[2015•长沙]完形填空阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。Areyouamanoramouse?Whenpeopleaskthisquestiontheywanttoknow11youthinkyoua

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[2015 • 长沙]完形填空阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。

      Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know 11 ____ you think you are a 12 ____ person or a coward (懦夫) .But you will never really know the answer to this question 13 ____ you are tested in real life. Some people 14 ____ they are brave but when they come face to face with real 15 ____ 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 16____ 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 17 ____ water. Lenny did not feel afraid. He behaved very 18 ____ and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the river and 19 ____ to the woman and kept her head above the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny it was not 20 ____ .

      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.

( ) 11. A. neither   B. whether   C. either

( ) 12. A. brave   B. real   C. hard

( ) 13. A. when   B. until   C. after

( ) 14. A. realize   B. find   C. think

( ) 15. A. question   B. mouse   C. danger

( ) 16. A. on   B. in   C. for

( ) 17. A. fresh   B. warm   C. ice-cold

( ) 18. A. nervously   B. calmly   C. fearfully

( ) 19. A. went   B. spoke   C. swam

( ) 20. A. an accident   B. seventy-eight   C. seventy-nine

Answer 1

11. B 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. C 16. A 17. C 18. B 19. C 20. C