1 . 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 18th birthday, she had travelled 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,in 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 travelling 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.”
1. A.remark | B.settle | C.tour | D.love |
2. A.fund | B.quit | C.switch | D.register |
3. A.powerful | B.ideal | C.developed | D.remaining |
4. A.ranked | B.modified | C.followed | D.criticized |
5. A.inspire | B.grill | C.understand | D.accompany |
6. A.occasionally | B.simply | C.completely | D.temporarily |
7. A.dream | B.button | C.family | D.observation |
8. A.platform | B.agency | C.process | D.country |
9. A.dull | B.official | C.natural | D.challenging |
10. A.adult | B.youth | C.bosses | D.agents |
11. A.most | B.least | C.greatest | D.worst |
12. A.started with | B.showed off | C.ended up | D.searched for |
13. A.advice | B.compromise | C.belief | D.information |
14. A.save | B.appreciate | C.worsen | D.make |
15. A.honor | B.career | C.time | D.assessment |