| 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.Other people think of themselves as cowards,but when they meet danger,they act like 6 . Lenny Skutnic 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 1982,a plane crashed into the Potamac 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 Potamac, 11 to the woman,and kept her head 12 the water.Seventy-eight people died that day.Thanks to Lenny Skutnic,it was not 13 . When you are in a very 14 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). 15 adrenalin in the blood system,you actually feel stronger and stronger and are 16 to fight or run away.However,when you’re absolutely(完全) terrified,the body can produce too much adrenalin.When this 17 ,the muscles(肌肉) become very hard and you find you 18 move at all.You are then paralysed(瘫痪) with fear.That is 19 when we’re very frightened,we sometimes say we’re “petrified”.This word comes from the Greek word “petros”,which means “stone”.We are 20 frightened 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.Actually 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 |