第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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 health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. 43 , on January 15th, 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 dangerous thing. He jumped into the 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 produces a chemical in the blood. The chemical is called adrenalin. 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 at all. You are then paralyzed (使无能为力) with fear. This is 54 when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we’re “petrified”. This word comes from the Greek word “petros”, which means “stone”. We are 55 frightened that we become stonelike.
36. A. how B. neither C. whether D. either
37. A. brave B. real C. hard D. certain
38. A. when B. until C. after D. once
39. A. realize B. find C. think D. agree
40. A. life B. question C. mouse D. danger
41. A. soldiers B. mice C. heroes D. cowards
42. A. useful B. brave C. nervous D. terrible
43. A. So B. Therefore C. Then D. Actually
44. A. fresh B. poisonous C. warm D. ice-cold
45. A. nervous B. calm C. frightened D. excited
46. A. went B. helped C. spoke D. swam
47. A. in B. under C. above D. from
48. A. an accident B. a mistake C. seventy-eight D. seventy-nine
49. A. dangerous B. comfortable C. different D. favorable
50. A. With B. Without C. For D. Like
51. A. afraid B. unable C. ready D. anxious
52. A. gets B. disappears C. happens D. goes
53. A. needn’t B. can’t C. mustn’t D. shouldn’t
54. A. where B. how C. because D. why
55. A. really B. very C. such D. so
―I think it’s too late to apologize to Kate.
―Never mind. _______.
A. Good medicine tastes bitter B. Better late than never
C. All good things come to an end D. A man becomes learned by asking questions
The hospital has a new system to help ______ the best service _______ the patients.
A. provide; / B. provide; to C. provide; for D. supply; /
— My money for this month has _____. What shall I do?
— I wonder how you ____ your money in two weeks!
A. run out; ran out B. run out of; ran out of
C. run out; ran out of D. run out of, ran out
. This tower _______ back to 1860s and it is still in good condition.
A. is dating B. dated C. was dated D. dates
There was a blacksmith(铁匠) who wasn't satisfied with his work. Once he complained, “I am not well and my work is too warm. I want to be a ____1.____ on the mountain. There it must be _____2.____, for the wind blows and the trees give a shade..” A wise man who had ___3.____ over all things replied, “Go you, be a stone.” And he was a stone, high up on the ____4.____ side. It happened that a stone-cutter ____5.____ that way for a stone and when he saw the one that had been the ____6.____, he knew that it was what he ____7._____ and he began to cut it. The stone ____8.____ out, “This hurts! I no longer want to be a stone. A stone-cutter I want to be. That ____9.____ be pleasant.” The wise man, humoring him, said, “Be a cutter.” ____10.____ he became a stone-cutter and as he went seeking a suitable stone, he ____11.____ tired and his feet were sore（酸痛）. He ____12.____,” I no longer want to cut stone. I would be the sun; that would be pleasant.” The wise man ___13.___, “Be the sun.” And he was the sun. But the sun was warmer than the blacksmith, than a stone, than a stone-cutter, and he complained, “I do not ____14.___ this. I would be the moon. It ___15.____ cool.” The wise man spoke yet again, “Be the moon.” And he was the moon. This is warmer than being the sun,” ____16.___ he, “for the light from the sun ____17.____on me ever. I do not want to be the moon. I would be a ___18.____ again. That, indeed, is the ___19.____ life.” But the wise man replied, “I am ____20.___of your changing. You wanted to be the moon; the moon you are and you will remain.”
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