Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know __
36_ you think you are a
_37_ person or a coward(懦夫). But you will never really know the answer to this question __
38__ you are tested in real life. Some people __
39__ they are brave but when they come face to face with real __
40_ , they act like cowards. Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like __
41_.
Lenny had always thought of himself as a __
42__ person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and his health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. __
43__ , on January 15
th, 2002, a plane crashed into the Potomac River in Washington. Lenny went to the river to see what was happening. He saw a woman in the __
44__ water. Lenny did not feel afraid. He kept very __
45__ and did a very courageous thing. He jumped into Potomac, __
46__ to the woman, and kept her head __
47__ the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny, it was not __
48__ .
When you are in a very __
49__ situation and feel afraid, the body automatically（自动地）produces a chemical in the blood. This chemical is called adrenalin(肾上激素). __
50__ adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are __
51__ to fight or run away. However, when you are absolutely terrified, the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this __
52__ , the muscles become very hard and you find you __
53__ move at all. You are paralyzed(使无能为力) with fear. This is __
54__ when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we are ‘petrified’, this word comes from a Greek word ‘petros’, which means ‘stone’. We are __
55__ frightened that we become stonelike.
| 小题1: | | A．how | B．neither | C．whether | D．either |
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| 小题2: | | A．brave | B．real | C．hard | D．certain |
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| 小题3: | | A．when | B．until | C．after | D．once |
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| 小题4: | | A．realize | B．find | C．think | D．agree |
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| 小题5: | | A．life | B．question | C．mouse | D．danger |
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| 小题6: | | A．soldiers | B．mice | C．heroes(英雄) | D．cowards |
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| 小题7: | | A．useful | B．brave | C．nervous | D．terrible |
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| 小题8: | | A．So | B．Therefore | C．Then | D．Actually |
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| 小题9: | | A．fresh | B．poisonous | C．warm | D．ice-cold |
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| 小题10: | | A．nervous | B．calm | C．frightened | D．excited |
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| 小题11: | | A．went | B．helped | C．spoke | D．swam |
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| 小题13: | | A．an accident | B．a mistake | C．seventy-eight | D．seventy-nine |
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| 小题14: | | A．dangerous | B．comfortable | C．different | D．favorable |
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| 小题15: | | A．With | B．Without | C．For | D．Like |
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| 小题16: | | A．afraid | B．unable | C．ready | D．anxious |
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| 小题17: | | A．gets | B．disappears | C．happens | D．goes |
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| 小题18: | | A．needn’t | B．can’t | C．mustn’t | D．shouldn’t |
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| 小题19: | | A．where | B．how | C．because | D．why |
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