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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 his 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 courageous thing. He jumped into 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(自动地)produces a chemical in the blood. This chemical is called adrenalin(肾上激素). __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__ move at all. You are paralyzed(使无能为力) with fear. This is __54__  when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we are ‘petrified’, this word comes from a Greek word ‘petros’, which means ‘stone’. We are __55__ frightened that we become stonelike.
小题1:
A.howB.neitherC.whetherD.either
小题2:
A.braveB.realC.hardD.certain
小题3:
A.whenB.untilC.afterD.once
小题4:
A.realizeB.findC.thinkD.agree
小题5:
A.lifeB.questionC.mouseD.danger
小题6:
A.soldiersB.miceC.heroes(英雄)D.cowards
小题7:
A.usefulB.braveC.nervousD.terrible
小题8:
A.SoB.ThereforeC.ThenD.Actually
小题9:
A.freshB.poisonousC.warmD.ice-cold
小题10:
A.nervous B.calmC.frightenedD.excited
小题11:
A.wentB.helpedC.spokeD.swam
小题12:
A.inB.underC.aboveD.from
小题13:
A.an accidentB.a mistakeC.seventy-eightD.seventy-nine
小题14:
A.dangerousB.comfortableC.differentD.favorable
小题15:
A.WithB.WithoutC.ForD.Like
小题16:
A.afraidB.unableC.readyD.anxious
小题17:
A.getsB.disappearsC.happensD.goes
小题18:
A.needn’t B.can’tC.mustn’tD.shouldn’t
小题19:
A.whereB.howC.becauseD.why
小题20:
A.reallyB.veryC.suchD.so

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解析
本文是叙述一个人是勇敢还是懦弱,关键是看面临危险处境时的表现。
小题1:C。根据后面的or来判断应该用if来引导宾语从句,表示你“是否”认为你是一个勇敢的人还是一个懦夫。
小题1:A。与后面的a coward相对应, 应填“勇敢的”。
小题1:B。因为前面有否定词never,相当于not,因此选until,not...until表示“直到……才”。
小题1:C。根据下文的内容答案只能选think。
小题1:D。根据下文they act like cowards来判断,有些人自认为勇敢,当“面临危险”的时候,举止却像懦夫。
小题1:C。与上文相反进行对比论证,有些人看起来像懦夫,但当遇到危险的时候,实际行动就像“英雄”一样。
小题1:C。根据后面两句中的worried来判断,答案应该是与懦夫相近的词,只有“紧张的”人与懦夫意思相近。
小题1:C。从上下句来看是表示时间的先后,用then来承接后来所发生的事。
小题1:D。因为美国的季节与中国的相近,时间又是元月五号,所以水是“冰冷的”。
小题1:B。根据上文的不害怕可知,他应该是保持“冷静”,其余选项不符合语境。
小题1:D。因为他跳入水中,所以是“游”向那位妇女。
小题1:C。根据常识,人掉在水中,头应该在水“上”能够呼吸,不呛水,其余选项不符合语境。
小题1:D。根据前面的seventy-eight来判断,她不是第七十九个遇难者,而是获救了。
小题1:A。根据后面的“害怕”可判断出答案。
小题1:A。根据对后面句子的内容的逻辑推理可知,前面应是血里如果“有”了肾上腺素,你就会感到越来越强……。
小题1:C。根据上文,血里有肾上腺素,你就会越来越强壮随时“准备”搏斗或跑开。be ready to do sth.是“准备、乐意做某事”。
小题1:C。根据上一句话,得出答案:当这种情况“发生”时,肌肉就会变得僵硬。这也是医学常识。
小题1:B。根据上文,肌肉变硬了,结果你就一点也“不能”动了。
小题1:D。根据前后的因果关系,这是说明原因的,why引导表语从句,表示“原因”。
小题1:D。根据前后的因果关系,这是说明原因的,why引导表语从句,表示“原因”。
该句后面省略了that,“so+形容词+that...”是一个固定句型。
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You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight.They hit one another hard.At the start they only fight with their fists.But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs.And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below.He is dead! Of course he isn’t really dead.With any luck he isn’t even hurt.Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catching fire, are professionals.They do this for a living.These men are called stuntmen.That is to say, they perform tricks.There are two sides to their work.They actually do most of the things you see on the screen.For example, they fall from a high building.However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress.Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar! But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training.Often a stuntman’s success depends on careful timing.For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.
Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives.They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed.A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high.His parachute failed to open, and he was killed.In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only.Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action.For nowadays there are stuntwomen too.
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A recent online poll (民意调查) asked kids what they hated most about school. “Classes are boring” came in first. “Too much homework” was a close second. Since all activities remain interesting for only so long, too much homework can lead to ennui. So, why are some kids getting homework overload? Teachers give two reasons. First, they say, the government now requires schools to meet higher-than-ever achievement goals for students. If students don’ t succeed, the school faces punishment. Second, many parents want their children to be able to get into the best colleges and universities. These parents believe homework is a way to ensure that students are learning as much as possible.
People who favor homework argue that it can have many beneficial effects. They claim it can help students develop good study habits. Homework can help students recognize that learning can occur at home as well as at school. It can help develop their independent learning and responsible character traits(性格特征).
But studies show that middle school students doing 60 to 90 minutes of homework a night are doing just as well in school as those doing more than 90 minutes. And homework can have negative effects. Homework can deny students access to leisure(休闲) activities that also teach important skills. For example, sports teams teach cooperation and leadership, in addition to helping kids stay physically active. Another problem with too much homework is that parents can get too involved. They can put too much pressure on their kids.
So what should be done? Good homework assignments in the proper amount will have positive effects. Too much homework, however, will have negative effects. The bottom line: Students in grades three through six should do no more than 30 to 60 minutes of homework each night.
小题1:The underline word “ennui” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “______” .
A.relaxationB.fancyC.boredomD.intelligence
小题2: According to Paragraph 1, the kids are given much homework because ________.
A.schools are evaluated in terms of students’ achievement.
B.the government doesn’t take the problem seriously
C.it is a good way to improve the students’ ability
D.time will be made full use of in this way
小题3:Those who are in favor of homework think that _______.
A.homework helps students to succeed
B.it’s good for kids to help each other in learning
C.parents are a great help when kids do homework at home
D.homework helps children to learn independently
小题4: Which of the following is NOT a negative effect of too much homework?
A.Kids have little time to do leisure activities.
B.There is a lack of sleeping time.
C.The chances of learning other skills are lost.
D.Kids are under pressure from their parents.
小题5: The author’s purpose in writing the passage is _______.
A.to criticize the school teachers
B.to attract public attention to kids’ study
C.to offer more help to today’s kids
D.to call for proper amounts of homework

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The Internet has got into all the fields of our life. We can study and work on it. We can find a job on it. We can communicate on it. We can treat friends on it. We can buy and sell on it. We can do almost everything on the Internet, and almost anywhere, anytime.
However, although the Internet provides services for us, it is silently getting our privacy(隐私) to some degree. The services on most websites require our personal information. If we want to enjoy these services, we have to provide much of our information, including our names, sex, addresses, telephone numbers and sometimes bank accounts(帐户). Because weak network sometimes is unsafe, our information might be open, stolen or sold. Even sometimes it will be used freely by others.
Considering(考虑到...) the above mentioned, you must pay attention to the safety when using the Internet. First, when you need Internet service, you should always look through those big legal(合法的) websites. Second, if the service requires important personal information, you should think twice before you type it in. Third, store your own important card key(电子钥匙) and don’t tell others easily.
小题1:According to the passage, we shouldn’t ______by using the Internet.
A.learn EnglishB.give our friends’ information to others
C.chat with friendsD.look for jobs
小题2:The underlined word “it” refers to ______.
A.the telephone numberB.the name C.the information D.the bank account
小题3:Which of the following ways is correct to protect our information on the Internet?
a. Surf the safe Web       .    b. Think over and over before typing it in.
c. Don’t chat with friends on line  d. Don’t use your key easily. 
A.a,b,c. B.b,c,d.C.a,b,d. D.a,c,d.
小题4:What can we learn from the passage?
A.Don’t believe others if you don’t know them.
B.Remember never use the ID card on the Internet.
C.Never use the Internet in the future.
D.From now on, we must pay attention to the safety of the information on line.

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We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had brought me to this spot in a small town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered why.
“Look down, Elsa,” father said. I gathered all my courage and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the crisscross (十字形) of twisting, turning streets leading to the square. “See, my dear,” father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go by one road, try another.”
Now I understood why I was there. Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the awful lunches that were served at school. But she refused because she could not believe the lunches were as bad as I said.
When I turned to father for help, he didn’t say anything. Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson. By the time we reached home, I had a plan.
At school the next day, I secretly poured my luncheon(午餐)soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to serve it to mother at dinner. The plan worked perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and sputtered(喷溅出)“ The cook must have gone mad!” Quickly I told her what I had done, and Mother stated firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day!
In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working until I tried every possible means to my goal. Father’s wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square.
小题1:The author’s father took her to the top of a church tower to ____________.
A. enjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole town
B. find out how many ways lead to the square
C. inspire her to find out another way to solve her problem
D. help her forget some unpleasant things earlier that day
小题2:What did the author want her mother to do earlier that day?.
A. Do something delicious for lunch. 
B. Taste her awful lunch.
C. Dismiss the mad cook. 
D. Speak to the school about lunch.
小题3:The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph suggests that__________________.
A. the cook agreed to serve the soup to the writer’s mother.
B. the author’s mother was angry with the cook.
C. her father persuaded her mother successfully.
D. the method the author thought of was effective.
小题4:What did the author’s mother think of her luncheon soup after she tasted it?
A. It was delicious.   
B. It wasn’t so bad as the author said.
C. It is terrible..
D. It was as good as her cook did.
小题5:By sharing her own experiences, the author tries to tell us ____________.
A. when one road is blocked, try another
B. how bad the lunch of her school is
C. how wise her father is
D. about the church tower near her home
 
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In many parts of the world,cars play an important role in daily life and many societies would not exist without them. So the idea that in 20 years’ time, no one will own cars may be hard to believe. But this is the prediction made by a team of transport researchers who are taken seriously, not only by government but also by car manufacturers.
The Human Science and Advanced Technology Institute at Loughborough in the UK is part of an international research program. The team there believes that by 2020 all cars will be computerized, which will mean much saving,no accidents and better use of roads. The super-intelligent car of the 21st century will drive itself, and it will not be owned by one individual. Instead, we will have a choice of cars and change them as frequently as we change our clothing.
According to Dr. David Davis,who leads the research team, these predictions are based on the rising cost of the car culture, which had blocked up our cities, polluted our air, and caused more deaths than both world wars put together.
Davis says cars will be fitted with some intelligent devices to regulate the distance between one car and another. The car will automatically speed up, or slow down, to match the speed of the car in front. Computers are much safer drivers than people, so cars in a road train will be able to drive much closer together than cars driven by people. By 2010, Dr. David Davis believes, car technology will give motorists a clear view of the road, whatever the weather conditions, by projecting an image of the road ahead on to the car’s windscreen. And by 2020, cars will travel in convoy linked to each other electronically. Cars will be connected by an electronic tow bar to the car in front to form “road-trains”. “The front vehicle in such a train burns the normal amount.” says Davis. “But all the others in the train would bum about ten percent 0f the normal amount, and so produce about ten percent of the pollution.”
小题1: We know from the passage that governments and car manufacturers        .
   A. do not believe the prediction that no one will own cars by 2020
   B. are devoted to the technological revolution in car industry
C. consider the predictions seriously
   D. have put the super-intelligent car into mass production
小题2: Which of the following will be the characteristic of the cars of 2020?
   A. The car will speed up out of control.
   B. We will own as many cars as we want.
C. All cars will be driven by computers.
D. Cars will produce more pollution than present ones.
小题3:The leader of the research team believes that the present car culture will change because        .
A. cars play a very important role in daily life
B. many societies would stop functioning without cars
C. cars should not be owned by one individual
D. it causes many deaths to human society
小题4:The expression closest in meaning to the phrase “in convoy” in the last paragraph is        .
A. in line         B. sidelong
C. side by side     D. shoulder to shoulder
小题5: What will happen if cars are joined to each other electronically in 2020?
A. Motorists will get a clear view of the road.
B. The weather condition will not have effect on motorists.
C. There will be less pollution caused by car.
D. All trains will burn less fuel than present.
 
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