When this story happened,they were working around a very large house.Their job was to do the cleaning.It was not a difficult job,but sometimes it was a little dangerous,because they had to walk below where workmen were working.Often these workmen dropped something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground.One morning Joe was working near the house with a cigarette behind one of his ears.Suddenly somebody on the top shouted,"Look out!"But Joe did not"look out".He looked up.And as he did so,a long knife missed Joe's head,but it cut off one of his ears.At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out,"I've lost an ear.Help!Help!"Jeff ran up to help his friend."Look for my ear,"Joe told him."It must be on the ground somewhere."Jeff looked everywhere for the missing ear.At last he found an ear on the ground.He picked it up and carried it to Joe."Here you are,"he said,"I've found it."Joe looked at it."No,that's not my ear."he said,"Mine had a cigarette behind it."

1.What were Joe and Jeff?   

A. Soldiers. B. Drivers. C. Farmers. D. Cleaners.

2.How did Joe lose his ear?   

A. He cut it off by himself.

B. Jeff cut it off with a knife.

C. A falling knife cut it off.

D. A cigarette burned it up.

3.At the end of the story Jeff found   

A. someone else's ear

B. Joe's ear

C. a long knife

D. a cigarette

4.From the passage,we know Joe was not   

A. strong B. kind C. foolish D. clever

5.Which is the most possible title for this passage?   

A. A Lost Ear B. A Busy Cleaner

C. A Falling Knife D. A forgetful Man

A group of frogs were traveling through the woods. Unluckily, two of them fell into a hole. When the other frogs saw how _____the hole was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The two frogs didn’t _____ them and tried to jump out of the hole with all their might. The other frogs kept telling them to ______. Finally, one of the frogs believed what the other frogs were saying and_____. He fell down and died. The other frog continued to jump as______ as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs shouted at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder and _____made it out. When he got out, the other frogs said,” Didn’t you ______ us?” The frog explained to them that he was____. He thought that they were______ him all the time.

This story teaches us two____:

1)There is power of life and death in _____. An encouraging word to someone who is_____ can lift him /her up and help him/her make it______ the day.

2)A destructive(破坏性的) word to someone who is unhappy can be what it takes to _____ them.

Be careful of what you say. Speak life to these who cross your path . It is sometimes _____ to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way. Remember, anyone can say words that can encourage another person to continued his/her way in difficult times.

1.A. wet B. round C. far D. deep

2.A. listen to B. look forward to C. move to D. turn to

3.A. leave B. jump C. try D. stop

4.A. broke up B. showed up C. gave up D. looked up

5.A. fast B. far C. gladly D. hard

6.A. quickly B. finally C. slowly D. possibly

7.A. hear B. see C. need D. know

8.A. cheerful B. great C. deaf D. surprised

9.A. laughing B. greeting C. frightening D. encouraging

10.A. example B. lessons C. sayings D. ways

11.A. lies B. stories C. words D. books

12.A. down B. relaxed C. bored D. angry

13.A. on B. around C. into D. through

14.A. help B. kill C. surprise D. hurt

15.A. easy B. strange C. hard D. surprising

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