Question

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 (懦夫). But you will 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. Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like heroes.

Lenny had always thought of himself as a nervous person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. But   December 15th, 2013, a plane crashed into a 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 behaved very    and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the river and   to the woman, and kept her head above the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny, it was not   .

When you are in a very dangerous situation and feel afraid, the body automatically(自动地) produces a chemical in the blood. The chemical is called adrenalin(肾上腺素). With adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are ready to fight.

1.A. neitherB. whetherC. either

2.A. braveB. realC. hard

3.A. whenB. untilC. after

4.A. realizeB. findC. think

5.A. questionB. mouseC. danger

6.A. onB. in C. for

7.A. freshB. warmC. ice-cold

8.A. nervously B. calmlyC. fearfully

9.A. wentB. spokeC. swam

10.A. an accidentB. seventy-eightC. seventy- nine

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文以一个问题开始：当人们问你是人还是老鼠时，他们是想知道，你是一个勇敢的人还是一个懦夫.。接下来短文对什么样的人是勇敢的，什么样的人是懦夫，进行了一个对比与论证。最后得出一个结论，外表并不等于实际的表现。

1.何一个。分析句意：当人们问你是人还是老鼠时，他们是想知道，你是一个勇敢的人还是一个懦夫。考查宾语从句，从句中有两个选择一个是勇敢另一个是懦夫。表示两者中的一个为whether.故选B。

2.困难的。结合上文：当人们问你是人还是老鼠时，他们想知道，你是一个勇敢的人还是一个懦夫。分析：考查与懦夫相对应的词为勇敢。故选A。

3.……才)得知用until引导。故选B。

4.，但是当他们与危险面对面的时候，他们的表现像一个懦夫。联系下文:others think of themselves as cowards.(其他人认为自己是懦夫。)得知选择：think认为。故选C。

5.

6.最小的时间为具体某一天；B. in最小时间为月份；C. for接段时间。分析：本段是描述一个真实的事件，时间为2013年12月15日，在具体的某一天用介词on, 故选A。

7.，河水一定是冰冷的。故选C。

8.，并且在做着非常危险的事情。联系上下文得知：冷静地符合语意。故选B。

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10.

考点：故事类阅读。