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As a child, I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost; these fears were very real and caused me
some uncomfortable moments.
Maybe it was the strange
1 things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that
2 me so
much. There was never total
3 , but a streetlight or passing car lights
4 clothes hung over a chair
take on the
5 of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my
6 , I saw the curtains seem to move when
there was no
7 . A tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight. My
8 would run wild,and my heart would beat fast. I would
9 very still so that the "enemy" would not
discover me.
Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost,
10 on the way home from school. Every
morning I got on the school bus right near my home -that was no
11 . After school
12 , when all the
buses were
13 up along the street, I was afraid that I'd get on the wrong one and be taken to some
14 neighborhood. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn't
15 the leaders out of my sight.
Perhaps one of the worst fears
16 all I had a child was that of not being liked or
17 by others. Being
popular was so important to me
18 , and the fear of not being liked was a
19 one.
One of the processes (过程) of growing up is being able to
20 and overcome our fears. Understanding
the things that frightened us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.
( )1. A.way ( )2. A.wounded ( )3. A.quietness ( )4. A.got ( )5. A.spirit ( )6. A.eye ( )7. A.breath ( )8. A.belief ( )9. A.lay ( )10. A.especially ( )11. A.discussion ( )12. A.though ( )13. A.called ( )14. A.old ( )15. A.leave ( )16. A.above ( )17. A.protected ( )18. A.then ( )19. A.strict ( )20. A.realize |
B. time B. destroyed B. darkness B. forced B. height B. window B. wind B. feeling B. hide B. simply B. problem B. yet B. backed B. crowded B. let B. in B. guided B. there B. powerful B. remember |
C. place C. surprised C. emptiness C. made C. body C. mouth C. air C. imagination C. rest C. probably C. joke C. although C. lined C. poor C. order C. of C. believed C. once C. heavy C. recognize |
D. reason D. frightened D. lonelinese D. caused D. shape D. door D. sound D. doubt D. lie D. directly D. matter D. still D. packed D. unfamiliar D. send D. at D. accepted D. anyway D. right D. recover |