2012届高三二轮专题复习综合测试题(十七)Test 1Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know _1_，you think you are a _2_ person or a coward (懦夫)But youll never really know the answer to that question _3_ you are tested in real lifeSome people _4_ they are brave，but when they come face to face with real _5_，they act like cowardsOther people think of themselves as cowards，but when they meet danger，they act like _6_Lenny Skutnic had always thought of himself as a _7_ personHe got worried before examinationsHe worried about his job and healthAll he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy_8_，on 15th January,1982，a plane crashed into the Potamac River in WashingtonLenny went to the river to see what was happeningThen he saw a woman in the _9_ waterLenny did not feel afraidHe kept very _10_ and did a very courageous thingHe jumped into the Potamac，_11_ to the woman，and kept her head _12_ the waterSeventyeight people died that dayThanks to Lenny Skutnic，it was not _13_When you are in a very _14_ situation and feel afraid，the body automatically (自动地) produces a chemical in the bloodThis chemical is called adrenalin (肾上腺素)_15_ adrenalin in the blood system，you actually feel stronger and stronger and are _16_ to fight or run awayHowever，when youre absolutely (完全) terrified，the body can produce too much adrenalinWhen this _17_，the muscles become very hard and you find you _18_ move at allYou are then paralyzed (瘫痪) with fearThat is _19_ when youre very frightened，we sometimes say were “petrified”This word comes from the Greek word “petros”，which means “stone”We are _20_ frightened that we have become like stone1Ahow BwhyCif Deither2Abrave BrealChard Dcertain3Awhen BuntilCafter Donce4Arealize BfindCthink Dagree5Alife BquestionCmouse Ddanger6Asoldiers BmiceCheroes Dcowards7Auseless BbraveCnervous Ddangerous8ASo BThereforeCThen DActually9Afresh BpoisonousCwarm Dicecold10Anervous BcalmCfrightened Dexcited11Awent BhelpedCspoke Dswam12Ain BunderCabove Dfrom13Aan accident Ba mistakeCseventyeight Dseventynine14Adangerous BcomfortableCdifferent Dfavorable15AWith BWithoutCFor DLike16Aafraid BunableCready Danxious17Agets BdisappearsChappens Dgoes18Aneednt BcannotCmustnt Dshouldnt19Aso BhowCbecause Dwhy20Areally BveryCsuch Dso211工程(优秀生选做题)2vocabulary：(1)face to face面对面地facetoface面对面的hand _ hand手拉手shoulder _ shoulder肩并肩side _ side并排地(2)thanks to多亏；由于近义短语：_ _1What plays a role in determining whether you are a man or a mouse?_1从文中找出与下句意义相近的句子Only when you go through many things in your life do you know whether you are a man or a coward_Test 2During recent years we have heard much about “race”：how this race does certain things and that race believes certain things and so onYet，the _1_ phenomenon of race consists of a few surface indicationsWe judge race usually _2_ the coloring of the skin：a white race，a brown race，a yellow race and a black raceBut _3_ you were to remove the skin you could not tell _4_ about the race _5_ the individual(个人)belongedThere is nothing in physical structure，the brain or the internal organs，to _6_ a differenceThere are _7_ types of bloodAll types are found in every race，and no type is distinct to any raceHuman brains are the _8_No scientists could examine a brain and tell you the race to which the individual belongedBrains will _9_ in size，but this occurs within every race_10_ does size have anything to do with intelligenceThe largest brain _11_ examined belonged to a person of weak _12_On the other hand，some of our most distinguished people have had _13_brainsMental tests that are reasonably _14_ show no differences in intelligence between racesHigh and low test results both can be recorded by different members of any race_15_ equal educational advantages，there will be no difference in average standings，either on account of race _16_ geographical locationIndividuals of every race cause civilization to go backward or forwardTraining and education can change the response of a group of _17_ and enable them to behave in _18_ wayThe behavior and ideals of people c