27. A. useful　 　 　B. brave　　 　 　　　C. nervous　 　　D. terrible

26. A. soldiers　 　B. mice　 　　　 　　　C. heroes　　 　 　　D. cowards

25. A. life　　 　　　 　B. question　 　　　C. mouse　　　　 D. danger

24. A. realize　 　B. find　　 　 　　　C. think　 　　　 　　D. agree

23. A. when　　　　 B. until　 　 　　　C. after　 　 　　D. once

22. A. brave　　 　B. real　 　　 　　　　　C. hard　　 　 　　D. certain

21. A. how　　 　 　　　B. neither　　　　 C. whether　　 　 　　D. either

20. ---Did you sleep well last night?

　 ---No, can you imagine ____ from too much noise while sleeping?

A. to suffer　　 B. suffering　　 C. to prevent　　 D. preventing

第二节 完形填空(共15小题，每题1分，满分15分)

Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know 　21　 you think you are a 　22　 person or a coward (懦夫). But you will never really know the answer to this question 　23　 you are tested in real life. Some people 　24　 they are brave but when they come face to face with real 　25 , they act like cowards. Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like 　26 　.

Lenny had always thought of himself as a 　27 　person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. 　28 , 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 　29 　water. Lenny did not feel afraid. He kept very 　30 and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the Potomac, 　31　 to the woman, and kept her head 　32　 the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny, it was not 　33 .

When you are in a very 　34　 situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. The chemical is called adrenalin. 　35　 adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are 　36　 to fight or run away. However, when you are absolutely terrified, the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this 　37 , the muscles become very hard and you find you 　38 　at all. You are then paralyzed (使无能为力) with fear. This is 　39 when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we’re “petrified”. This word comes from the Greek word “petros”, which means “stone”. We are 　40　 frightened that we become stonelike.

19.　 After he retired from office, Rogers ______ painting for a while, but soon lost interest.

A. took up　　 B. saved up　　 C. kept up　　　 D. drew up

18. She didn’t feel like _______ , so he suggested _______ the day in the garden.

　 A. working; spending　　　　 　　　　 　　　B. to work; to spend

　 C. working; to spend　　　　 　　　　 　　　　　D. to work; spending