4 . In life, do you choose to take the road everyone has taken, or do you choose the path that is best for you? It might be ________ to choose what everyone has done, especially if it seemed to work for them. But is that what truly ________ for you?
On a recent hiking ________, my partner and I decided to take a popular trail in the ________ direction. This was an old, well-traveled trail that people had been hiking and biking from A to Z for years. For our own reasons, we chose to travel from Z to A. Going backwards made more sense with my ________. The trip would take several days and going backwards ________ that I would end the trip closer to the airport for my flight home.
As my partner and I walked, everyone crossing our path had something to say, “You're going the wrong way. Are you lost? Are you returning ________ you forgot something? Are you crazy? The path occasionally crossed a ________. When it did, even passing cars beeped to ________ us in the “right” direction.
Why did people only see one way? Because that's what everyone does? Because that's how it's always been done? We even ________ to talk to a Danish woman who said, “We have a(n) ________ in my country: when you go backwards to everyone else, it's because you're avoiding something.” I couldn't believe it. We were just enjoying connecting with nature, hiking the way that best ________ us. Had we gone the “wrong” way? No. At least, not for us.
I decided to ________ the path I chose. ________, we had an amazing experience. Choosing the “wrong” path was right for me. When your inner ________ tells you something is right (or wrong), listen to it. It's your instinct. It's speaking to you for a reason and it knows, better than anyone, what's best for you.
1. A.anxious | B.normal | C.awkward | D.impressive |
2. A.designs | B.plans | C.works | D.prepares |
3. A.race | B.test | C.project | D.trip |
4. A.opposite | B.wrong | C.common | D.accessible |
5. A.emotion | B.target | C.schedule | D.request |
6. A.supposed | B.ensured | C.provided | D.permitted |
7. A.if | B.because | C.while | D.yet |
8. A.plain | B.valley | C.trail | D.highway |
9. A.point | B.inspire | C.protect | D.support |
10. A.expected | B.stopped | C.agreed | D.hesitated |
11. A.saying | B.point | C.myth | D.spell |
12. A.instructed | B.confused | C.offered | D.suited |
13. A.show off | B.think over | C.pick out | D.stick to |
14. A.Probably | B.Hopefully | C.Eventually | D.Knowingly |
15. A.desire | B.feeling | C.voice | D.reaction |