1 . We had just come back home after a big trip. My 5-year-old boy, Baldwin, couldn't _________ to share our stories with his grandmother. Our final _________ is the Appalachian Trail, one of the longest footpaths in the world. We finished the route without any _________ in 209 days. The _________ was really hard work, but full of fun. The landscape along the way was _________, with green woods and wild animals like kangaroos. My husband and I had little time to _________ our own physical pain from walking so many kilometers, but tried hard to keep our little boy happy and excited. When we were tired, we got to eat Skittles, a colorful sweet treat, to make my son_________. We slept in a tent, _________ at 5: 30 in the morning and walking all day. Talking with other hikers along the way prevented _________ and brought extra joy.

My son was even several months __________ than “Buddy Backpacker”, a boy who once held the record for the youngest person for the route. We had been hiking __________ my son was two years old. We took every opportunity to go outside and __________ the world. It may seem like an impossible activity for a child. However, it turned out that he was strong enough to __________ it. My son's trip earned __________ from Dale, the oldest person to hike the route. He said, “It's going to change his life forever. Baldwin has gone through some hardships, making him stronger. This challenge contributes to his social and __________ development. He will smile through his life.”

2 . I can’t quite remember the exact moment. My husband and I decided it would be a _________ idea to sell all we owned, move our three _________ into a touring caravan (大篷车) and set off to volunteer our _________ around Europe. The plan was to travel for a year, volunteering in every city, town and village we _________. The remarkable journey would _________ us visit Portugal, Spain, Italy and Germany.

You see, living in central Portugal had inspired us to do something more with our _________. We lived in a community where people didn’t _________ all that much but were happy to _________ what little they had. A place where family, friends and community were top _________. A place where, when things go wrong, they don’t look to __________ but rather smile saying “That’s life”.

We wanted our children to __________ with these same values and __________ them to as many different cultures and lifestyles as possible. We also wanted them to experience the __________ satisfaction felt when they do something to __________ someone else. So far, the journey has __________ our expectations on absolutely every __________. In a week’s time we will once again be on our way, __________ with us more skills, memories and friendships.

We’ve had __________, but through all of this, our family __________ has become stronger than ever. Every day I __________ at how much the kids have learnt and accomplished and overcome in such a short space of time. And every day I think that one year is probably not long enough.

3 . It is the first day of the summer. George and his friend Carlos are ________ for a camping trip. It is going to be the best camping trip, which will last three days. While Carlos makes ________ for their friends, George is going to make a list of activities to do while they are there. Last year, their camping trip was not entirely a ________. They got a flat tire on the way to their campsite. They also found a ________ bear seizing some of their food. They don’t want to ________ that chaos again.

This year, they want to make a ________ plan. George is going to take a ________ tire and gas, just in case they run out. Carlos is going to try and find a better ________ of storing food without attracting ________ to their campsite. They don’t want anything to ruin this year’s ________. On this trip, George and Carlos have invited ten of their friends. Everyone is ________. George has prepared his list of ________ to do with his friends.

Mountain climbing, hiking, fishing, and to play a few games of flag football are all on their ________ . For night activities, they plan to tell stories, sing songs along with George’s guitar, and play some board games. With the list Carlos ________,they are going to have vegetables, chicken, fruit and some ________ for sudden illnesses. It is going to be the best trip they have ever made.

6 . 21-year-old Joe McGrath received a strange Facebook message. Someone asked if he ________to go on holiday to Spain with a group of________for free! McGrath thought it was a ________.

But it turned out the________was legitimate （合情理的）. A group of friends were looking for someone to take the place of another mate, who shares the same________with Joe McGrath and had dropped out of a pre-booked holiday, to take a mad________to Majorca.

The message read: “Hi Joe. Would you________coming on holiday with a group of nice strangers if they had already arranged（安排）flights for you and an all-inclusive hotel?”

“It’s our friend Nathan’s 30th birthday and we ________to throw him a surprise holiday   break in Majorca.   Unluckily, our friend Joe McGrath   can’t ________, but we have   already   booked it all up for him.”

Although they ________15 other Joe McGraths on social media, the 21-year-old from Manchester, England, was the only one to reply and finally ________ to go on the paid-for trip.

“At first I was ________ the holiday,” McGrath said, “After speaking to Dan, one of the     group, on the phone, I realized he was a(n) ________ person and the friends were real, and this holiday was ________.”

In the end, McGrath decided to leave for the moment and drove to Bristol to ________ the nine strangers. “When I turned up at Dan’s house and it was all dark I was a bit ________ but as soon as I met him it was_______. There was no awkwardness（尴尬）really.”

“They were a lovely group of people! I ________ every minute of it.”

McGrath said he is already ________ to visit his new friends again and has invited them to Manchester, where he lives, to take them on a night out to express ________ to them.

8 . It’s better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books. To me, one of the most wonderful things in life is visiting new places to _______ different cultures and meet new friends.

In 2018, I visited Vietnam for the first time with a few friends. I was very _______ because I’ve always _______ such wonderful things about Vietnam—from the city sites, to the food and people.

We first went to Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. During a few days’ _______, we ate many delicious local foods. The Vietnamese pho(越南河粉) is one of them. Pho is type of soup that _______rice noodles, herbs and meat. The soup simmers(炖) for six to ten hours to _______a rich and flavorful base. Pho is considered to be hearty and _______   When we needed a quick _______to go, we bought a couple of banh mi(越南三明治), which is a(n) _______ Vietnamese sandwich made with baguette(法棍). It’s a very popular street food there.

I also remember thinking how beautiful the architecture in Hanoi was. It was interesting to see very old-fashioned ________ blended in with ones that had a distinct French ________. This is________France colonized(殖民) Vietnam in the 19th century. This colonization ________ influenced Vietnamese culture. This influence is ________in the architecture and food—________ the baguettes used for banh mi!

After Hanoi, we went to a small city in northern Vietnam called Ninh Binh. Ninh Binh is a wonderful spot for ________ natural views of mountains, rivers and caves. As we ________ a river tour, we found that the area was used in a   ________ of the film in which human beings fight a huge gorilla.

Even though it has been a long time since I ________ to Vietnam, I still fondly remember all of the wonderful   ________ I had and the memories I made there. I hope that I can go back to visit it again someday soon.

10 . It was decades before I traveled solo for the first time in my life. This trip to Colorado was the first trip that was not for business or family reasons but just to travel and ________.

As I prepared for it, I felt excited and ________ at the same time. Would it be fun? Would I be bored? Would I stay in bed all day or would I be full of excitement to do the next thing? I wasn't ________. Little did I know that it was going to be a ________ journey of self-discovery.

As a good wife and mom, for me, travel is always about the ________; always thinking of who would ________ what. It's about family time and bonding. But on a(n) ________ trip who would I connect with? What would I do? Well, I found that I got to do anything I ________!

I met locals while traveling and also other ________. Honestly, I had conversations ________— on planes, while hiking, in restaurants, in the hotel lobby(大厅).

It was quite a(n) ________ experience to meet a mom of 18 kids and hundreds of foster (寄养的) kids, a cookie baker, and an internationally ranked marathon(马拉松) runner. The inspiring stories I discovered were ________ and nothing was like my wonderful ________ life at home. I got to go rock climbing, go hiking solo, and eat ________ . And it was all ________. Actually, it felt surprisingly ________.

It was just me, my SUV and my backpack for a week. ________ it was a breath of fresh air that I didn’t ________ existed. It's wonderful to be back home and know that possibilities are ________ and there is so much more out there to ________ and be impressed and surprised by!