1 .
Directions: After reading the two passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
A road trip
Out of all possible road trips, the best one is by car. You finish packing, put everything inside the car, sit inside it, buckle up, look at your friend 1 (sit) next to you, smile and ... go! And then begins the most wonderful part of the road trip. It is not the place you are heading to but what you see from the opened window of the car 2 matters. The best part is when you leave your home before the dawn. Personally, 3 I look in the direction of the east, I am always amazed by how the sun informs the world about its arrival.
I love to meet the sun while driving a road trip in a car. 4 (bring) alive in the new sunlight, everything looks promising. It always seems as if it was the first time in your life that you had seen a green leaflet, the trees, 5 grew right next to your car window, and a light smiling over the nature.
Spring and autumn are two seasons of the year that are perfect for a road trip. In my opinion, spring is the most inspiring time of the year, 6 when you open the car windows, you can actually feel that the world is clean and ready for a new life. The green grass is so fresh that you can’t wait 7 (take) a deep breath. The air is filled with a fragrant smell of the plants.
A road trip in autumn is beautiful, too. The golden brush touches 8 around the gardens, the fields, the groves, the woods. In deep autumn, the whole earth 9 (cover) by colorful plants as if you were driving through a fine carpet. The air is sharp, cool and fresh. You simply put on a warmer sweater but never put the window up!
A road trip for me is the moment of communication with nature. It is a dialogue 10 the nature and me. The beauty that you observe during a car road trip purifies you, refreshing your soul and your mind!
