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 26 things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that 27 me so much. there was never total 28 , but a streetlight or passing car lights 29 clothes hung over a chair take on(呈现) the 30 of a wild animal. out of the corner of my 31 , i saw the curtains seem to move when there was no 32 . a tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight. my 33 would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. i would 34 very still so that the “enemy” would not discover me. another of my childhood fears was that i would get lost, 35 on the way home from school. every morning i got on the school bus right near my home .that was no 36 . after school, 37 , when all the buses were 38 up along the street, i was afraid that i’d get on the wrong one and be taken to some 39 neighborhood. on school or family trips to a park or a museum, i wouldn’t let the leaders out of my 40 . perhaps one of the worst fears 41 all i had as a child was that of not being liked or 42 by others. being popular was so important to me 43 , and the fear of not being liked was a 44 one. one of the processes(过程) of growing up is being able to 45 and overcome(克服) our fears. understanding the things that frightened us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life. 1．a. way b. time c. place d. reason 2．a. wounded b. destroyed c. surprised d. frightened 3．a. quietness b. darkness c. emptiness d. loneliness 4．a. got b. forced c. made d. caused 5．a. spirit b. height c. body d. shape 6．a. eye b. window c. mouth d. door 7．a. breath b. wind c. air d. sound 8．a. belief b. feeling c. imagination d. doubt 9．a. lay b. hide c. rest d. lie 10．a. especially b. simply c. probably d. directly 11．a. discussion b. problem c. joke d. matter 12．a. however b. yet c. although d. still 13．a. called b. backed c. lined d. packed 14．a. old b. crowded c. poor d. unfamiliar 15．a. sight b. mind c. order d. task 16．a. above b. in c. of d. at 17．a. protected b. guided c. believed d. accepted 18．a. then b. there c. once d. anyway 19．a. strict b. powerful c. heavy d. right 20．a. form b. remember c. recognize d. recover 《答案》 1．a 2．d 3．b 4．c 5．d 6．a 7．b 8．c 9．d 10．a
