第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
If you are human, you can’t help but experience times when everything seems to be going wrong ．You must also  21  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  22  strangers can boost (增强) your spirits．It is also during those  23  that destructive 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  24  who were traveling through the woods when  25  of them fell into a deep pit (坑)．All of the other frogs gathered around the  26 ．When they saw how  27  the pit was, they told the two  28  frogs they would never get out．
The two frogs didn’t obey what other frogs said and tried to  29  out of the pit．The other frogs kept telling them not to jump,  30  it was in vain．Finally, one of the frogs followed what the other frogs were saying and simply 31 ．He fell down and  32 ．The other frog continued to jump as   33  as he could．Once again the crowd of frogs shouted at him to  34  the pain．The more they 35 , the harder he jumped and finally he  36  to safety．
When he  37 , the other frogs asked him why he continued to jump when they were all  38  him to simply quit．The frog  39 to them that he was a little bit deaf．He thought they were  40 him all the time．
21．A．think B．experience    C．seem D．feel
22．A．so   B．just   C．even      D．ever
23．A．processes        B．times     C．courses   D．practices 
24．A．frogs     B．mice      C．dogs      D．cats
25．A．two   B．three      C．many     D．few
26．A．hole       B．pit     C．water    D．well 
27．A．muddy     B．wide        C．deep      D．long
28．A．uncomfortable        B．unpleasant     C．unhappy   D．unfortunate
29．A．run   B．walk        C．climb       D．jump 
30．A．so   B．since        C．because     D．although 
31．A．gave out B．gave up  C．gave away       D．gave off
32．A．died       B．wounded       C．destroyed        D．damaged
33．A．fast B．hard       C．easily       D．swiftly
34．A．help  B．ban       C．stop       D．forbid
35．A．cried       B．spoke       C．shouted     D．read
36．A．get it     B．forget it   C．use it       D．made it 
37．A．turned out       B．kept out   C．got out         D．held out
38．A．talking to      B．shouting at       C．throwing at         D．speaking to
39．A．explained  B．announced       C．introduced       D．told 
40．A．encouraging  B．helping    C．pulling    D．dragging