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

 

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     Jack and his brother lived in a small village. They were very poor. To help his family, Jack often collected wood from
the forest
. he also cut down small trees. One morning, a bird flew down from the tree and asked him not to cut down the
tree. The bird said that its home was in the tree.
     Jack left the tree alone. The bird was happy and it asked Jack to bring an empty bag the next morning. Early the next
day he went to the tree and waited for the bird.
     The bird soon came and asked Jack to follow him. They went to a mountain. Jack saw gold all over the ground. up, of ,
and, into, his, picked, gold, them, he, pieces, bag, put
. The bird told Jack that he must leave the mountain before the
sun came up. Jack quickly filled (装满) his bag and left the mountain to go home.
     He now had a lot of money for himself and his brother. Jack told his best friend about the tree, the bird and the gold.
His friend wanted some gold, too. He went to the same tree and pretended (假装) he was going to cut it down.
     The bird asked him not to do so. The next morning Jack's friend followed the bird to the mountain of gold, when the
sun was going to appear in the east, the bird told him to leave. The boy didn't want to leave. The sun came up and he
was changed into a bird.
根据短文内容,完成下列各题:
1. Where did Jack and his brother live?
                                                                                                
2. 将文中画线部分翻译成中文:
                                                                                                
3. Who told Jack not to cut down the tree?
                                                                                                
4. 将第三段斜体部分连词成句.
                                                                                                
5. Why did Jack's friend change into a bird at last?
                                                                                                

My friend, Dick, has a large police dog. Its name is Jack. Every Saturday afternoon, Dick takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.

One afternoon, a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for a walk. But the man was still(仍然)there. Jack became very worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the man and looked at him. But the man kept talking. Finally Jack couldn’t stand it. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the man, but this time he held the man’s hat in his mouth.

1.From the story, we know that Jack is _______.

A.Dick’s good friend            B.a large police dog 

C.a young man                 D.a young man’s dog

2.Where does Dick walk his dog every Saturday afternoon?

A.In his room.    B.In the street.   C.In the park.     D.In the field.

3.Jack became very worried one afternoon because ________.

A.Dick couldn’t take him out for a walk at the usual time.

B.a young man came to visit Jack that afternoon

C.Dick walked around his room several times.

D.he couldn’t find the young man’s hat

4.What does the underlined word “stand” mean in the passage?

A.站立         B.理解        C.支持       D.忍受

5.Why did Jack sit down again in front of the man with the hat in his mouth?

A.Try to make the man laugh.      B.Like the young man very much.

C.Ask the young man to leave.     D.Want to talk with the young man.