Question

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　　Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know __1__ you think you are a __2__ person or a coward（懦夫）. But you'll never really know the answer to this question __3__ you are tested in real life. Some people __4__ they are brave but when they come face to face with real __5__, they act like cowards. Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like __6__.

　　Lenny had always thought of himself as a __7__ person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. __8__, 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 __9__ water. Lenny did not feel afraid. He kept very __10__ and did a very courageous thing. He jumped into the Potomac, __11__ to the woman, and kept her head __12__ the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny, it was not __13__.

　　When you are in a very __14__ situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. This chemical is called adrenalin. __15__ adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are __16__ to fight or run away. However, when you are absolutely terrified, the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this __17__, the muscles become very hard and you find you __18__ move at all. You are then paralyzed（使无能为力）with fear. This is __19__ when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we're “petrified”. This word comes form the Greek work “petros”, which means “stone”. We are __20__ frightened we become stonelike.

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

(1)A.how	B.neither	C.whether	D.either
(2)A.brave	B.real	C.hard	D.certain
(3)A.when	B.until	C.after	D.once
(4)A.realize	B.find	C.think	D.agree
(5)A.life	B.question	C.mouse	D.danger
(6)A.soldiers	B.mice	C.heroes	D.cowards
(7)A.useful	B.brave	C.nervous	D.terrible
(8)A.So	B.Therefore	C.Then	D.Actually
(9)A.fresh	B.poisonous	C.warm	D.ice-cold
(10)A.nervous	B.calm	C.frightened	D.excited
(11)A.went	B.helped	C.spoke	D.swam
(12)A.in	B.under	C.above	D.from
(13)A.an accident	B.a mistake	C.seventy-eight	D.seventy-nine
(14)A.dangerous	B.comfortable	C.different	D.favorable
(15)A.With	B.Without	C.For	D.Like
(16)A.afraid	B.unable	C.ready	D.anxious
(17)A.gets	B.disappears	C.happens	D.goes
(18)A.needn't	B.can't	C.mustn't	D.shouldn't
(19)A.where	B.how	C.because	D.why
(20)A.really	B.very	C.such	D.so

Answer 1

答案：C;A;B;C;D;C;C;C;D;B;D;C;D;A;A;C;C;B;D;D
解析：

(1)whether...or表选择。 (2)与a coward对应。 (3)never...until固定结构“直到……才”。 (4)从句意看，应为“认为”的意思。 (5)从real及上文的coward下文的danger，可推测为danger。 (6)由but可知此处与coward意思相反。 (7)由He got worried....All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. 可知。 (8)由上下句意来看，并非因果关系，D项意思不符。 (9)由January l5th，2002及下文的拯救行为可推知。 (10)从Lenny did not feel afraid及did a very courageous thing可推知。 (11)由上文的...a plane crashed into the Potomac River in Washington. 可知。 (12)由常理可知above the water才可使溺水人不致于被淹死。 (13)承接上句中的seventy-eight people。 (14)此段落总结上两段内容，由全文所讲内容可知是对人处于危险境况中时的身体及生理反应。 (15)由此句及上下句句意可知，在身体内有肾上腺素时的情况。 (16)be ready to do sth. 做好准备干……。符合文意。 (17)“当这种情况发生时”。 (18)物极必反，从However可推知上下句所说意思相反。 (19)总结原因。“这就是……的原因。” (20)so...(that)，that可省略。“如此害怕以致于像石头般动弹不得。”