If you are human, you can’t help but experience times when everything seems to be going wrong. You must also _36__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 __37_strangers can boost(增强)your spirits. It is also during those __38_that negative 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 _39__who were traveling through the woods when __40__of them fell into a deep pit(坑). All of the other frogs gathered around the __41__.When they saw how _42__the pit was, they told the two _43__frogs they would never get out.

　 The two frogs didn’t obey what other frogs said and tried to __44__ out of the pit. The other frogs kept telling them not to jump, _45__it was in vain. Finally, one of the frogs followed what the other frogs were saying and simply _46. He fell down and _47_. The other frog continued to jump as __48_as he could. Once again the crowd of frogs shouted at him to _49__ the pain. The more they _50__, the harder he jumped and finally he __51__to safety.

　 When he __52_, the other frogs asked him why he continued to jump when they were all __53__him to simply quit. The frog __54_to them that he was a little bit deaf. He thought they were _55__him all the time.

36. A. think　　　　　 　　　 B. experience 　　　 C. seem　　　　 　　 D. feel

37. A. so 　　　　　　 　　　 B. just 　　　　　　　　 C. even 　　　　 　　 D. ever

38. A. processes　　 　　　 B. times 　　　　　　　 C. courses　　 　　 D. practices

39. A. frogs 　　　　 　　　 B. mice　　　　　　　　 C. dogs 　　　 　　 D. cats

40. A. two　　　　　　 　　　 B. three　　　　　　　　 Ｃ.many　　　　 　　 D. few　

41. A. hole 　　　　 　　　 B. pit 　　　　　　　　　 C. water 　　　　　　 D. well

42. A. muddy　 　 　　　 B. wide　　　　　　　　 C. deep　　　　 　　 D. long

43.A. uncomfortable B. unpleasant C. unhappy　　 　 D. unfortunate

44. A. run 　　　　　 　　　 B. walk 　　　　　　　 C. climb　　　　 　　 D. jump

45. A. so 　　　　　　 　　　 B. as long as　　　　 C. because　　 　　 D. although

46. A. gave out　　　 　　　 B. gave up 　　　　　 C. gave away 　　 D. gave off

47. A. died 　　　　　 　　　 B. wounded　　　　　 C. destroyed　 　　　 D. damaged

48. A. fast 　　　　　 　　　 B. hard　　　　　　　　 C. easily　　　　 　　　 D. swiftly

49. A. help　　　　　　 　　　 B. ban　　　　　　　　　 C. forbid　　　 　 D. stop

50. A. cried 　　　　 　　　 B. spoke 　　　　　　 C. shouted 　 　　　 D. read

51. A. get it　　　　　 　　　 B. forget it 　　　　　 C. use it 　　　 　　　 D. made it

52. A. turned out B. kept out 　　　　　 C. got out 　　 　　　 D. held out

53. A. taking to 　 　　　 B. shouting at 　　　 C. throwing at 　 D. speaking to

54. A. explained　 　　　 B. announced 　　 C. introduced　 　 D. told

55. A. encouraging 　　 B. helping　　 　 C. pulling　　 　 D dragging

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 拓展与运用：

　　It was thumbs(大拇指) down at the British Museum, in London, for the Hollywood history of gladiatorial combat(格斗), from Quo Vadis through Ben-Hur and Spartacus to this year's blockbuster Gladiator.

　　According to Ralph Jackson, British curator(馆长) of the first major exhibition on the true history of the Roman games, no thumb was ever turned down to condemn a gladiator to death; no gladiator ever bellowed(怒吼) in the arena “We who are about to die salute you!”; the bloodied losers were carried off carefully on stretchers(担架), not dragged away with hooks(钩子).

　　Most shockingly of all, relatively few died and many lived on to the ripe old age of 35. “The sign for death was a thumb raised,” said Dr Jackson, a historical consultant on the blockbuster film Gladiator, which did at least get this bit right.

　　“The sign far life was probably the thumb hidden away behind the other fingers. As for the shout of ‘We who are about to die’, we can only find one reference to one fighter saying it on one occasion, and that was not in the arena.”

　　Where Gladiator erred(犯错), he said, was in the spectacle of an amphitheater heaving with gladiators engaged in mass warfare: great movie scene, had history. In reality, gladiators fought in pairs, in highly choreographed bouts(设计好了的动作回合), which ended not with one man being chopped(剁) into cat's meat but signaling(发信号) surrender: most of the complaints by Roman writers were not that the games were barbarous(野蛮的), but that they were boring.

　　Gladiators, after years of training and wearing expensive handmade armour, capable of winning small fortunes in prize money and large fortunes in bets, were valuable commodities. “I am not suggesting that the owners looked after their gladiators out of the goodness of their hearts,” said co-curator Paul Roberts.” But they were very costly(昂贵的) property, they were well taken care of, and the owners were shouting for then to win, net to be killed.” The exhibition, which originated in Germany but has been expanded in London, brings together an unprecedented(空前的) collection of gladiatorial items from 22 museums in Europe, ranging from cheap souvenirs sold to fans in gift shops at the amphitheaters, to a 2.5-tonne marble grave slab from near Pompeii.

　　It records the first recorded outbreak of stadium violence, when a fight started in the amphitheater(竞技场) at Pompeii between supporters of the home team and the visitors, which led to a riot in the town and the games being banned for 10 years.

　　The two most embarrassed warriors in history were on display at the British Museum yesterday, and will be making sporadic(零星的) appearances during the exhibition.

　　Blushing under cover of their massive bronze helmets, and tottering(蹒跚的) under 18 kg of kit, were Tim Chamberlain and Tim Clark, the only members of the museum staff who fitted into the replica armour recreated by a German archaeologist from real sword-slashed pieces found in excavations. In fact, the two Tims, though in their 20s, would in historical terms have been getting on a bit as gladiators.

Questions：

1．What is the comment of Ralph Jackson on the film?

Two thieves came to a house to steal something. They dug a hole in the wall of the house.

　　There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the house saw a mouse crawl(爬行) into the house in the moonlight. “Look! In comes one,” she said to the man in the house. The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside, “She found me when I was just in.” But the thief outside didn’t believe him, so he said, “Let us try to crawl into the house together.” At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house, too. The woman saw the mice and shouted, “In come two, catch them!” The two thieves were terribly frightened. The man in the house said, “You saw them come in but where are they? I will catch them tonight.” The two thieves started running away at once.

　　The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house. The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields. The rope broke and the woman came home for a rope. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She picked out two which looked like mice. At the time the man couldn’t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said, “How they look like the two of last night.” The man said, “I asked you to fetch a rope, why don’t you hurry for it?” The two thieves ran away very quickly without their sweet potatoes.

1.The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because _____.

2.From the last paragraph, we know that _____.

3.When the woman said, “How they look like the two of last night!” _____.

4.“____________”is the best title for this passage.

5.Which of the following statements is NOT true?