21、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．a(chǎn)ll 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