Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know you think you ar

Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know you think you are a person or a coward (懦夫). But you will never really know the answer to this question you are tested in real life. Some people they are brave but when they come face to face with real , they act like cowards. Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like .
Lenny had always thought of himself as a person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. , on January 15th, 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 water. Lenny did not feel afraid. He kept very and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the river, to the woman, and kept her head the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny, it was not .
When you are in a very situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. The chemical is called adrenalin (肾上腺素). adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are to fight or run away. However, when you are absolutely terrified (or completely afraid), the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this , the muscles become very hard and you find you go at all. You are then paralyzed (使无能为力) with fear. This is when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we’re “petrified”. This word comes from the Greek word “petros”, which means “stone”. We are frightened that we become stonelike.
【小题1】A．howB．neitherC．whetherD．either【小题2】A．braveB．realC．hardD．certain【小题3】A．whenB．untilC．afterD．once【小题4】A．realizeB．findC．thinkD．agree【小题5】A．lifeB．questionC．mouseD．danger【小题6】A．soldiersB．miceC．heroesD．cowards【小题7】A．usefulB．braveC．nervousD．bored【小题8】A．SoB．ThereforeC．ThenD．Actually【小题9】A．freshB．poisonousC．warmD．ice-cold【小题10】A．nervousB．calmC．frightenedD．excited【小题11】A．wentB．helpedC．spokeD．swam【小题12】A．inB．underC．aboveD．from【小题13】A．an accidentB．a mistakeC．seventy-eightD．seventy-nine【小题14】A．dangerousB．comfortableC．differentD．interesting【小题15】A．WithB．WithoutC．ForD．Like【小题16】A．afraidB．unableC．readyD．anxious【小题17】A．getsB．disappearsC．happensD．goes【小题18】A．needn’tB．can’tC．mustn’tD．shouldn’t【小题19】A．whereB．howC．becauseD．why【小题20】A．reallyB．veryC．suchD．soC

(答案→)C 解析：本文从Lenny的故事介绍了懦弱的人在关键时刻也会表现的很勇敢，并且介绍这种情况的生理原因。【小题1】考查连接词：A. how怎么，B. neither两者都不，C. whether是否，D. either两者中任何一个，和后面or搭配应该用whether，选C【小题2】考查形容词： A. brave勇敢的，B. real真的，C. hard困难的，D. certain确定的，和a coward(懦夫)对应的是brave。选A【小题3】 考查连词：A. when 当….时候，B. until直到，C. after在….后面，D. once 一旦，until和否定词连用，直到…才…,选B【小题4】考查动词辨析：A. realize意识到；B. find发现；C. think认为；D. agree同意；选C符合句意：一些人认为他们是勇敢的，但是当他们面对真正的危险的时候，表现的像个懦夫，选C。【小题5】考查名词： A. life生活，B. question问题，C. mouse 老鼠，D. danger危险，根据后面的they act like cowards可知是面对危险。选 D【小题6】考查名词： A. soldiers士兵，B. mice老鼠，C. heroes英雄，D. cowards懦夫，句意：但是当遇到困难时，他们表现的象英雄。选C。【小题7】考查形容词： A. useful 有用的，B. brave 勇敢的，C. nervous紧张的，D. bored厌烦的，从后面的got worried 可知是nervous，选C【小题8】考查副词：A. So那么；B. Therefore因此；C. Then然后；D. Actually实际上，表示时间顺序，然后在2002年的一月十五号一架飞机在the Potomac River坠毁，选 C 。【小题9】考查形容词： A. fresh新鲜的，B. poisonous有毒的，C. warm温暖的，D. ice-cold冰冷的，因为是一月份，所以是ice-cold，冰冷的。选D【小题10】考查形容词: A. nervous紧张的，B. calm冷静的，C. frightened 害怕的，D. excited兴奋的，前面是Lenny did not feel afraid.所以用keep calm保持冷静。选B【小题11】考查动词： A. went去，B. helped帮助，C. spoke说话，D. swam游泳， jumped into the Potomac，swam和kept her head 42 the water.是并列动作，选D【小题12】考查介词：A. in在…里面， B. under在…下面，C. above在…上面，D. from来自， keep one’s head above the water，头保持在水面上。选C【小题13】考查上下文串联， A. an accident一次事故，B. a mistake一个错误，C. seventy-eight 78， D. seventy-nine79，因为上文有Seventy-eight people， 可知选D【小题14】考查形容词：A. dangerous 危险的，B. comfortable 舒服的，C. different不同的，D. interesting有趣的，从后面的feel afraid 可知选dangerous，选A【小题15】考查with复合结构， A. With随着，B. Without没有，C. For 为了，D. Like 象，with+宾语+介词短语。血液里面带有肾上激素，你实际上会感觉更加坚强。选A【小题16】考查形容词： A. afraid害怕，B. unable不能，C. ready准备好的，D. anxious 焦虑的，和前面的stronger并列，可知是你会准备好了还击或跑掉，be ready to do准备做。选C【小题17】考查动词：A. gets得到，B. disappears消失，C. happens 发生，D. goes去，当这个发生的时候，你的肌肉会更硬，选C。【小题18】考查情态动词： A. needn’t不必，B. can’t不能，C. mustn’t禁止，D. shouldn’t不应该，这句话表示;你发现你会不能动。选B【小题19】考查疑问副词： A. where哪里，B. how怎么，C. because因为，D. why为什么， that’s why…那就是为什么…. 从上文的：You are then paralyzed (使无能为力) with fear.可知这就是为什么当你害怕的时候，就会称自己是“petrified”。选D【小题20】考查连词，A. really真的，B. very非常，C. such这样，D. so因此，我们是如此害怕以至于就会象石头一样。使用了so…that句型，such后面应该修饰名词，选D

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