Question

Survey: What were you scared of when you were a kid?

I was scared of spiders but I didn’t let my friends know because all of them liked catching these spiders. I was terrified but I just acted cool. — Buding, still afraid of spiders

I was scared of the dark because I didn’t know if there was something scary inside the room. As a result, I always liked sleeping with my back facing the wall because it made me a little comfortable. — Gerard, not so afraid of the dark anymore, but still sleeps with his back facing the wall

Strange as it probably sounds, I was scared of shadows (影子). Not the shadows themselves, but what they formed (形成). Because I was near-sighted (近视的), the shadows I saw formed into the scariest things I saw in my mind. — Jean, no longer afraid of shadows

I was afraid of the old woman who lived alone right in front of us. Very large trees covered the front part of her small house. The few times I saw the old woman, it scared me because she looked like a witch (女巫). Once I was playing volleyball with my friends and the ball flew into her house. We all ran home quickly and decided that it was okay to lose the ball instead of seeing her come out of the house. — Mac, who has already moved to a different house

1.Buding used to be afraid of    .

A. the dark       B. spiders

C. shadows       D. an old woman

2.Gerard sleeps    .

A. with the light on

B. with his parents

C. with the window open

D. with his back facing the wall

3.There is something wrong with Jean’s    .

A. legs         B. back         C. eyes    D. feet

4.The old woman lived in a small house    .

A. by herself           B. with her daughter

C. with her husband      D. with her grandmother

5.After the volleyball flew into the woman’s house, Mac and his friends    .

A. ran home quickly       B. asked her for it

C. broke into her house   D. waited for her to come out

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了一项关于人们小时侯害怕的东西的调查。Buding害怕蜘蛛，Gerard因为不知道房间里是否有令人害怕的东西，因此害怕黑夜。Jean的眼近视了，她看到的影子在她的脑海里形成了吓人的东西，因此她害怕影子。Mac认为他家前面有一位独居的老太太像一位女巫，他很害怕她。

1.Buding, still afraid of spiders可知Buding害怕蜘蛛，故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据Gerard, not so afraid of the dark anymore, but still sleeps with his back facing the wall可知Gerard睡觉时后背对着墙，故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据Because I was near-sighted (近视的),可知Jean的眼近视了，因此眼睛有毛病，故选C。

4.细节理解题。根据I was afraid of the old woman who lived alone right in front of us.可知这位老太太自己独自居住，故选A。

5.细节理解题。根据Once I was playing volleyball with my friends and the ball flew into her house. We all ran home quickly可知Mac和他的朋友把足球扔进了那个老太太的房间后，他们就很快地跑回家，故选A。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。