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(呈現(xiàn)) 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 .
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One of the processes(過程) 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.
小題1:
A．wayB．timeC．placeD．reason
小題2:
A．woundedB．destroyedC．surprisedD．frightened
小題3:
A．quietnessB．darknessC．emptinessD．loneliness
小題4:
A．gotB．forcedC．madeD．caused
小題5:
A．spiritB．heightC．bodyD．shape
小題6:
A．eyeB．windowC．mouthD．door
小題7:
A．breathB．windC．a(chǎn)irD．sound
小題8:
A．beliefB．feelingC．imaginationD．doubt
小題9:
A．layB．hideC．restD．lie
小題10:
A．especiallyB．simplyC．probablyD．directly
小題11:
A．discussionB．problemC．jokeD．matter
小題12:
A．howeverB．yetC．a(chǎn)lthoughD．still
小題13:
A．calledB．backedC．linedD．packed
小題14:
A．oldB．crowdedC．poorD．unfamiliar
小題15:
A．sightB．mindC．orderD．task
小題16:
A．a(chǎn)boveB．inC．ofD．a(chǎn)t
小題17:
A．protectedB．guidedC．believedD．a(chǎn)ccepted
小題18:
A．thenB．thereC．onceD．a(chǎn)nyway
小題19:
A．strictB．powerfulC．heavyD．right
小題20:
A．formB．rememberC．recognizeD．recover

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:D
小題6:A
小題7:B
小題8:C
小題9:D
小題10:A
小題11:B
小題12:A
小題13:C
小題14:D
小題15:A
小題16:C
小題17:D
小題18:A
小題19:B
小題20:C
該篇完形填空講敘的是作者戰(zhàn)勝對黑暗和迷失的恐懼的經(jīng)過。你怕黑暗和迷失嗎？
小題1:A 名詞辨析。也許是晚上作者熟悉的房間里的物件看上去有些奇怪和發(fā)出奇怪的聲響。這里已提及發(fā)生的時間（time）是在晚上，地點（place）是在作者熟悉的房間，作者無從知道其原因（reason），而是事情發(fā)生的方式（way）困惑著他。
小題2:D 動詞辨析。前后照應前文出現(xiàn)了I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost.奇怪的外表和奇怪的聲音使作者擔驚受怕（frightened）。wound擊傷，傷害; frighten使驚嚇；destroy破壞, 毀壞；surprise使驚奇, 奇襲。
小題3:B 前后照應邏輯推理。沒有完全的黑暗（darkness）。quietness寂靜；emptiness 空虛；loneliness 孤獨, 寂寞，此三項與文意不符。
小題4:C 詞匯用法。 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的結(jié)構中不帶to。
小題5:D常識運用。但是街燈或是駛過的車燈照在椅子上掛著的衣服上呈現(xiàn)出的是野獸的外形（shape），而不是野獸的靈魂（spirit），身高（height）和身體（body）。spirit靈魂, 幽靈；height 高度；body 身體，尸體；shape外形, 形狀, 形態(tài)。
小題6:A固定搭配。注意與后面的saw一致。out of the corner of one's eye從眼角往外看。
小題7:B邏輯推理。作者看到窗簾似乎在動，當沒有風（wind）的時候，而不是沒有呼吸（breath），空氣（air）和聲音（sound），只有風才能使窗簾動。
小題8:C 名詞辨析。只要有一點點聲音，作者就會胡思亂想（imagination），心跳也會加劇。belief 信任，信仰；feeling感覺, 情緒；imagination 想象, 空想；doubt懷疑, 疑惑。
小題9:D 動詞辨析。作者就會一動也不動地躺著（lie），而不是躲藏（hide），睡眠（rest），以便不讓"敵人"發(fā)現(xiàn)。lay放置，是及物動詞，不合文意。
小題10:A 上下文串聯(lián)。特別是在放學回家的路上怕走失。especially特別, 尤其；simply簡單地，簡直；probably大概, 或許; directly直接地, 立即。
小題11:B 上下文聯(lián)系。早上去學校，就在家附近搭車，不怕走失，用不著討論（discussion），不開玩笑（joke），不是什么大事（matter），自然沒有什么問題（problem）。
小題12:A 語句連貫詞匯用法。前后句之間表示轉(zhuǎn)折關系，此空需要一個副詞。此題四個選項都可表示轉(zhuǎn)折關系，although是連詞，后面需接從句；though作連詞，后跟從句，與although差不多，他還可作副詞，置于句末時，用逗號分開，置于句中時，前后用逗號分開，表示與前面的句子之間的轉(zhuǎn)折關系，通常譯為"雖然/即使如此"；yet和still也可表示轉(zhuǎn)折關系，但它們通常置于句首，用逗號分開。
小題13:C 邏輯推理常識。當所有的車子都沿街排列（line up）�？繒r，作者擔心會上錯車。A. call up召喚，打電話；back up支持, 倒退；line up整隊, 排列起；pack up打包, 整理。
小題14:D 常識運用邏輯推理。擔心上錯車，而被帶到不熟悉的（unfamiliar）地方，因而走失迷路。
小題15:A 邏輯推理詞義比較。作者總會跟著領隊，不會讓（let）他離開作者視線。let 讓，允許；leave離開，留下；order命令；send遣送。
小題16:C 詞匯用法固定搭配。 …of all所有之中……。
小題17:D 動詞辨析。作者最擔心的是不被他人喜歡或理解（accept）。后句的Being popular was so important to me有所暗示。注意句中的并列連詞or所表示的意義"或者說，換言之"，后面需跟一個與其前面的詞意義類似的詞。protect保護；guide指導，帶領；believe相信，信任；accept接受, 認可，理解, 了解。
小題18:A 前后照應邏輯推理。當時，對作者來講，重要的是受人歡迎的、愛戴。then指前文提到的作者做孩子的時候。there那兒；once曾經(jīng)；anyway無論如何, 總之。
小題19:B 形容詞辨析。作者很大（powerful）程度地擔心不被他人喜歡。strict嚴格的, 嚴厲的；powerful強大的, 有力的; heavy沉重，繁重；right正確，合適。
小題20:C 邏輯推理。成長的過程就是認清恐懼并戰(zhàn)勝恐懼。后文的Understanding the things that frightened us as children 已有所暗示。Realize意識到, 了解；remember回憶起，記得; recognize認清, 識別，認識到；recover重新獲得, 恢復。
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A．to provide enough information about sustainable products
B．to get the government involved in protecting the environment
C．to encourage consumers to make their efforts to live a green way
D．to direct companies to provide environmentally-friendly products
小題2:The second paragraph tried to tell us that       ．
A．people are buying sustainable products to have a lighter carbon footprint
B．most European consumers lack confidence in making responsible choices
C．companies have done enough to allow consumers to make greener choices
D．companies can make more money by making less carbon-intensive products
小題3:It’s advised that companies had better       especially in the time of crisis.
A．throw away old materials
B．reduce the cost of production
C．make more durable products
D．replace their products frequently
小題4:The last paragraph puts emphasis on ___________.
A．the quality of products.
B．the honesty of companies.
C．the government regulations.
D．the importance of lifestyle.

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Whether we’re 2 years old or 62, our reasons for lying are mostly the same: to get out of trouble, for personal gain and to make ourselves look better in the eyes of others. But a growing body of research is raising questions about how a child’s lie is different from an adult’s lie, and how the way we deceive changes as we grow.
“Parents and teachers who catch their children lying should not be alarmed. Their children are not going to turn out to be abnormal liars,” says Dr. Lee, a professor at the University of Toronto and director of the Institute of Child Study. He has spent the last 15 years studying how lying changes as kids get older, why some people lie more than others as well as which factors can reduce lying. The fact that children tell lies is a sign that they have reached a new developmental stage. Dr. Lee conducted a series of studies in which they bring children into a lab with hidden cameras. Children and young adults aged 2 to 17 are likely to lie while being told not to look at a toy, which is put behind the child’s back. Whether or not the child takes a secret look is caught on tape.
For young kids, the desire to cheat is big and 90% take a secret look in these experiments. When the test-giver returns to the room, the child is asked if he or she looked secretly. At age 2, about a quarter of children will lie and say they didn’t. By 3, half of kids will lie, and by 4, that figure is 90%, studies show.
Researchers have found that it’s kids with better understanding abilities who lie more. That’s because to lie you also have to keep the truth in mind, which includes many brain processes, such as combining several sources of information and faking that information. The ability to lie — and lie successfully  — is thought to be related to development of brain regions that allow so called “executive functioning”, or higher order thinking and reasoning abilities. Kids who perform better on tests that involve executive functioning also lie more.
小題1:What’s the purpose of children telling lies?
A．To help their friends out.
B．To get rid of trouble.
C．To get attention from others.
D．To create a popular image.
小題2:The underlined word “deceive” in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by “      ”.
A．tell liesB．handle troubles
C．raise questions D．do research
小題3:From the second paragraph we can know that       .
A．which factors can reduce lying
B．why some lie more than others
C．it is normal for kids to tell lies
D．how lying changes as kids grow
小題4:It can be inferred from the passage that        .
A．children’s lies are the same as adults’
B．the better kids are, the more they lie
C．the older kids are, the more they lie
D．kids always keep the truth in their mind
小題5:What is NOT included in the passage?
A．The reasons why kids tell lies.
B．Which kind of kids tells more lies.
C．Experiments about lying of young kids.
D．What to do with lying children.

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