There's nothing visibly extraordinary about Melissa Hawkinson, an energetic stay­at­home mum with brown hair and a sweet smile. Yet something made her different from the dockside onlookers that day. Why do some people act quickly, willing to take a risk for a stranger? What makes them run towards danger rather than away from it? Hawkinson is one of the Granite Mountain Hotshots(能手，高手)—19 of whom lost their life this past summer in Arizona—every hero who puts his or her life on the line to save another: What makes them brave?

　　Moreover, can bravery be learned, or is it a quality with which you are born? The answer is complex. Bravery taps the mind, brain and heart. It comes from instinct, training and sympathy. Today, neurologists, psychologists and other researchers are studying bravery, trying to uncover the mystery.

　　9．It can be learned from the passage that ________.

　　A．Melissa Hawkinson was a 41­year­old nurse

　　B．it was spring when the accident happened

　　C．Melissa Hawkinson was picking up her five­year­old son

　　D．Melissa Hawkinson was kind and courageous

　　10．What conclusion can we draw from the third paragraph?

　　A．Not everyone was ready to risk saving the five­year­old boy.

　　B．The father committed suicide because of the divorce.

　　C．The father was saved in the end by Melissa Hawkinson.

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