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 claim to know my way around the continent. Moreover, my knowledge of foreign languages was limited to a little college French.
I hesitated. How would I, unable to speak the language, totally unfamiliar with local geography or transportation systems, set up interviews and do research? It seemed impossible, and with considerable regret. I 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 moments. 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 advanced bookings, confident that somehow I will manage.
The point is that the new, the different, is almost scary by definition. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.
I've learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a balloon. And I know I'll go on 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 accomplish wonders.
1.The author accepted the assignment because _____
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A． he had never travelled abroad before |
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B． he hardly knew any foreign languages |
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C． he was familiar with any other country in Europe |
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D． he would learn something new and different by trying |
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
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A． The author had been abroad only twice. |
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B． The author thought the trip was hard but worthwhile. |
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C． The author admitted that anything different was terrible. |
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D． The author must be good at doing research and making interviews. |
3.We can infer from the text that the author is _____.
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A．awkward |
B．generous |
C．stubborn |
D．brave |
4.What's the best title of the text?
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A．An Interesting Trip Abroad |
B．My First Writing Assignment |
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C．Ready to Try and Challenge |
D．How to Be Daring and Brave |
When Julie was a child, she was a very big fan of animals. As a result, 36 she ever heard growing up was “Julie, you should be a vet. You’re going to be a great vet. That’s what you should do.” 37 when she got to the Ohio State University, she started studying to be a vet.
A scholarship allowed her to spend her 38 year studying abroad in Manchester, England. Away from the family 39 back home, she found herself one day sitting at her desk, surrounded by biology books and staring out the window, when it suddenly hit her: “I’m in total 40 . I don’t want to be a vet!”
41 she thought back over all the things she’d done in her life and what had made her happy. And then it hit her—it was all of the youth leadership conferences that she had volunteered 42 , and the communications and leadership courses she had taken as elective courses back at Ohio State. “How could I have been so 43 ? Here I am in my fourth year at school and just finally realizing I’m on the 44 path. I just never took the time to 45 it until now, ” she thought.
Inspired by her new 46 , Julie spent the rest of her year in England taking courses in communications and media studies. When 47 to Ohio State, she was eventually able to 48 the administration to let her create her own program in “leadership studies”, 49 it took her 2 years longer to finally graduate. She 50 to become a senior management consultant in leadership training and development for the Pentagon. She 51 founded a drug-prevention organization that 52 the message “Lead your own life with the skill and the 53 to say no.”
So, never live someone else’s 54 . If you limit your 55 only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want.
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------I’m afraid I can’t finish the book within this week. ------______.
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A．Please go ahead |
B．That’s right |
C．Not at all |
D．Take your time |
According to a UN report，one third of the world population have no to clean drinking water and health care.
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A．means |
B．approach |
C．channel |
D．access |
— So you missed the meeting． — ______. I got there five minutes before it finished.
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A．Not at all |
B．Not exactly |
C．Not especially |
D．Not in the least |
— I’m fed up with this rain. How I wish to go hiking this weekend!
— Forget it. I’m afraid the wet days will _____.
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A．hold up |
B．keep up |
C．take up |
D．turn up |
