55.A. helped
B. recovered C.
improved D. changed
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 36 things looked and sounded in my
familiar room at night that
37 me so much. There
was never total 38 , but a streetlight or passing car
lights
39 clothes hung over a
chair take on the 40 of a wild animal. Out of the
corner of my
41 , I saw the curtains seem
to move when there was no
42 . A tiny sound in the
floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight. My 43 would run wild, and my heart would
beat fast. I would 44 very still so that the
"enemy" would not discover me.
Another
of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, 45 on the way home from school. Every
morning I got on the school bus right near my home―that was no 46 . After school, 47 , when all the buses were 48 up along the street, I was afraid
that I'd get on the wrong one and be taken to some 49 neighborhood. On school or family
trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn't 50 the leaders out of my sight.
Perhaps one of
the worst fears 51 all I had as a child was that of
not being liked or 52 by others. Being popular was so
important to me 53 , and the fear of not being liked was
a 54 one.
One of the
processes (过程) of growing
up is being able to 55 and overcome our fears.
Understanding the things that frightened us as children helps us achieve
greater success later in life.