四. 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

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Survey: What were you scared of when you were a kid?

I was scared of spiders but I didn’t let my friends know because all of them liked catching these spiders. I was terrified but I just acted cool.

— Buding, still afraid of spiders

I was scared of the dark because I didn’t know if there was something scary inside the room. As a result, I always liked sleeping with my back facing the wall because it made me a little comfortable.

— Gerard, not so afraid of the dark anymore, but still sleeps with his back facing the wall

Strange as it probably sounds, I was scared of shadows (影子). Not the shadows themselves, but what they formed (形成). Because I was near-sighted (近视的), the shadows I saw formed into the scariest things I saw in my mind.

— Jean, no longer afraid of shadows

I was afraid of the old woman who lived alone right in front of us. Very large trees covered the front part of her small house. The few times I saw the old woman, it scared me because she looked like a witch

(女巫). Once I was playing volleyball with my friends and the ball flew into her house. We all ran home quickly and decided that it was okay to lose the ball instead of seeing her come out of the house.

— Mac, who has already moved to a different house

( )46. Buding used to be afraid of 　　　.

A. the dark B. spiders

C. shadows D. an old woman

( )47. Gerard sleeps 　　　.

A. with the light on

B. with his parents

C. with the window open

D. with his back facing the wall

( )48. There is something wrong with Jean’s 　　　.

A. legs B. back

C. eyes D. feet

( )49. The old woman lived in a small house 　　　.

A. by herself B. with her daughter

C. with her husband D. with her grandmother

( )50. After the volleyball flew into the woman’s house, Mac and his friends 　　　.

A. ran home quickly

B. asked her for it

C. broke into her house

D. waited for her to come out