Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know if you think you are a brave person or a coward . But you will never really know the answer to that question until you are tested in real life. Some people think they are brave, but when they come face to face with real danger, they act like cowards. Other people think of themselves as cowardly, but when they meet danger, they act like heroes. Lenny Sputnik had always thought of himself as a nervous 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, on 15th January 1982, a plane crashed into the Potomac River in Washington. Lenny went to the river to see what was happening. Then he saw a woman in the ice-cold water. Suddenly Lenny did not feel afraid. He kept very calm and did a very courageous thing. He jumped into the Potomac, swam to the woman, and kept her head above the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny Sputnik, it was not seventy-nine. When you are in a very dangerous situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. This chemical is called adrenalin. With adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and are ready to fight or run away. However, when you are completely terrified, the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this happens, the muscles become very hard and you find that you cannot move at all. You are then disabled with fear. That is why, when we are very frightened, we sometimes say that we are 'petrified'. This word comes from the Greek word 'peters' which means 'stone'. We are so frightened we have become like stone. According to the writer's opinion, a brave person can be judged by _ A) his words B) his thought C) his action D) his looks
C
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Rail passengers are being forced to pay thousands of pounds more in fares as a result of poor advice from the national telephone helpline and individual stations, a consumer organisation reveals today. Research by Which? found that in some cases passengers are being charged almost double the cheapest price because of errors made by staff . Which? asked 25 questions of both station staff and the National Rail Enquiries (NRES) helpline. Only half of the 50 questions were answered correctly. If customers had followed all the advice given ,they would have been PS1,263.60 worse off . Bad advice was given for the cheapest fare for a single journey between London and Grantham .For a ticket bought on the day of travel, both NRES and a King's Cross station clerk quoted GNER'sPS44.50 fare ,ignoring a Hull Trains service which leaves 10 minutes earlier and costs just PS20. Some of the most costly misinformation was given for journeys where season tickets should have been recommended .Passengers making a return journey between Swindon and Penzance twice in a week could buy a ticket from one company for PS70 which would cover all the travel. But both NRES and station staff quoted PS67 for each journey, making PS134.However, the NRES website proved to be a much more reliable source of information . Which ? also checked "the earlier you book, the cheaper the ticket" claims by five companies and found this was not always the case .On some services, prices went up and down _ . Ithiel Mogridge,52,gave one example of poor advice :"Last Christmas I found my brother a ticket on the _ to travel from Blackburn to Yate. While the direct route wasPS51, this one involved a change in Newport and cost just PS21. I emailed the details to him and his partner. They went to Blackburn station ,where the clerk insisted the fare was PS51." Malcolm Coles, editor of _ ,said. "Staff training needs to be improved. In the meantime ,we've designed a checklist, available at _ " When the author said that customers "would have been PS1,263.60 worse off", he was telling us that customers would have A) saved PS1,263.60 if they had followed the advice B) spend PS1,263.60 more than the lowest price C) used PS1,263.60 for the survey of 25 questions D) been cheated of PS1,263.60 from the poor advice
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B
Ques:You never forget your first whale. The impact it makes upon you is huge and life is never quite the same again. My first whale was a 40ft grey, off the coast of California in 1979, and I've been a whale addict ever since. Now I have to go whale watching regularly just to survive normal daily life. I may be crazy but I am certainly not alone. The world is filled with whale watchers: since its beginnings in the mid-fifties, whale watching has grown dramatically and now more than 13 million people join organized whale watching trips every year. As a faithful whale watcher, all your holidays center on whales. The only books you read are ones about whales; you wear whale T-shirts, and every time you meet your friends you talk about whales. So what is it about these larger-than-life animals that makes them so special? Their enormous size is one possible explanation: imagine sitting in a small boat next to a blue whale almost as long as a Boeing 737.The fact that we know so little about them is another possibility: modern technology has taken us to the moon and beyond, yet we are only just beginning to understand these extraordinary forms of intelligent life on our own planet. Planning and patience are just two essential requirements for successful whale watching. Planning is needed because there are certain whale hot spots--where you have the best chance of seeing them--and because the larger species tend to be on their way from feeding areas to breeding grounds, so rarely do they stay in one place for more than a few months at a time. Patience is necessary because, even under the best conditions, whales can be tricky to find. However, most commercial whale watching trips have a surprisingly high success rate because they tend to concentrate on well-known whale populations at peak seasons. What will a faithful whale watcher do usually? A) Take part in whale forums. B) Wear only whale-themed clothes. C) Join an organization for whale watching every month. D) Pay much attention to whales in the holidays.

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D