---- How long __________ the bike? ---- For 2 years.

A. have you bought B. have you had C. did you have

----Must I leave now?

----No, you _________. There is still some time left.

A. mustn’t B. needn’t to C. don’t have to

–---What do you think of what she did?

----What she did still _________ us feel very sad.

A. make B. makes C. is making

China has offered much help to Japan since it ___________ by the earthquake and tsunami (海啸).

A. hit B. is hit C. was hit

___________ the weather is!

A. How bad B. What bad C. what a bad

This is the best hotel _________ I know in the city.

A. where B. that C. which

___________ you tried it on, you can’t imagine how pretty the new style skirt is.

A. Unless B. Because C. If

---- Could you tell me ___________?

----Sure. The day after tomorrow.

A. when will you leave for the USA

B. when Mr. Liu will come

C.when your father comes

Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know you think you are a person or a coward (懦夫). But you will never really know the answer to this question you are tested in real life. Some people they are brave but when they come face to face with real , 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 nervous person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. But December 15th, 2013, a plane crashed into a river in Washington. Lenny went to the river to see what was happening. He saw a woman in the water. Lenny did not feel afraid. He behaved very and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the river and to the woman, and kept her head above the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny, it was not .

When you are in a very dangerous situation and feel afraid, the body automatically(自动地) produces a chemical in the blood. The chemical is called adrenalin(肾上腺素). With adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are ready to fight.

1.A. neitherB. whetherC. either

2.A. braveB. realC. hard

3.A. whenB. untilC. after

4.A. realizeB. findC. think

5.A. questionB. mouseC. danger

6.A. onB. in C. for

7.A. freshB. warmC. ice-cold

8.A. nervously B. calmlyC. fearfully

9.A. wentB. spokeC. swam

10.A. an accidentB. seventy-eightC. seventy- nine

What makes us who we are? This question has two different answers. One is the environment that surrounds us when we grow up, and the other is our genes (基因). In English, this is called the “nature vs nurture debate(辩论)”. Nature means genes, and nurture means environment, including the people around you.

There is a famous saying: “Give me a child until the age of 7 and I’ll show you the man.” Now, there is a scientific research to support this famous saying.

They watched small birds in new environments, and wrote down how much they explored(探索). Birds that grew up with very outgoing birds were more outgoing themselves. Scientists at the universities of Exeter, UK and Hamburg, Germany did studies on birds. They found that their personalities（个性） were affected most by the birds around them when they grew up – more so than genes.

Nick Royle from the University of Exeter in the UK said the research was surprising because it shows that “for these birds, personality is mainly determined（决定） by environment.” However, human personalities are a lot more complicated than birds, so there is much we still don’t know. The nature vs nurture debate will continue for a long time, if not forever.

1.The famous saying in the passage tells us _________.

A.A 7-year-old boy can do things as well as an adult.

B.An adult can be influenced and changed by a 7-year-old boy.

C.The environment in the early part of our life has the biggest influence on our adult life.

2.Nick Royle is a(n) ______ scientist.

A. American B. British C. German

3.What do the scientists think of the research?

A. Outgoing. B. Exciting. C. Surprising.

4.What does the underlined word “complicated” mean?

A. 有趣的 B. 类似的 C. 复杂的

5.Which is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. The environment and genes affect our personality.

B. The scientists are sure that the environment influences the human personality more than the genes do.

C. The nurture means the environment .