he asked me. I felt he was 1 at me.
He kept giving a sharp 2 around every now and then. All the time I kept 3 where I’d seen his face. Suddenly I knew. I’d seen his 4 in the post office many times. He was the big robber 5 by the police in three states!
“You know,” he was saying, “it’s imagination people lack. You’ll never get anywhere as a 6 boy.”
I kept brushing away on his shoes as 7 as I could. The sooner I finished, the better. He said, “When I was sixteen, I had 8 $2, 500 of my own.”
That reminded me of something. Was it $2, 500 or $5, 000 or $7, 500? I wasn’t 9 . I knew a big reward was 10 for him.
But what could I do about it? 11 him with a can of shoe polish? A man of his 12 could grind (碾碎) me into the floor. If only someone would come in!
He kept talking away. “Along with 13 , it takes courage, the courage to take a chance. Start something on a shoestring.”
Suddenly I saw Officer Dailey 14 across the street. Then, real fast, I began tightening the man’s shoestrings.
The policeman was at the window when I cried out, “Officer Dailey, 15 ! This man’s a robber.”
“ 16 ,” the man shouted angrily. He started to jump off the stand. But he didn’t go the way he 17 . He fell flat on his face and knocked himself out cold.
“That was pretty 18 of you,” the officer said. “You’ll get a reward of $7, 500 for him.”
“Well, it really wasn’t my 19 ,” I said. “It was his. He told me if you had courage and imagination you could start something big on a 20 ”.
1. A. staringB. lookingC. laughingD. pointing
2. A. lookB. walkC. wordD. tongue
3. A. consideringB. rememberingC. caringD. wondering
4. A. noticeB. pictureC. mailD. warning
5. A. wantedB. searchedC. caughtD. shown
6. A. cleverB. smallC. shoeshineD. stupid
7. A. carefullyB. slowlyC. wellD. fast
8. A. madeB. stolenC. borrowedD. gathered
9. A. curiousB. sure C. interestedD. clear
10. A. affordedB. offeredC. suggestedD. shown
11. A. InjureB. WarnC. HitD. Avoid
12. A. sizeB. ageC. heightD. kind
13. A. moneyB. supportC. clevernessD. imagination
14. A. wanderingB. lookingC. comingD. speeding
15. A. helpB. dangerC. stopD. attention
16. A. Mind youB. Shut upC. Hurry upD. Hands up
17. A. askedB. knewC. noticedD. planed
18. A. cleverB. braveC. helpfulD. lucky
19. A. businessB. ideaC. rewardD. praise
20. A. standB. tableC. shoeD. shoestring
参考答案166.CADBA CDABB CADCA BDABD：