Question

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

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】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？

1.A 名词辨析。 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 动词辨析。 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常识运用。 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。

8.C 名词辨析。 只要有一点点声音，作者就会胡思乱想（imagination），心跳也会加剧。belief 信任，信仰；feeling感觉, 情绪；imagination 想象, 空想；doubt怀疑, 疑惑。

9.D 动词辨析。 作者就会一动也不动地躺着（lie），而不是躲藏（hide），睡眠（rest），以便不让"敌人"发现。lay放置，是及物动词，不合文意。

10.A 上下文串联。特别是在放学回家的路上怕走失。especially特别, 尤其；simply简单地，简直；probably大概, 或许; directly直接地, 立即。

11.B 上下文联系。 早上去学校，就在家附近搭车，不怕走失，用不着讨论（discussion），不开玩笑（joke），不是什么大事（matter），自然没有什么问题（problem）。

12.A 语句连贯词汇用法。 前后句之间表示转折关系，此空需要一个副词。此题四个选项都可表示转折关系，although是连词，后面需接从句；though作连词，后跟从句，与although差不多，他还可作副词，置于句末时，用逗号分开，置于句中时，前后用逗号分开，表示与前面的句子之间的转折关系，通常译为"虽然/即使如此"；yet和still也可表示转折关系，但它们通常置于句首，用逗号分开。

13.C 逻辑推理常识。 当所有的车子都沿街排列（line up）停靠时，作者担心会上错车。A. call up召唤，打电话；back up支持, 倒退；line up整队, 排列起；pack up打包, 整理。

14.D 常识运用逻辑推理。 担心上错车，而被带到不熟悉的（unfamiliar）地方，因而走失迷路。

15.A 逻辑推理词义比较。 作者总会跟着领队，不会让（let）他离开作者视线。let 让，允许；leave离开，留下；order命令；send遣送。

16.C 词汇用法固定搭配。 …of all所有之中……。

17.D 动词辨析。 作者最担心的是不被他人喜欢或理解（accept）。后句的Being popular was so important to me有所暗示。注意句中的并列连词or所表示的意义"或者说，换言之"，后面需跟一个与其前面的词意义类似的词。protect保护；guide指导，带领；believe相信，信任；accept接受, 认可，理解, 了解。

18.A 前后照应逻辑推理。 当时，对作者来讲，重要的是受人欢迎的、爱戴。then指前文提到的作者做孩子的时候。there那儿；once曾经；anyway无论如何, 总之。

19.B 形容词辨析。 作者很大（powerful）程度地担心不被他人喜欢。strict严格的, 严厉的；powerful强大的, 有力的; heavy沉重，繁重；right正确，合适。

20.C 逻辑推理。 成长的过程就是认清恐惧并战胜恐惧。后文的Understanding the things that frightened us as children 已有所暗示。Realize意识到, 了解；remember回忆起，记得; recognize认清, 识别，认识到；recover重新获得, 恢复。