Question

【题目】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 （儒夫）. But you'll 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. Other people think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like Lenny Sputnik 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，1982，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 courageous thing. He jumped into the Potomac， to the woman, and kept her head the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny Sputnik, it was not .

When you are in a very situation and feel afraid, the body automatically（自动地）produce a chemical in the blood. This 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're absolutely（完全）terrified, the body can produce too much adrealin. When this ，the muscles （肌肉）become very hard and you find you move at all. You are then paralyzed （瘫疾）with fear. That is when we're very frightened, we sometimes say we're " petri——fied". This word comes from the Greek word "petros"，which means"stone". We are frightened that we become stonelike.

【1】A. how B. why C. if 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 .useless B. brave C. nervous D. dangerous

【8】A. So B. Therefore C. Then D. Actuall

【9】A. fresh B. poisonous C. warm D. ice-cold

【10】A. nervous B. calm C. frightened D. excited

【11】A. go 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. favourable

【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. cannot C. mustn't D. shouldn't

【19】A. so B. how C. because D. why

【20】A. really B. very C. such D. so

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【6】C

【7】C

【8】C

【9】D

【10】B

【11】C

【12】C

【13】B

【14】D

【15】D

【16】C

【17】C

【18】B

【19】D

【20】D

【解析】

【1】C 根据后面的or来判断应该用if来引导宾语从句，表示你“是否”认为你是一个勇敢的人……。

【2】A 与后面的a coward相对应，应填“勇敢的”。

【3】B 因为前面有否定词never，相当于not，因此选until。not...until表示“直到……才”。

【4】C 根据下文的内容，答案只能选think。

【5】D 根据下文they act like cowards来判断，有些人自认为勇敢，当“面临危险”的时候，举止却像懦夫。

【6】C 与上文相反进行对比论证，有些人认为自己是懦夫，但当遇到危险的时候，实际行动就像“英雄”一样。

【7】C 根据后面两句中的worried来判断，答案应该是与懦夫相近的词，只有“紧张的”人与懦夫意思相近。

【8】C 从上下句来看是表示时间的先后，用then来承接后来所发生的事。

【9】D 因为美国的季节与中国的相近，时间又是元月五号，所以水是“冰冷的”。

【10】B 根据上文的不害怕可知，他应该是保持“冷静”，其余选项不符合语境。

【11】D 因为他跳入水中，所以是“游”向那位妇女。

【12】C 根据常识，人掉在水中，头应该在水“上”能够呼吸，不呛水，其余选项不符合语境。

【13】D 根据前面的seventy-eight来判断，她不是第七十九个遇难者，而是获救了。

【14】A 根据后面的“害怕”可判断出答案。

【15】 A 根据对后面句子的内容的逻辑推理可知，前面应是血里如果“有” 了肾上腺素，你就会感到越来越强……。

【16】C 根据上文，血里有肾上腺素，你就会越来越强壮随时“准备”搏斗或跑开。be ready to do sth. 是“准备、乐意做某事”。

【17】C 根据上一句话，得出答案：当这种情况“发生”时，肌肉就会变得僵硬。这也是医学常识。

【18】B 根据上文，肌肉变硬了，结果你就一点也“不能”动了。

【19】D 根据前后的因果关系，这是说明原因的，why引导表语从句，表示“原因”。

【20】D “so+形容词+that...”是一个固定结构。