Two frogs fell into a deep hole when traveling through the woods. They tried their best to jump out of the hole. A bird passed by and saw 【小题1】 deep the hole was. She told them to stop and wait for their death. Finally, one of the frogs gave up and fell down. Soon he died.

The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the bird told him to stop. But he jumped even harder and finally he made 【小题2】.

When he got out, the bird said, “Didn’t you hear me?” The frog explained he had poor hearing and he thought the bird 【小题3】 encouraging him at that time.

There is power of life and death in the tongue. 【小题4】 encouraging word to someone who is down can cheer him up and help him make it through difficulties, while a negative word to someone who is down can make him give up and die. 【小题5】 be careful of what you say.

I walked into a restaurant and ordered some food. After about twenty minutes, 【小题1】 large group of people came in and ordered theirs.

To my 【小题2】（disappoint）, the group got their food before me. I watched as they began to eat and laugh 【小题3】 （happy）. I even overheard one of them bragging（吹嘘）about how he was connected to everyone in the restaurant. Unable to take it anymore, I called the waiter over to cancel（取消）my order.

He told me, “Yours is a special order. The head cook 【小题4】（prepare）for it himself now. It will take more time. Please have some juice as you wait.” I sat down and waited patiently. Shortly after, my meal 【小题5】（serve）by six waiters. To my surprise, the owner of the restaurant happened to be an old friend of 【小题6】 （I）. He changed my simple food to a five-star meal 【小题7】 free. It was one of 【小题8】 （expensive）meals in the restaurant. The people at the other table were shocked, asking why they didn’t get that kind of service and meal.

Such is life! Some people are ahead of you, talking about how they are smarter, wiser and better 【小题9】 you. You are working hard wondering why is taking so long 【小题10】 （be）rewarded the way they have.

Don’t worry! You just have to wait a little longer because your reward is more special.

Once I had to make a speech in my English class. The speech would last about fifteen minutes. I’d never spoken in public for such a 【小题1】 time before. I really had no idea whether I would do a good 【小题2】. After two days’ preparation. I finished writing my speech. But speaking in public still made 【小题3】 nervous.

Finally, the day came. I went to the platform（讲台）. However, I dropped all my note cards on the floor by 【小题4】. I was greatly discouraged. I tried to focus on（集中于）my speech but I couldn’t. All I cared 【小题5】 was what my classmates would think of me. 【小题6】 no one laughed at me. They just said, “Come on!” Because of their encouragement, I finally finished my speech 【小题7】.

In life, we always focus on our weaknesses and 【小题8】 more attention to bad things than good ones. This makes it difficult to have a good attitude (态度) towards life. Such bad thoughts will 【小题9】 us from performing at our best unless we can change our way of thinking. We should consider clearly 【小题10】 we’ve learned. And it can be put into use in the future. Then we’ll find that we are getting close to success.