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Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks .You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of ch0ices given in a word bank following the passage .Read the passage through carefully before making your choices .Each choice in bank is identified by a letter .
Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe. I had been abroad a couple of times, but I could hardly 47 to know my way around the continent. Moreover, my knowledge of foreign languages was 48 to a little college French.
I hesitated. How would I, unable to speak the language, 49 unfamiliar with local geography or transportation systems, set up50 and do research? It seemed impossible, and with considerable 51I sat down to write a letter begging off. Halfway through, a thought ran through my mind: you can’t learn if you don’t try. So I accepted the assignment.
There were some bad 52. But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler. And ever since, I have never hesitated to head for even the most remote of places. Without guides or even 53 bookings.Confident that somehow I will manage.
The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition 54. But each time you try something. You learn. And as the learning plies up. The world opens to you.
I’ve learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine river in a 55. And I know I’ll go to doing such things. It’s not because I’m braver or more daring than others. I’m not. But I’ll accept anxiety as another name for challenge and I believe I can 56 wonders.
A. complish B. advanced C. balloon K. news D. claim E. constantly F. declare G. interviews H. limited I. Manufacture J. moments L.reduced M. regret N. scary O. totally
答案：D H O G M J B N C A
