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