As a child, I was afraid of everything. At the age of 8, I even became
1 of getting Halloween candy.
2 , on October 31, my twin brother and I went out and
3 to every house in the neighborhood. Most of the houses only had a few steps to the door. It was easy. However, when we
4 one of the bigger houses with 10 tall steps
5 to the front door, which were known to have the best candy, my fear
6 me. My brother was already up the stairs, while I stood
7 at the bottom.
It was
8 that I’d be able to climb all that way, for I was afraid that I might fall over in the dark and
9 my bag of candy. I might
10 my clothes on something. I wanted the candy, but there was no
11 I would go up those stairs to get it. I failed. I lost more than just candy. I lost my
12 .
Fear of the unknown
13 me for a long time. After six years in nursing, I was
14 with the career I had chosen. I faced a
15 : step out into the unknown or
16 the rest of my life at the bottom of those steps, never
17 the best candy.
Finally, with only $100 in my savings account, I started my own business. Whenever I would lose a client (客户), the old fears
18 . However, I’d tasted the candy, and now I don’t
19 when I face difficulties. I believe that, though
20 things can happen when we step out, worse things happen when we don’t.
| 小题1: | | A．afraid | B．happy | C．fond | D．tired |
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| 小题2: | | A．Hardly | B．Normally | C．Certainly | D．Approximately |
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| 小题3: | | A．pointed | B．rushed | C．moved | D．traveled |
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| 小题4: | | A．knocked | B．escaped | C．reached | D．entered |
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| 小题5: | | A．pointing | B．belonging | C．opening | D．leading |
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| 小题6: | | A．encouraged | B．spread | C．prevented | D．attracted |
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| 小题7: | | A．slightly | B．frozen | C．calmly | D．happily |
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| 小题8: | | A．unlikely | B．unlucky | C．possible | D．pitiful |
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| 小题9: | | A．fall | B．drop | C．forget | D．lose |
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| 小题10: | | A．bury | B．break | C．tear | D．catch |
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| 小题11: | | A．way | B．need | C．doubt | D．wonder |
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| 小题12: | | A．bag | B．life | C．way | D．confidence |
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| 小题13: | | A．amused | B．controlled | C．helped | D．ruined |
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| 小题14: | | A．excited | B．concerned | C．impressive | D．unsatisfied |
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| 小题15: | | A．difficulty | B．cause | C．fear | D．choice |
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| 小题16: | | A．save | B．spend | C．change | D．escape |
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| 小题17: | | A．presenting | B．buying | C．making | D．tasting |
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| 小题18: | | A．disappeared | B．warned | C．returned | D．reminded |
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| 小题19: | | A．fear | B．cry | C．fail | D．complain |
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| 小题20: | | A．big | B．fortunate | C．bad | D．small |
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