I’m not what you call a “good traveler”. Without curiosity to _________, I was unwilling to push my boundaries. But it just shows one is never too old to _________ himself/herself.
South Africa was the _________ surprise. I’d never _________ to go on a safari (观兽旅行). People said it was exciting, but I didn’t think so. However, once I was actually there, I _________ it.
I_________ at a beautiful hotel housed in train carriages on the Selati Bridge over the Sabie River, a hotspot for _________ the “Big Five” — the lion, leopard, rhino (犀牛), elephant and African buffalo.
The train cars are suites (套房) with floor-to-ceiling _________, so every day I’d look out of them to see elephants heading up the river. More _________, I started to develop a great passion for the landscape and the animals, which I’d never__________. I visited a rhino conservation park, where its workers were __________ rhinos badly injured by hunters. I bottle-fed these beautiful babies and hand-fed a black rhino. Being there, the concept of how much __________ these animals faced every day hit me hard.
But the most memorable aspect was the __________ I met. Meeting their families and dropping myself into their culture was __________. It did more good for me. I’ve always been __________ — never readily join in conversation with unfamiliar people. But the experience of __________ so many new people from so many attractive places has been a __________ thing, allowing me to brush off some cobwebs(陈腐)forming for many years.
Seeing the world has helped me __________ my ideas about the world, turning me into a more positive person. That’s what __________ can do. I am __________ not a crazy traveler exactly, but at least I’m making progress.
【小题1】A.study | B.read | C.care | D.explore |
【小题2】A.surprise | B.abandon | C.commit | D.content |
【小题3】A.hardest | B.simplest | C.biggest | D.smallest |
【小题4】A.feared | B.wanted | C.agreed | D.refused |
【小题5】A.got | B.missed | C.made | D.discovered |
【小题6】A.threw | B.laughed | C.stared | D.stayed |
【小题7】A.curing | B.seeing | C.gathering | D.discussing |
【小题8】A.views | B.photos | C.decorations | D.windows |
【小题9】A.absolutely | B.amazingly | C.ridiculously | D.seriously |
【小题10】A.shared | B.accepted | C.imagined | D.practiced |
【小题11】A.keeping out | B.looking after | C.hearing about | D.putting aside |
【小题12】A.warn | B.value | C.danger | D.reservation |
【小题13】A.scenes | B.troubles | C.animals | D.people |
【小题14】A.rare | B.urgent | C.stressful | D.wonderful |
【小题15】A.shy | B.brave | C.curious | D.healthy |
【小题16】A.meeting | B.educating | C.distinguishing | D.interviewing |
【小题17】A.small | B.difficult | C.different | D.positive |
【小题18】A.change | B.test | C.expose | D.collect |
【小题19】A.working | B.sharing | C.traveling | D.struggling |
【小题20】A.even | B.seldom | C.still | D.rather |