Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask

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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(自動(dòng)地) produces a chemical in the blood. The chemical is called adrenalin(腎上腺素). With adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are ready to fight.

小題1:A. neither B. whether C. either

小題2:A. brave B. real C. hard

小題3:A. when B. until C. after

小題4:A. realize B. find C. think

小題5:A. question B. mouse C. danger

小題6:A. on B. in C. for

小題7:A. fresh B. warm C. ice-cold

小題8:A. nervously B. calmly C. fearfully

小題9:A. went B. spoke C. swam

小題10:A. an accident B. seventy-eight C. seventy- nine

答案：

小題1:B 小題2:A 小題3:B 小題4:C 小題5:C 小題6:A 小題7:C 小題8:B 小題9:C 小題10:C

本文以一個(gè)問(wèn)題開(kāi)bai始：當(dāng)人們問(wèn)你是人還是老鼠時(shí)，他們是想知道，你是一個(gè)勇敢的人還是一個(gè)懦夫.。接下來(lái)短文對(duì)什么樣的人是勇敢的，什么樣的人是懦夫，進(jìn)行了一個(gè)對(duì)比與論證。最后得出一個(gè)結(jié)論，外表并不等于實(shí)際的表現(xiàn)。

小題1:考查介詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。A. neither兩者都不;B. whether 兩者中的哪一個(gè);C. either兩者中的任何一個(gè)。分析句意：當(dāng)人們問(wèn)你是人還是老鼠時(shí)，他們是想知道，你是一個(gè)勇敢的人還是一個(gè)懦夫。考查賓語(yǔ)從句，從句中有兩個(gè)選擇一個(gè)是勇敢另一個(gè)是懦夫。表示兩者中的一個(gè)為whether.故選B。

小題2:考查形容詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。A. brave勇敢的;B. real真的;C. hard困難的。結(jié)合上文：當(dāng)人們問(wèn)你是人還是老鼠時(shí)，他們想知道，你是一個(gè)勇敢的人還是一個(gè)懦夫。分析：考查與懦夫相對(duì)應(yīng)的詞為勇敢。故選A。

小題3:考查連詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。A. when當(dāng)時(shí);B. until直到;C. after在之后。分析句意：直到你在生活中真正的感受了，你才能真正地回答這個(gè)問(wèn)題。通過(guò)對(duì)兩個(gè)句子的分析，考查固定句型：not……until(直到……才)得知用until引導(dǎo)。故選B。

小題4:考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。A. realize意識(shí)到; B. find發(fā)現(xiàn);C. think認(rèn)為。分析句意：一些人認(rèn)為他們是勇敢的，但是當(dāng)他們與危險(xiǎn)面對(duì)面的時(shí)候，他們的表現(xiàn)像一個(gè)懦夫。聯(lián)系下文:others think of themselves as cowards.(其他人認(rèn)為自己是懦夫。)得知選擇：think認(rèn)為。故選C。

小題5:考查名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。A. question問(wèn)題;B. mouse老鼠;C. danger危險(xiǎn)。分析下文： 一些人認(rèn)為他們是勇敢的但是當(dāng)他們與危險(xiǎn)面對(duì)面的時(shí)候，他們的表現(xiàn)像一個(gè)懦夫。結(jié)合下文：when they meet danger,句意：當(dāng)他們面對(duì)危險(xiǎn)時(shí)。推斷出此處填寫名詞，danger危險(xiǎn)。故選C。

小題6:考查介詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。A. on最小的時(shí)間為具體某一天;B. in最小時(shí)間為月份;C. for接段時(shí)間。分析：本段是描述一個(gè)真實(shí)的事件，時(shí)間為2013年12月15日，在具體的某一天用介詞on, 故選A。

小題7:考查形容詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。A. fresh新鮮的;B. warm溫暖的;C. ice-cold冰冷的。分析句意：他看見(jiàn)一位婦女在冰冷的河水中。結(jié)合現(xiàn)實(shí)情況分析，在十二月份的時(shí)候，河水一定是冰冷的。故選C。

小題8:考查副詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。A. nervously焦急地;B. calmly冷靜地;C. fearfully可怕地。分析句意：Lenny 并沒(méi)有害怕。他的行為很冷靜，并且在做著非常危險(xiǎn)的事情。聯(lián)系上下文得知：冷靜地符合語(yǔ)意。故選B。

小題9:考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。A. went去;B. spoke說(shuō)話;C. swam游泳。聯(lián)系句意：他跳進(jìn)河里，游向這位婦女，保持她的頭在河水之上。結(jié)合前文，他看見(jiàn)河里面有人，因此去河水中救人，一定是游著過(guò)去救人。故選C。

小題10:考查詞意及語(yǔ)境的理解。A. an accident 一個(gè)事故;B. seventy-eight七十八; C. seventy- nine七十九。聯(lián)系句意：那一天有78人死亡。由于Lenny的幫助，它沒(méi)有成為第79個(gè)。分析前面是78，這個(gè)則為79.故選 C。