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Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know whether you think you are a 1 person or a coward(ų·ò)£®But you will never really know the answer to this question until you are 2 in real life£®Some people think they are brave but when they come face to face with real 3 £¬they act like cowards£®Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like___4___.
Lenny had always thought of himself as a 5 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. Then January 5th, 2002, a plane 6 into the Potomac River in Washington. Lenny went to the river to see what was happening£®He saw a woman in the __7__water£®Lenny did not feel afraid£®He kept very 8 and did a very courageous thing. He jumped into Potomac£¬ 9 to the woman£¬and kept her head above the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny£¬it was not 10 £®
When you are in a very dangerous 11 and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. This chemical is called adrenalin(ÉöÉÏÏÙËØ)£®With adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are 12 to fight or run away. However, when you are l3 frightened, the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this 14 , the muscles become very hard and you find you can't 15 at all. You are paralyzed(ʹÎÞÄÜΪÁ¦) with fear. That is why when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we are ‘petrified’; this word comes from a Greek word ‘petros’, which means ‘stone’. We are so frightened that we become stone like.
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2£®A£®told B£®asked C£®tested D£®balanced
3£®A£®1ife B£®question C£®mouse D£®danger
4£®A£®soldiers B£®mice C£®heroes D£®cowards
5£®A£®useful B£®brave C£®nervous D£®careless
6£®A£®hit B£®crashed C£®turned D£®felt
7£®A£®flesh B£®hot C£®warm D£®ice-cold
8£®A. nervous B. calm C. frightened D. afraid
9£®A. went B. helped C. spoke D. swam
10£®A. an accident B. none C. seventy-seven D. seventy-nine
11£®A£®situation B. universe C£®place D£®trap