Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know 31   you are a   32  person or a coward(懦夫). But you will never really know the answer to this question  33  you are tested in real life. Some people  34  they are brave but when they come face to face with real  35 , they act like cowards. Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like  36 .

Lenny had always thought of himself as a  37  person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy.  38 , 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  39  water. Lenny did not feel afraid. He kept very  40  and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the Potomac, 41  to the woman, and kept her head  42  the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thank to Lenny, it was not  43 .

When you are in a very  44  situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. The chemical is called adrenalin(腎上腺素). 45 adrenalin in the blood system, you will feel stronger and stronger and are  46 to fight or run away. However, when you are absolutely terrified, the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this  47 , the muscles become very hard and you find you  48  move at all. You are then paralyzed(使癱瘓，使麻痹) with fear. This is  49  when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we’re “petrified”, which means “stone”. We are   very frightened 50  we become stonelike.

1.                A．how           B．neither         C．whether  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．useful          B．brave          C．nervous  D．terrible

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．went          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．favorable

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．can’t         C．mustn’t  D．shouldn’t

19.               A．where         B．how           C．because   D．why

20.               A．that           B．for            C．such  D．so

單句填詞（10分）

1.He is an honest man, that is to say, what he says is always c______________ with what he does.

2.In the a_______________ of evidence, the police had to let Kelly go.

3.An idea that I was wasting my time s______________ me when I came out of her room.

4.She r_______________ her mother in appearance but not in character.

5.The table is too high for your son，so you can a______________ the table to his height.

6.It is ________________(使窘迫，使尷尬) that our streets are so dirty.

7.He stood silently with his arms _______________ (交叉).

8.I hope what I say can  ________________（澄清）the situation.

9.He was fined for breaking traffic  ___________________ (規(guī)則).

10.It is  _________________ （全世界，普遍地）acknowledged that one’s thinking directs one’s actions.

There are many advantages of smiling. It can not onlymake us happy, but also______(使高興；使?jié)M意)others. 1.___________

If we smile at life, life will smile on us in r______. So I want              2.__________

to smile at all whenever and wherever ________.                       3.____________

First, I would like to smile at my parents b________ they have            4.____________

given me life and take all the t_________ to bring me up.                5.____________

They arrange almost everything for me. ________ their help,              6.____________

I have made great p_________. I would like to say “Thank you”          7.____________

to them with a smile. Then my smile should go to myself, for only in this way can I gain more ___________(信心)   8._____________

in smiling my troubles away and live a better ______.                  9._____________

In a word, let’s ________ (迎接)every day with a smile. Tomorrow is another day.

10._____________

Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know 31   you are a   32  person or a coward(懦夫). But you will never really know the answer to this question  33  you are tested in real life. Some people  34  they are brave but when they come face to face with real  35 , they act like cowards. Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like  36 .
Lenny had always thought of himself as a  37  person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy.  38 , 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  39  water. Lenny did not feel afraid. He kept very  40  and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the Potomac, 41  to the woman, and kept her head  42  the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thank to Lenny, it was not  43 .
When you are in a very  44  situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. The chemical is called adrenalin(腎上腺素). 45 adrenalin in the blood system, you will feel stronger and stronger and are  46 to fight or run away. However, when you are absolutely terrified, the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this  47 , the muscles become very hard and you find you  48  move at all. You are then paralyzed(使癱瘓，使麻痹) with fear. This is  49  when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we’re “petrified”, which means “stone”. We are   very frightened 50  we become stonelike.