1 . When my father and I traveled to Paris, Notre Dame was our first stop. But when we arrived at Notre Dame, we saw a long line outside it. Even so, we didn’t want to _______. We decided to go to the back garden of Notre Dame where there were few tourists.

Immersed in the beautiful natural scenery, we wanted to take some _______ photos. As we tried to find a photographer, a tall, slim Frenchman _______ toward us and showed us he was willing to take pictures for us.

Trying to get the perfect shot, he kept changing the _______ of the camera. However, after a few _______, he didn’t return our camera. His behavior confused us. But after a while, it became _______. He asked for 10 euros as payment before he would return our camera.

At that point, I was so angry that I _______ to argue with him. But my father stopped me and paid the money, with a (n) _______ expression on his face, the man walked away quickly to search for his next _______.

Later, my father ________ to me: There’s no such thing as a free lunch. So it’s ________ to ask for a payment after taking photos for us. But if someone offers to help you, never ________ the kindness just because of this particular event. Most acts of kindness are pure and without any ________ intention.

________, we met a lot of warm-hearted locals who guided us and lent a hand when we needed them. So just remember, we can’t throw away the ________ because of its core.

2 . Every year about 40,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. They bring with them lots of waste. The_________ might damage the beauty of the place. The glaciers (冰川) are disappearing, changing the_________ of Kilimanjaro.

Hearing these stories, I’m_________ about the place — other destinations are described as “purer” natural experiences.

However, I soon discovered that much has changed since the days of disturbing reports of_________ among tons of rubbish. I find a clean mountain, with toilets at camps and along the paths. The environmental challenges are_________ but the efforts made by the Tanzania National Park Authority seem to be_________ .

The best of a Kilimanjaro_________ , in my opinion, isn’t reaching the top. Mountains are regarded as spiritual places by many cultures. This_________ is especially evident on Kilimanjaro as climbers go through five ecosystems (生态系统) in the space of a few kilometers. At the base is a rainforest. It ends abruptly at 3, 000 meters,_________ lands of low growing plants. Further up, the weather__________ — low clouds envelope the mountainsides, which are covered with thick grass. I __________ twelve shades of green from where I stand. Above 4, 000 meters is the highland __________ : gravel (砾石), stones and rocks. __________ you climb into an arctic-like zone with__________ snow and the glaciers that may soon disappear.

Does Kilimanjaro deserve its__________ as a crowded mountain with lines of tourists ruining the atmosphere of peace? I found the opposite to be true.

6 . My husband, our children and I have had wonderful camping experiences over the past ten years.

Some of our memories are ______, especially from the early years when our children were little. Once, we camped along Chalk Creek. I was worried that our 15-month-old boy would ______ the creek (小溪). I ______ a rope around his waist to keep him near to our spot. That ______ about ten minutes. He was uncomfortable, and his ______ let the whole campground know it. So instead of tying him up, I just kept a ______ eye on him. It worked — he didn’t ______ in the creek. My three-year-old, however, did.

Another time, we rented a ______ in Vallecito Lake. The sky was ______ when we headed off, but storms move in fast in the mountains, and this one quickly interrupted our ______ morning trip. The wind picked up and thunder rolled. My husband stopped fishing to start the ______. Nothing. He tried again. No luck. We were stuck in the middle of the ______with a dead motor. As we all sat there helplessly, a fisherman pulled up, ______ us a rope and towed (拖) us back. We were safe.

Now, every year when my husband pulls our camper out of the garage, we are filled with a ______ of excitement, wondering what camping fun and adventure we will ______ next.

7 . “Dad,” I say, “let’s take a trip. Fly and meet me!”

My father had just retired. He was _________ in his job, his thoughts, his life. While he woke up and took a warm shower, I screamed under a freezing waterfall in Peru. My father sees me drifting (游荡) _________, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny _________. He wants me to _________, but I want him to find an adventure.

He agrees to travel with me and we meet four weeks later in Rapid City.

“What’s our first stop?” asks my father.

“What time is it?”

“Still don’t have a _________?”

An hour away is Mount Rushmore. As he stares up at the four Presidents carved in granite (花岗岩), “_________,” he says, “How was this done?”

The guide told us Gutzon Borglum _________14 years to the sculpture (雕像) and then left the final touches to his son. We stare up and I ask _________, “Would I ever devote my life to anything?”

No directions, no _________. I used to hear those words in my father’s __________. Now I hear them in my __________.

My father says, “I never __________ much with my father. We loved each other — but never said it. Whatever he could __________ me, he gave.”

That last __________ — it’s probably the same thing I’d say about my father. And what I’d want my child to say about me. I realize — maybe a __________ job won’t be as dull as I feared.

I tell my father I’ve decided to settle down, and I’m wearing a watch.

10 . A 23-year-old woman has achieved an unbelievable feat that many of us dream of —visiting every country on Earth.

Lexie Alford was born into a family of travel agents, which gave her the opportunity to _______ places such as Cambodia, Dubai and Egypt during her childhood, according to Forbes magazine. She began saving up at age 12 to _______ her goal of visiting all countries. By her 18^th birthday, she had traveled to 72 nations. In October, 2016, she realized she could see the _______ nations on her list in time to set an official record. Many people _______ her travel on social media platform Instagram, so she decided to chase the world record partly to _______ others. “Honestly, at the beginning, I _______ wanted to push the _______ of what I thought I could do with my life and see as much of the world as possible in the _______,” she told Forbes. “It wasn’t until things started getting really _______ that I realized I was inspiring people around me, especially the ____________.”

“I also loved visiting Northern Pakistan, for the natural beauty of the mountains and kindness of the locals were astonishing,” Lexie Alford said. “The most pleasant surprise about traveling to all these misunderstood areas of the world was that the countries that I had the ____________ expectation for ____________ being the most incredible.”

“My ____________ for young people is to believe that you can do anything you set your mind to do. If you want to travel, you have to ____________ sacrifices to travel around the world. And it’s only a matter of ____________ until you can make it a reality.”