A group of frogs were travelling through the woods. Two of them, Nick and Jack, fell into a deep pit(坑). All the other frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, they told Nick and Jack that they were as good as dead.

   Nick and Jack ignored(不理睬) what the other frogs said and tried to jump up out of the pit with all of their strength. The other frogs went on telling them to stop, and that they were as good as dead. Nick listened to them and gave up. Finally, he fell down and died.

   Jack continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the frogs around the pit shouted at him to stop the pain(痛苦) and just die. Jack jumped even harder and finally got out. When he was out, the other frogs asked, “Did not you hear us?” Jack explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him all the time.

1. Nick and Jack fell into a pit when they were __________.

A. holding a meeting                B. taking exercise

C. travelling through the woods       D. sleeping in the woods

2.The other frogs told Nick and Jack to stop because they thought the pit was too ______.

A. big          B. strange         C. small            D. deep

3.From the story we know _______ died in the end.

A. Nick         B. Jack           C. Nick and Jack     D. all the frogs

4.When the other frogs shouted at Jack to stop the pain and just die, he __________.

A. stopped jumping            B. jumped harder 

C. fell down and died          D. gave up trying

5.Jack finally got out because ________.

A. the pit wasn’t deep          B. he thought the others encouraged him

C. he climbed a ladder          D. his friends pulled him out

The Road That Fell In

　　A young man and his date were driving home from a party one winter night in 1973. They lived in Swansea, a city in Great Britain. The young people talked quietly on their way home.

　　Suddenly, all talk stopped. Something had happened. The road in front of their car had disappeared!

　　The front end of the car tipped (倾斜) forward. The driver hit the brakes. The car slid (滑动) for a few seconds. Then the back wheels caught on a patch (一片土地) of road. The car came to a stop. In front, there was no more road. There was only a deep, black pit (坑) .

　　At first, the two young people sat frozen. Any move might send the car over the edge. Slowly, they made their way to the doors. They jumped onto safe ground and looked down. The front of the car was hanging over a big, wide hole. The hole seemed to have no bottom.

　　The police came and pulled the car back. The young people were safe. What had happened? A few days later, they found out. The road didn't just disappear. It fell into an old coal mine. Many roads in Swansea are built over old coal mines. Heavy weights, like cars, can make the roads fall in.

1．This story is mostly about ________ .

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2．A picture of the main idea of this story would show ________ .

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3．The young people in the story lived in ________ .

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4．The back wheels caught on the road and ________ .

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5．Many roads in Swansea are built on top of ________ .

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A group of frogs were travelling through the woods．Two of them，Nick and Jack，fell into a deep pit（坑）．All the other frogs gathered around the pit．When they saw how deep the pit was，they told Nick and Jack that they were as good as dead．

Nick and Jack ignored（不理睬）what the other frogs said and tried to jump up out of the pit with all of their strength．The other frogs Went On telling them to Stop，and that they were as good as dead．Nick listened to them and gave up．Finally，he fell down and died．

Jack continued to j ump as hard as he could．Once again，the flogs around the pit shouted at him to stop the pain（痛苦）and just die．He jumped even harder and finally got out．When he was out，the other frogs asked，“Did you not hear us?’’ Jack explained to them that he was deaf．He thought they were encouraging him all the time．

1．Nick and Jack fell into a pit when they were ________．

A．holding a meeting                         B．taking exercise

C．travelling through the woods                D．sleeping in the woods

2．The other frogs told Nick and Jack to stop because they thought the pit was too ________．

A．big                B．strange             C．small              D．deep

3．From the story we know ________ died in the end．

A．Nick             B．Jack                 C．Nick and Jack            D．all the frogs

4．When the other frogs shouted at Jack to stop the pain and just die，he ________．

A．stopped jumping                       B．jumped harder

C．fell down and died                        D．gave up trying

5．Jack finally got out because ________．

A．the pit wasn't deep                                      B．he thought the others encouraged him

C．he climbed a ladder                                     D．his friends pulled him out