3 . Passion, like life, is about the journey, not the destination. Kimberly and I have been planning a trip to Europe for a year. This was a/an ______ of ours. We took our friends Frantoise and Stein Eriksen with us.
The most ______ part of the journey started with a train ride that had some curveballs (不顺利). When we were trying to get on a ______ from Zurich to Croatia, we had gotten the departure time wrong and had to ______ around the station to make it in time. We had a tough time finding a taxi to ______ it to the ship. We finally found a taxi and arrived an hour late. ______ , they waited for us.
Once we got onto the ship we ______ it was not like a large hotel with great service. It was tight quarters. The bathroom was very ______ . The shower was a spout (喷头) connected to the bathroom sink. You ______ it on and sprayed yourself, along with the rest of the room.
The week-long ship ride was full of ______ . There were people from different nationalities speaking different languages. We stopped on islands of all sizes. We bicycled 30-40 kilometers. Then there were high winds-so high that the buses couldn’t ______ because they might blow over. So we took an expensive taxi, and ______ back to make our flight home.
While we loved the more predictable parts of the trip, our real passion was in the ______ —the missed rides, the ______ ship, the mixture of cultures, and even the ______ .
Sometimes people are so ______ it scares them to do something different. ______ when they do get out of their comfort zone, the different experiences they once thought were ______ are what stand out. Mixing things up, trying new things, seeing something through another person’s eyes, being ______ to adventure—this is how you create ______ .
1. A.business | B.goal | C.secret | D.chance |
2. A.disappointing | B.helpless | C.exciting | D.calming |
3. A.taxi | B.ship | C.train | D.plane |
4. 5. A.get | B.make | C.reach | D.enter |
6. A.Luckily | B.Clearly | C.Eventually | D.Hopefully |
7. A.admitted | B.heard | C.understood | D.realized |
8. A.clean | B.small | C.modern | D.well-equipped |
9. A.set | B.put | C.carried | D.turned |
10. A.risks | B.fun | C.conflicts | D.adventures |
11. A.run | B.pass | C.slow down | D.pull off |
12. A.headed | B.came | C.moved | D.drew |
13. A.peaceful | B.unsettled | C.dangerous | D.unexpected |
14. A.empty | B.large | C.overcrowded | D.expensive |
15. A.rain | B.delay | C.accident | D.winds |
16. A.confident | B.comfortable | C.uneasy | D.busy |
17. A.So | B.Because | C.Yet | D.Moreover |
18. A.interesting | B.scary | C.boring | D.enjoyable |
19. A.open | B.alert | C.blind | D.close |
20. A.hope | B.passion | C.opportunities | D.changes |