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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

小题2:

A．brave

B．real

C．hard

D．certain

小题3:

A．when

B．until

C．after

D．once

小题4:

A．realize

B．find

C．think

D．agree

小题5:

A．life

B．question

C．mouse

D．danger

小题6:

A．soldiers

B．mice

C．heroes(英雄)

D．cowards

小题7:

A．useful

B．brave

C．nervous

D．terrible

小题8:

A．So

B．Therefore

C．Then

D．Actually

小题9:

A．fresh

B．poisonous

C．warm

D．ice-cold

小题10:

A．nervous

B．calm

C．frightened

D．excited

小题11:

A．went

B．helped

C．spoke

D．swam

小题12:

A．in

B．under

C．above

D．from

小题13:

A．an accident

B．a mistake

C．seventy-eight

D．seventy-nine

小题14:

A．dangerous

B．comfortable

C．different

D．favorable

小题15:

A．With

B．Without

C．For

D．Like

小题16:

A．afraid

B．unable

C．ready

D．anxious

小题17:

A．gets

B．disappears

C．happens

D．goes

小题18:

A．needn’t

B．can’t

C．mustn’t

D．shouldn’t

小题19:

A．where

B．how

C．because

D．why

小题20:

A．really

B．very

C．such

D．so

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本文是叙述一个人是勇敢还是懦弱，关键是看面临危险处境时的表现。
小题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还是一个懦夫。
小题1:A。与后面的a coward相对应，应填“勇敢的”。
小题1: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”。
小题1:C。根据下文的内容答案只能选think。
小题1: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。
小题1:C。与上文相反进行对比论证，有些人看起来像懦夫，但当遇到危险的时候，实际行动就像“英雄”一样。
小题1: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。
小题1: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。
小题1: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”。
小题1: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。
小题1:D。因为他跳入水中，所以是“游”向那位妇女。
小题1: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。
小题1: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。
小题1:A。根据后面的“害怕”可判断出答案。
小题1: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……。
小题1: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”。
小题1: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。
小题1:B。根据上文，肌肉变硬了，结果你就一点也“不能”动了。
小题1: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”。
小题1: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”。
该句后面省略了that，“so+形容词＋that...”是一个固定句型。

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D．friends can make you wider social circle and make you feel better when you feel depressed

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科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

After a very busy afternoon, as I walked into my hous

e, I heard the phone ringing. It was my friend Lydia, upset over an argument with her husband. My usual approach is to offer advice, but this time, extremely tired from chores, I simply pulled off my coat, sat down in a chair and listened to my friend's f

rustration and sadness. Without the disturbance of judgment or the desire to comfort her, I stayed totally quiet while she talked. Eventually Lydia's depression eased and we said our goodbyes. The next day she phoned to thank me. "I'm so grateful for the way you helped me through this," she said.
At first I was surprised. After all, I had done nothing except be there for her. But after I had my own venting(发泄的) experience with another friend later that evening, I realized that my focused silence had some value. In fact, most relationship experts agree that talk is cheap; it's listening that's rare and valuable. It allows you not only to hear what the other person is saying, but also to have a clear understanding of her thoughts and feelings. And for the speaker, that level of understanding translates into concern and respect.
Unfortunately, listening isn't as easy as it sounds. Thanks to schedules filled with family and work, multitasking has become the barrier(障碍) to listening. My tiredness may have been the only thing stopping me from folding laundry or checking my e-mail while Lydia talked that afternoon.
Another barrier to listening is our listening system: Most of us take in only about half of what's being said during a conversation, according to the International Listening Association. Research shows that we speak at 125 to 150 words per minute, yet think at 500 words a minute. Therefore, because we think much more quickly than we speak, it is easy for us to lose our concentration when listening to speakers.
While it can be hard to focus at times, it's a skill worth developing. With a little practice — employing some techniques— you can become a better listener.
小题1: In Paragraph 2, the author mainly talks abou

t ____.

A．the importance of listening	B．the importance of venting anger
C．her own listening experience	D．her own venting experience

小题2:The author uses the result of the research in Paragraph 4 to mainly show that ____.

A．we think much more quickly than we speak

B．we can only understand about half of what we hear

C．there is not much thinking time available while we are listening

D．we lose our concentration easily while we are listen

ing

小题3: What will be discussed following the passage?

A．Why listening is valuable.	B．What we should do while listening
C．How to become a good listener	D．How to stop drifting off while listening.

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