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em _______ by a scientist in the USA. A. examine B. examining C. examined D. to be examined 27.—Tom, you didn’t e to the party last night? —I _______, but I suddenly remembered I had homework to do. A. had to B. didn39。t C. was going to D. wouldn’t 28. Nature has provided with Shangrila with endless natural treasures, _______ the land a happy home for the local people. A. make B. to make C. making D. made 29. We ______ a basketball match at five tomorrow afternoon. A. will have watched B. watch C. have been watching D. will be watching 30. He _______ some Japanese while he was away on a business trip in Tokyo. A. made out B. picked up C. gave up D. took in 31. Those flowers are so special that I would do _______ I can to save them. A. whatever B. no matter what C. whichever D. that 32. Some students turned a deaf ear to their class teacher’s advice, ______ they knew it to be valuable. A. as if B. now that C. even though D. so that 33. He had no choice but to _________ an excuse to explain his being late. A. make out B. make up C. make up for D. make over 34. It _______ five years since he ______ to study English. A. was, began B. is。 has begun C. will be。 begins D. is。 began 35. We ______ the problem for quite some time, but we ______ any conclusion yet. A. had discussed。 haven’t reached B. discussed。 haven’t reached C. have discussed。 haven’t been discussing D. have been discussing。 haven’t reached 第二節(jié) 完形填空 (共 20小題;每小題 ,滿分 30分 ) Part A: 閱讀下面短文 , 掌握其大意 , 然后從第 36至第 47小題所給的 A、 B、 C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中 , 選出最佳選項(xiàng) 。 Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know whether you think you are a 36 person or a coward (懦夫 ). But you will never really know the answer to this question 37 you are tested in real life. Some people think they are brave, but when they e face to face with real 38 , 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 39 person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. Then on January 15th, 2021, a plane crashed into the Potomac River in Washington. Lenny happened to see a woman in the icecold water. He did not feel afraid. He 40 very calm and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the Potomac, 41 to the woman, and kept her head 42 the water. Seventyeight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny, it was not 43 . When you are in a very dangerous situation and feel afraid, the body automatically(自動(dòng)地 ) produces a chemical called adrenalin in the blood. With adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are 44 to fight or run away. However, when you are terrified greatly, the body can produce too much adrenalin. 45 this happens, the muscles bee very hard. You are then paralyzed (麻木 ) with fear. This is why when we are extremely frightened, we sometimes say we are “petrified”. This word 46 a Greek word “petros”, which means “stone”. We are 47 frightened that we bee stonelike. 36. A. brave B. real C. hard D. certain 37. A. when B. until C. after D. once 38. A. life B. question C. mouse D. danger 39. A. useful B. brave C. nervous D. terrible 40. A. had B. kept C. let D. made 41. A. went B. ran C. spoke D. swam 42. A. in B. under