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This morning I got a funny feeling. Today I had to give a report in my __1__ , and I had been doing this for a long time!
Mum came into the kitchen asking,” Are you ready,__2__ ?”
“Yes,” I answered quietly. __3__ in fact I wasn’t really ready!”
On my way __4__ school, I could feel my heart beating fast. I hated this.
I went into Mrs. Owen’s class. She is smiling, and saying __5__ to all her students as she did every morning .
“Hi, Sam,” she said to me as I walked __6__ the classroom.
“Hi,” I said and quickly sat in my __7__. I looked at the clock. The class was about to begin. Then Mrs. Owens started , “Sam, it’s time for you to give your speech.” __8__in front of everybody? Oh, no!
I got up slowly, looking __9__ the ground as I walked to the front of the classroom. Then, I looked up , and everyone was looking at me. Mrs. Owens knew I was __10__, so she came beside me, and put her hand on my back.
She said to the class, “Sam has worked very hard on his __11__ and I know it is a very interesting report.” Then she turned to me and asked, “Sam, __12__ did you like best about report on Hawaii?”
I thought about the funny things I had read about surfing , and I started to  __13__. I talked and talked __14__ the whole class, and I was not nervous at all. It was great fun. I wasn’t frightened. The class cheered as I finished and Mrs. Owens was __15__.

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This morning I got a funny feeling. Today I had to give a report in my __1__ , and I had been doing this for a long time!

Mum came into the kitchen asking,” Are you ready,__2__ ?”

“Yes,” I answered quietly. __3__ in fact I wasn’t really ready!”

On my way __4__ school, I could feel my heart beating fast. I hated this.

I went into Mrs. Owen’s class. She is smiling, and saying __5__ to all her students as she did every morning .

“Hi, Sam,” she said to me as I walked __6__ the classroom.

“Hi,” I said and quickly sat in my __7__. I looked at the clock. The class was about to begin. Then Mrs. Owens started , “Sam, it’s time for you to give your speech.” __8__in front of everybody? Oh, no!

I got up slowly, looking __9__ the ground as I walked to the front of the classroom. Then, I looked up , and everyone was looking at me. Mrs. Owens knew I was __10__, so she came beside me, and put her hand on my back.

She said to the class, “Sam has worked very hard on his __11__ and I know it is a very interesting report.” Then she turned to me and asked, “Sam, __12__ did you like best about report on Hawaii?”

I thought about the funny things I had read about surfing , and I started to  __13__. I talked and talked __14__ the whole class, and I was not nervous at all. It was great fun. I wasn’t frightened. The class cheered as I finished and Mrs. Owens was __15__.

1.                A．class           B．house          C．party D．hometown

2.                A．friends         B．classmates       C．Owens   D．Sam

3.                A．Then           B．But            C．So   D．Or

4.                A．on            B．from           C．to   D．in

5.                A．sorry          B．hello           C．goodbye  D．thanks

6.                A．into           B．out of          C．away from D．far from

7.                A．bed           B．seat            C．dining- room   D．reading room

8.                A．Putting         B．Being shy       C．Stand up  D．Do well

9.                A．for            B．over           C．at   D．after

10.               A．glad           B．nervous        C．active D．happy

11.               A．dictionary       B．magazine       C．newspaper D．report

12.               A．what           B．who           C．where D．whom

13.               A．tell            B．say            C．talk about  D．talk

14.               A．in front of       B．over           C．beside    D．near

15.               A．playing         B．dancing        C．singing    D．smiling

This morning I got a funny feeling. Today I had to give a report in my __16__ , and I had been doing this for a long time!

Mum came into the kitchen asking,” Are you ready,__17__ ?”

“Yes,” I answered quietly. __18__ in fact I wasn’t ready, really!”

On my way __19_ school, I could feel my heart beating fast. I hated this.

I went into Mrs. Owen’s class. She is smiling, and saying __20__ to all her students as she did every morning .

“Hi, Sam,” she said to me as I walked __21_ the classroom.

“Hi,” I said and quickly sat in my _22__. I looked at the clock. The class was about to begin. Then Mrs. Owens started , “Sam, it’s time for you to give your speech.” __23__in front of everybody? Oh, no!

I got up slowly, looking __24_ the ground as I walked to the front of the classroom. Then, I looked up , and everyone was looking at me. Mrs. Owens knew I was __25__, so she came beside me, and put her hand on my back.

She said to the class, “Sam has worked very hard on his __26__ and I know it is a very interesting report.” Then she turned to me and asked, “Sam, __27_ did you like best about report on Hawaii?”

I thought about the funny things I __28__ about surfing , and I started to talk. I talked and talked __29__ the whole class, and I was not nervous at all. It was great fun. I wasn’t frightened. The class cheered as I finished and Mrs. Owens was __30__.

(   )16.  A. class             B. house              C. party              D. hometown

(   )17  A. friends            B. classmates       C. Owens         D. Sam

(   )18.  A. Then             B. But                 C. So               D. Or

(   )19.  A. on               B. from               C. to                   D. in

(   )20.  A. sorry            B. hello               C. goodbye      D. thanks

(   )21.  A. into              B. out of              C. away from       D. far from

(   )22  A. bed               B. seat                C. dining- room     D. reading room

(   )23.  A. Putting              B. Being shy         C. Stand up      D. Do well

(   )24.  A. for                    B. over            C. at              D. after

(   )25. A. glad            B. nervous         C. active            D. happy

(   )26 A. dictionary      B. magazine      C. newspaper      D. report

(   )27 A. what          B. who             C. where           D. whom

(   )28. A. will read      B. have read        C. am reading       D. had read

(   )29. A. in front of     B. over            C. beside           D. near

(   )30 A. playing         B. dancing          C. singing           D. smiling

As a child, I was really 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 sounded in my own room at night that scared me so much. There was never complete darkness, but always a streetlight or passing car lights, which made clothes on the back of a chair take on the shape of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no wind. A very low sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the day. My imagination (想象) would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would lie very still so that the “enemy” would not discover me.
Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, especially on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home. That was no problem. After school, though, when all the buses were lined up along the street, I was afraid that I would get in the wrong one and be taken to some other strange places. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn’t let the leaders out of my sight.
Perhaps one of the worst fears of all I had as a child was that of not being liked or accepted by others. Being popular was so important to me then, and the fear of not being liked was a serious one.
One of the processes growing up is being able to realize and overcome our fears. Understanding the things that scared us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.
【小题1】The author had _______ kind(s) of fears when she was a child.