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.
A．how B．neither C．whether D．either
A．brave B．real C．hard D．certain
A．when B．until C．after D．once
A．realize B．find C．think D．agree
A．life B．question C．mouse D．danger
A．soldiers B．mice C．heroes(英雄) D．cowards
A．useful B．brave C．nervous D．terrible
A．So B．Therefore C．Then D．Actually
A．fresh B．poisonous C．warm D．ice-cold
A．nervous B．calm C．frightened D．excited
A．went B．helped C．spoke D．swam
A．in B．under C．above D．from
A．an accident B．a mistake C．seventy-eight D．seventy-nine
A．dangerous B．comfortable C．different D．favorable
A．With B．Without C．For D．Like
A．afraid B．unable C．ready D．anxious
A．gets B．disappears C．happens D．goes
A．needn’t B．can’t C．mustn’t D．shouldn’t
A．where B．how C．because D．why
A．really B．very C．such D．so
For several years, we lived at the end of a long Texas country road. Every evening when I was away from home on business, my little boy would ask permission of his mother to take his black and his daddy’s walking stick, to make the half-mile from the house to the fence which the beginning of the dirty driveway.
One day, I was busy with my business and was for about an hour, completely forgetting about the little boy down the road who might be for his daddy.
On my way home, the rain was so thick that I could not ten feet in front of me. All I could was finishing my journey and getting out of the rain. , the downpour began to abate(减弱). It was only a drizzle(细雨) by the time my car turned the last and approached the final street between me and a warm home and nice meal.
, I caught sight of my little boy, who was an umbrella in one hand, a walking stick in the other, and was wearing the biggest and most beautiful smile ever to lighten the of a little boy.
As I stopped the car and the door, he ran into my arms and held me long and hard. He was wet and with cold, but he never the rain, nor the hour-long wait. He simply said, “Daddy, I missed you. I am so glad you are home.”
Last year, we to a wonderful new home provided for a special season in our lives. We no longer have a long country road. , I have never forgotten the rainy day and the little boy and his black dog. Often, perhaps a thousand times, that has occurred in my mind. all events in our lives, it happens once, and must be treasured.
A．bag B．dog C．umbrella D．toy
A．journey B．flight C．effort D．ride
A．discovered B．explained C．marked D．described
A．controlled B．trained C．delayed D．bothered
A．hopeful B．grateful C．careful D．faithful
A．waiting B．sending C．searching D．calling
A．drive B．see C．feel D．hear
A．stick to B．think of C．pick up D．hold on
A．In fact B．In surprise C．At once D．At last
A．moment B．corner C．street D．way
A．All of a sudden B．Believe it or not C．To my pleasure D．For seconds
A．holding B．taking C．folding D．carrying
A．body B．head C．face D．hand
A．closed B．locked C．knocked D．opened
A．worrying B．nervous C．trembling D．anxious
A．noticed B．doubted C．judged D．mentioned
A．moved B．turned C．returned D．traveled
A．Therefore B．Besides C．Otherwise D．However
A．time B．scene C．act D．sight
A．With B．For C．Like D．Among
About a year ago, I went to stay at a Detroit hotel.I didn’t want to too much money with me, so I the desk clerk to put a hundred-dollar bill in the for me.
The next morning, however, the clerk said that he knew nothing about my money. I didn’t have any proof I had given the man the money. There was clearly left to do but go to the nearest lawyer at once.
The lawyer me to return to the hotel with him and give hundred-dollar bill to the clerk. we did.An hour later, I went back to the desk and asked for my money together with the lawyer. I had the lawyer as an eyewitness (证人) to the hundred-dollar bill,the clerk could not he knew nothing about it.
Another hour later, I put the second park of the lawyer’s plan into action. This time both the lawyer and I went to the to ask for the hundred-dollar once again. No matter I said, the clerk who kept my bill that he had given it to me. I said it was not .The lawyer said to him, “I this gentleman give you a hundred-dollar bill. If you don’t hand it in immediately, I will be forced to call the .” Now the clerk felt quite , so he gave me back the first hundred-dollar bill.
“I don’t know to thank you enough for getting my money back,” I said to the lawyer. And what do you suppose he answered? He said, “Oh, don’t me. That will be one hundred dollars, please.”
A．borrow B．spend C．waste D．carry
A．made B．asked C．allowed D．let
A．safe B．desk C．box D．bag
A．that B．which C．where D．when
A．something B．nothing C．anything D．everything
A．hoped B．agreed C．insisted D．advised
A．the other B．another C．others D．other
A．Such B．All C．So D．Much
A．For B．Though C．Even if D．Because
A．first B．second C．third D．one
A．say B．admit C．permit D．recognize
A．restaurant B．bank C．hotel D．hospital
A．what B．whatever C．which D．how
A．suggested B．insisted C．required D．requested
A．true B．sure C．exact D．nice
A．forced B．made C．allowed D．saw
A．police B．judge C．official D．officer
A．content B．nervous C．angry D．sad
A．when B．what C．where D．how
A．thank B．praise C．leave D．fool
Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight. “You need ,” his father said. “But if you don’t work hard, no fortune will come.”
What made him sad was his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him. “You have no talent(天赋). You will never be a pianist.” nine-year-old boy Lang Lang was badly. He decided that he didn’t want to be a any more. For the next two weeks he didn’t touch the piano. , his father didn’t push, but waited.
Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to some holiday songs. He didn’t want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano key, he that he could show others that he had talent____.That day he told his father he had been waiting to hear— that he wanted to study with a new teacher. that point on, everything turned around.
He started competitions(比赛). In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was that Lang Lang had won, he was too to hold back his tears. Soon was clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever—he had to play on the world’s big . In 1997 Lang Lang again, this time to Philadelphia, U.S. There he spent two years practicing, and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, gigs(特邀演出 ) in Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall started . Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots(发现) him, and lets him .
A．exercise B．fortune C．knowledge D．wealth
A．whether B．why C．when D．that
A．Like B．With C．To D．As
A．hurt B．weakened C．ruined D．frightened
A．singer B．pianist C．conductor D．player
A．Hopefully B．Patiently C．Wisely D．Painfully
A．play B．sing C．write D．study
A．seemed B．admitted C．noticed D．realized
A．in all B．above all C．after all D．at all
A．that B．what C．which D．when
A．From B．At C．Since D．After
A．receiving B．accepting C．winning D．beating
A．told B．mentioned C．announced D．recognized
A．excited B．encouraged C．shocked D．satisfied
A．this B．it C．that D．what
A．concerts B．tours C．competitions D．stages
A．started B．left C．moved D．performed
A．successful B．cheerful C．respectful D．meaningful
A．pulling B．breaking C．falling D．pouring
A．brighten B．shine C．admire D．develop
One day a few years ago we had an uninvited guest—a sparrow. the little bird had flown into our open garage. Then I the bird before I saw it.
“What’s that?”I asked when I first heard the sound.
“It’s coming from the .”my wife, Anita, said. “Maybe it’s one of the little .”
I looked into the garage. No children at all. But there was that sound again, coming from right up there. And that’s I saw the sparrow. It was flying just inches below the ceiling. It was clearly to get out, but couldn’t see the way out was not up, but and and out through the garage door. So the bird continued flapping its wings and bumping its little head the ceiling.
I tried to terrify it out, but only succeeded in driving it into the open space between the door and the ceiling. Then I tried to show the bird how to fly down a few feet it could get outside, but that only seemed to it more.
“Why don’t we just leave for a few minutes,” Anita .“I’m sure he’ll figure it out eventually.”
We went back into the house, where we to hear the ongoing struggle between the sparrow and the ceiling. Then suddenly, it was and our uninvited guest was gone.
I’ve that little sparrow through the years, and I’ve decided that birds are not different much from people. We think we were to fly ever upward, and we don’t even consider the that something good might happen if we just fly down a little bit. Once we figure out that we can make without banging（碰）our heads against ceilings, we can usually save ourselves much .
A．Still B．Somehow C．Instead D．Perhaps
A．heard B．caught C．searched D．observed
A．house B．backyard C．garage D．basement
A．birds B．guests C．cats D．kids
A．when B．how C．why D．whether
A．quickly B．anxiously C．cautiously D．slowly
A．deciding B．hesitating C．trying D．choosing
A．up B．backward C．forward D．down
A．against B．off C．along D．into
A．free B．small C．wide D．dark
A．in case B．even if C．as though D．so that
A．puzzle B．confuse C．frighten D．disturb
A．suggested B．explained C．insisted D．demanded
A．attempted B．continued C．refused D．failed
A．fierce B．empty C．safe D．silent
A．looked after B．worried about C．thought about D．brought up
A．forced B．determined C．born D．urged
A．idea B．possibility C．challenge D．problem
A．progress B．peace C．decisions D．efforts
A．panic B．pressure C．loss D．trouble
When you are little, it’s not hard to believe you can change the world. I remember my ______ when, at the age of 12, I _______ delegates at the Rio Earth Summit. “I am only a child,” I told them .“Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on ________ poverty and finding environment answers, ________ a wonderful place this would be. In school you teach us not to __________ others, to work things out, to respect others, to clean up our mess, not to hurt other creatures, to _______, not to be greedy. Then why do you go out and do the thing you tell us not to do? You grown-ups say you love us, but I _________ you, please, to make your __________reflect your words.”
I spoke for six minutes and received a standing ovation（长时间的喝彩）. Some of the delegates _______ cried. I thought that maybe I had ________ some of them, that my speech might actually spur(激励) action. Now, a decade from Rio, after I’ve sat through many more conferences, I’m not sure what has been accomplished. My confidence in the people in power and in the power of an individual’s voice to reach them has been deeply shaken.
When I was little, the world was simple. But as a young adult, I’m learning that as we have to make _________ — education, career, lifestyle — life gets more and more _________. We are beginning to feel __________ to produce and be successful. We are taught that economic growth is ________, but aren’t taught how to _________ a happy, healthy or sustainable(可持续的) way of living. And we are learning that what we wanted for the future when we were 12 was ideal and __________.
Today I’m no longer a child, but I’m worried about what kind of _________ my children will grow up in. I know change is _________, because I am changing, still figuring out what I think. I am still deciding how to live my life. The challenges are great, _________ if we accept individual responsibility and make sustainable choices, we will rise to the challenges, and we will become part of the ___________ tide of change.
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