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15. mr. wu, ___________ everybody likes, is going to give us a talk on chemistry.
a. whom b. that c. which d. /
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are you a man or a mouse? when people ask this question they want to know 16 you think you are a 17 person or a coward (懦夫). but you will never really know the answer to this question 18 you are tested in real life. some people 19 they are brave but when they come face to face with real 20 , they act like cowards. others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like 21.
lenny had always thought of himself as a 22 person. he got worried before examinations. he worried about his job and health. all he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. 23_, on january 15th, , 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 24 water. lenny did not feel afraid. he kept very 25 and did a very dangerous thing. he jumped into the potomac, 26 to the woman, and kept her head 27 the water. seventy-eight people died that day. thanks to lenny, it was not 28 .
when you are in a very 29 situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. the chemical is called adrenalin. 30 adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are 31 to fight or run away. however, when you are absolutely terrified, the body can produce too much adrenalin. when this 32 , the muscles become very hard and you find you 33 at all. you are then paralyzed (使無能為力) with fear. this is 34 when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we’re “petrified”. this word comes from the greek word “petros”, which means “stone”. we are 35_ frightened that we become stonelike.
16. a. how b. neither c. whether d. either
17. a. brave b. real c. hard d. certain
18. a. when b. until c. after d. once