1 . Ciudad Perdida, Colombia’s “Lost City” is older than Machu Picchu. There are no trains or buses allowing of _________ travels to reach its ruins. The remote place is only _________ on foot: a tiring multi-day hike.

Despite this, I couldn’t _________ the opportunity to visit Ciudad Perdida. 12 other hikers and I went there in _________ with a licensed guide. The dirt path, which _________ through towering palms and dangling vines (藤蔓), proved _________ right from the start. Along the way we also met the _________. They have been left _________ for centuries and there’s a deep bond between them and the land.

The next morning, we were off early to _________ the heat, but high temperatures and muscle pain had already set in by the time we reached the final stage—1,200 stone steps to __________. After finally lifting my painful body up the long flight of stairs, my eyes __________ the scene that had __________ the backbreaking journey: Ciudad Perdida.

I looked down and wondered at the beautiful site below. While the return trip included __________ the mental hurdle (障碍) of having already accomplished our goal, the experience is the one I would do __________. It is the difficulty that makes the journey a more __________ one. Earned views are always better.

3 . When I was still a child, I read “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” by Ernest Hemingway. Reading it for the first time gave me a strong ______to see this well-known mountain______.

Then in my early 20s, I   ______   a man who had been to Kenya. He saw and described Kilimanjaro as a mountain standing by itself in the middle of the African plain, ______ by ice on its summit (山顶). This______my desire to see the mountain with my own eyes, and perhaps even climb it.

About 10 years later, I travelled to Havana, Cuba and spent some time______the home of Ernest Hemingway. This trip______my love for “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”. This was a______of my soul, and the ______ , and desires I had so long ago as a(n)______. It was at this moment that I______I was going to climb Kilimanjaro.

Vancouver to Africa is a great______, so I decided to put some add-ons to my planned______. The first would be an expedition ( 探 险 ) across the Sahara Desert,______by travelling up the source of the Nile. It would finish at my______goal of Kilimanjaro. This would be a journey to______: to cross the world’s greatest desert, ______the river that moves through one of the cradles of civilization, and climb the tallest mountain in Africa.

After ending the journey, I wrote a novel which______this trip, sharing how much I enjoyed each moment of it, and how______each day became on its own. This remarkable and special journey will be ______ in my heart.