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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