A group of frogs were traveling through the forests, but unluckily two of them fell into a hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how deep the hole was, they cried to the two frogs,“We can’t save you.”The two frogs didn’t care and tried their best to jump up out of the hole. The other frogs kept saying that they were sure to die. Finally, one of the two frogs gave up, because he heard what the others were saying. Then he fell down and died. The other one, however, continued to jump as hard as he could, and at last he succeeded. When he got out, the other frogs asked, “Didn’t you hear us?” The frog, who had a poor hearing, explained, “I thought you were encouraging me all the time.”

The story teaches us: There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to those who are down can help them out while a discouraging word can kill them.

Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Only one word for each blank.

While a group of frogs were traveling through the forests, two of them fell into a deep 1._________. The other frogs had no ways to save them. They kept saying that the two frogs were sure to die. Hearing this, one of the two frogs 2._________ and died. But the other one tried to jump as hard as3.________ and succeeded. Because there was something wrong with his ears, he thought the others were encouraging him. The story tells us when a person is in 4.___ , we should 5._________him instead of discouraging him.

Today, the forests have almost gone. People must ________ down too many trees.

1. A.
   stop to cut
2. B.
   stop from cutting
3. C.
   be stopped to cut
4. D.
   be stopped from cutting

One day, Bob took two of his friends into the mountains. They put up their tents(帐篷)and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.
In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometers from their camp(营地), it started to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hand before his face. He could not find the road! Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house, But all was white now. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?
Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip(行程) of thirty-five kilometers in such cold weather!
It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped.
Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!
【小题1】Bob and his two friends went to the forest          .