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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.

(     )1. A. afraid            (     )2. A. Hardly           (     )3. A. pointed           (     )4. A. knocked           (     )5. A. pointing          (     )6. A. encouraged       (     )7. A. slightly          (     )8. A. unlikely          (     )9. A. fall              (     )10. A. bury             (     )11. A. way             (     )12. A. bag              (     )13. A. amused           (     )14. A. excited          (     )15. A. difficulty        (     )16. A. save              (     )17. A. presenting        (     )18. A. disappeared       (     )19. A. fear              (     )20. A. big             B. happy            B. Normally       B. rushed            B. escaped           B. belonging      B. spread            B. frozen            B. unlucky          B. drop              B. break            B. need             B. life             B. controlled       B. concerned          B. cause            B. spend            B. buying            B. warned           B. cry            B. fortunate        C. fond           C. Certainly       C. moved          C. reached         C. opening         C. prevented      C. calmly         C. possible       C. forget         C. tear           C. doubt           C. way           C. helped         C. impressive       C. fear           C. change       C. making        C. returned      C. fail         C. bad          D. tired         D. Approximately         D. traveled      D. entered       D. leading       D. attracted     D. happily       D. pitiful       D. lose          D. catch         D. wonder        D. confidence    D. ruined        D. unsatisfied   D. choice        D. escape        D. tasting       D. reminded      D. complain      D. small

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