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

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

Another time, we rented a boat in Vallecito Lake. The sky was clear when we _______, but storms move in fast in the mountains, and this one quickly _______ our peaceful morning trip. The _______ picked up and thunder rolled. My husband stopped fishing to ____________ the motor. Nothing. He tried again. No ____________. We were stuck in the middle of the lake with a dead motor. As we all sat there ____________, a fisherman pulled up, threw us a rope and towed (拖) us back. We were ____________.

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

2 . Travelling to a European country with my mother was exiting. However it would not be __ without facing problems and figuring them out.

We had just started to get_____ with   the Paris   subway system. Thus using it was very difficult. We were walking at a slow pace until we__________   the subway was about to leave. As   soon as I_____,the doors shut with   my   mom on the other side. I did not have my cellphone,     neither of us spoke a word of French, and we had no idea how to __________   each other. My mom   and l, who were both_________   , began to pound ( 猛击) on the doors. Suddenly, a man with a very puzzled look on his face walked over to the doors and simply________   them. My mom       stepped on and we hugged as if we_________ for the first time in years. A huge sense of_______     washed over us, followed by embarrassment.

______, my mom and 1 were able to__________   the victories of finding destinations. We     began to familiarize ourselves with the neighborhood,____________ finding our favourite breakfast cafe, and walking to museums and back. The trip to Paris was______. It taught me it is unavoidable to run into__________   when trying to explore an unfamiliar area, but _________   you continue to work, you will improve.

3 . Whenever you are travelling and have the good fortune to arrive at your destination in one piece, I think that you have to tell people your trip was fine.

I had a ___________ trip last week.

I went an hour north to a speaking engagement. Fifteen minutes out of town my car began to shake. The _________ began flashing wildly. _______, I had several friends who lived not far from the next exit. I _________ one and asked if I could borrow her car.

I went straight to my friend’s place and left my car _________, now shaking like a wild bull, then headed back. I was behind _________, which was why I may have _______ the speed limit passing a motorcycle.

Once I had slowly driven through several miles of construction, traffic began to sail until we came the trucks with flashing lights ___________ traffic. Workers were removing a deer that was no longer _________ us. And a second. And a third.

After a brief moment of __________ for the deer, traffic got back to speed. Then dark clouds came. They were the kind of clouds that make tornadoes（龙卷风）.

Rain fell heavily. Traffic slowed right down and came to a complete ________.

I was thinking how to ________ my apology for being late ________ the hail（冰雹）began. It was so dark I could __________ see. Thank goodness for the __________. It was killer hail, the kind that blows out windshields（挡风玻璃）. I could not decide whether to __________ my eyes or look to see what was happening around me.

Open eyes! No, close! Open! Close!Open! Close!

The hail ended, the __________ was still there, and the traffic started again. Then the cloud came back and dumped all five Great Lakes on us. Stopped again.

Waiting for the second rain to __________, I programmed my destination into Google maps. As they closed the ____________ highway, I took my exit and headed to my destination.

I arrived at my destination late, wide-eyed and in a mess, but in one __________.

‘How was your trip?’

‘Fine, thank you. Just fine.’

4 . I was about 5 when I first heard the word “Greenland”. And my interest ____ from there. I can’t say exactly why, but it was undoubtedly a ____ of many images that the word conjured up: remoteness, ice, polar bears, and Vikings. ____, after decades, I decided to go.

From the plane I could see the east coast of Greenland was nothing but an expanse of ice and snow, with no ____ of human habitation. But when the plane ____ toward the southern part, everything changed. Much of the ice disappeared, ____ by broad fields of green.

One of my ____ in going to Greenland was to make contact with some native Greenlanders. I didn’t know how I would achieve this, but success came in a(an) ____ way.

I headed for a hostel, where I had ____ a bed. A young couple was out front, enjoying the sun and unusual warmth. This was my first native ____. Their eyes widened when I ____ myself. Another hiker had arrived earlier and, ____ him for me, they had given him my bed. There was no more space in the hostel. “But don’t worry,” the young woman said, clearly concerned for my ____. Afterwards, she ____ herself into cleaning a tiny house the family owned. “This is for you,” she said. And ____ that weren’t enough, she invited me to eat supper with her family. We talked happily. The themes ____ from the unusual weather in Greenland, to the concern they felt for the changes as the massive ice sheet ____ and outside interests ____ envious eyes upon the newly revealed mineral wealth.

In Greenland I found myself all but ____ by the emptiness, the vastness, and the silence before I was taken into this Greenlandic home. I can now say that even a cold, empty, and silent landscape ____ a visit, so long as one has a warm and welcoming place to go.

5 . For more than 20 years I have been traveling the world, preferring often to spend a year or two in different countries _______ to just visit as a tourist. It has become a big part of my identity as an adult and shaped _______ I see the world and myself.

My first _______ of this amazing life was when I was 19 years old. I was _______ among a small group of   college classmates to spend a   year abroad. This was long before people could   travel the world _______ through     social media like Facebook, Instagram and Weibo. In order to see a place, you   had to   go there and _______ it   firsthand.

Living abroad can be exciting. I thought it would be _______ because I spoke the language, but I enjoyed the little differences between the British and American culture and language. For   instance, instead of _______ the       British called it “rubbish”; instead of favor they spelled it “favour”.

But there were also _______ that year too. One of my classes was called “Europe Since 1870”. In the U.S., I   would have expected an introductory history class, but in England, I was _______ o have already known the       history; now was the time to analyze it. That _______ I not only had to learn the history as I went along, but also I had to try to write a paper explaining why certain events happened as they did. I know now that I was thrown into the deep _______, in a completely different and far more challenging environment, and it was natural that I wouldn’t understand everything easily. Despite this, I don’t _______ anything about my time in London. Even _______ painful experiences, we learn to grow.

_______ the difficult times made me sad and homesick. But luckily that was not as important as the amazing experience I had getting to know people from all over the world. I met dozens of interesting people from places like France, Greece and Germany in Europe, to Rwanda. Palestine and Australia. Learning how to make friends with people from different cultures and backgrounds was really fun, and these new friends helped put a(n) _______ to     the countries they represented (代表).

As I finished the _______ year, I was torn inside about leaving London after such a life-changing experience.

I learned so much about myself as a young woman and a(n) _______. When I _______ to my college for my          final year, friends and professors saw a(n) _______ me. I had more maturity and self-awareness that I hadn’t had     before. It was just the beginning of a future of world travel and a love of different people and cultures.

6 . Few Americans stay in one place for a lifetime. We______from the city to the suburbs，from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job______, from the home where we______our children to the home where we plan to live in______. With each move we are______making new friends, who become part of our new life.

For many of us the summer is a special time for forming new______. Today, millions of Americans go on vacation______, and they go not only to see new sights but also — in those places where they do not feel too______— with the hope of meeting new people. No one really______a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friendship is possible. Surely in every country people______friendship？

The word “friend” to American people can be______to a wide range of relationships — to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a close business companion, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a______colleague. There are real______among these relations for Americans — a friendship may be______, casual, situational or deep and lasting. But to a European, who sees only our surface behavior, the differences are not clear.

As Europeans see it, all kinds of “friends” flow______of Americans' homes with little ceremony. They may be parents of the children's friends, house guests of neighbors, members of a committee, business associates from another town or even another country.______as a guest into an American home, the European visitor finds no______differences. The atmosphere is______. Most people, old and young, are called______first names. Americans’ characteristic openness to different styles of relationship makes it possible for us to find new friends abroad with whom we feel______.

7 . Hiking with a friend today provided yet another opportunity to move out of my comfort zone and connect. Cold with a mixture of sun and snow encouraged a ______ step than usual on the mountain. On the descent (下坡), we came across a large troop of soldiers and their families ______ as well. The trail and people bottle-necked for a few moments before the majority of the troop was well ______ and out of sight.

______ were a young boy and his mother who seemed unsteady and unsure on the trail. We       ____ our pace for a bit to talk with them before ______ passing them. They caught up again when my friend ______ to tie her shoe. The boy at that moment slipped. My friend ______ to catch him as he rolled down the trail.

When we helped him up, he was ______, crying in his mother’s arms. I could see the panic ______ across the mother’s face. I asked if I could help, with my friend ______ that I was a pediatric (儿科的) nurse.

Fortunately, he did not have any ______ of swelling. Within a few minutes of me examining his knee, he said it was all ______. But he stayed sitting, wrapped in his mom’s arms. Asking if they needed anything before we continued on, I turned to go leaving the pair ______ on a rock, as they replied OK and thanked us.

I only took a few steps forward before acknowledging the feeling that there was more that could be done. I ______ to my friend for slowing us down, then turned and asked the boy and his mother ______ they wanted us to wait and hike down together when they were ready. I could see the ______ wash over the mother’s face as she said “yes” and ______ stood to continue on.

The New England autumn had left the trail covered in beautiful slippery leaves. And so we went slowly, ______ every step. I realized that I was being gifted with more time to take in the beauty of the woods, conversation with friends and ______.