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 get 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 museum, I wouldn't ___15___ the leaders out of my sight.
Perhaps one of the worst fears ___16___ all I had as 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 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. though 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. leave B. let C. order D. send
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. realize B. remember C. recognize D. recover
1-5ADBCD 6-10ABCDA 11-15BACDB 15-20CDABC
该篇完形填空讲叙的是作者战胜对黑暗和迷失的恐惧的经过。你怕黑暗和迷失吗？好好看看哦！对你会有帮助的。
题号 答案 考查内容解题依据 解题分析
1 A 逻辑推理词义辨析 也许是晚上作者熟悉的房间里的物件看上去有些奇怪和发出奇怪的声响。这里已提及发生的时间（time）是在晚上，地点（place）是在作者熟悉的房间，作者无从知道其原因（reason），而是事情发生的方式（way）困惑着他。
2 D 词义比较
前后照应 前文出现了I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost.奇怪的外表和奇怪的声音使作者担惊受怕（frightened）。wound击伤，伤害; frighten使惊吓；destroy破坏, 毁坏；surprise使惊奇, 奇袭。
3 B 前后照应逻辑推理 没有完全的黑暗（darkness）。quietness寂静；emptiness 空虚；loneliness 孤独, 寂寞，此三项与文意不符。
4 C 词汇用法 get sb. To do sth使/叫某人做某事；force sb. to do sth迫使某人做某事； cause sb. to do sth致使某人做某事；make sb. do sth使某人做某事，make的结构中不带to。
5 D 逻辑推理常识运用词义比较 但是街灯或是驶过的车灯照在椅子上挂着的衣服上呈现出的是野兽的外形（shape），而不是野兽的灵魂（spirit），身高（height）和身体（body）。spirit灵魂, 幽灵；height 高度；body 身体，尸体；shape外形, 形状, 形态。
6 A 前后照应固定搭配 注意与后面的saw一致。out of the corner of one's eye从眼角往外看。
7 B 常识运用逻辑推理 作者看到窗帘似乎在动，当没有风（wind）的时候，而不是没有呼吸（breath），空气（air）和声音（sound），只有风才能使窗帘动。
