1 . Borneo is home to some of the most extraordinary wildlife. Several years ago, I decided to go there for a visit. A local person offered to be my guide, which was a great bonus for me. One day, my guide turned off the smooth road and took me across a _________ hillside instead. We picked our way carefully when _________ a charming flower popped into my view among those stones. Oh, dear! More than _________, I bent down and put my nose practically inside the flower’s core.

_________, to my surprise, it was only one of the _________ during the trip. As I _________ the end of my trip, there was still something I had yet to see. We planned to _________ most feared creature there, the saltwater crocodile, which can grow to a _________ of 6 meters or more. When we shone a flashlight towards the muddy shore, little sounds _________ in the darkness as if something unseen underwater had broken the __________. Taking a second look, we spotted two greedy __________ just above the water line. As we drew near, it __________ and we saw clearly it was a crocodile. With great caution, we neared it and finally could __________ its true dimensions. It was a baby — no more than 0.6 meter long. Aha, whatever, I could now report to the __________ back home, who had never been to Borneo, that I had __________ a hungry crocodile in the wild and lived to tell the tale.

2 . Four girls. Two tents. No cellphones. A thunderstorm. One hundred and thirty hours of non-stop togetherness. This was what Julia Ruelle just _________

“It was really _________ ,” said Julia Ruelle of her recent weeklong adventure to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with three childhood friends.

Earlier this year, Julia, having completed a _________ for a brain tumor(肿瘤) in April, won a writing contest and was _________ a free five-day camping adventure with up to three friends. Its aim is to get kids away from technology. She struggled to _________ the final three — Anna Wander, Made line Wilson and Julianna Torelli. No _______ were allowed, so getting their agreement was a bit _________ . Having a satellite phone and promising to check in twice during the week finally won their agreement.

The four girls arrived in Ely on June 10 for training. They _________ the next day at 7: 00 a. m, and quickly fit many things into their _________ -getting up early every morning, going boating ________ , then having lunch at the campsite, followed by swinging, reading, talking, and napping.

“I love how you are separated from everything in your life, especially __________ ,” Anna said. Without her phone, she said, “I’m less __________ about things.” “We got along pretty well,” said Madeline. “We were always talking before bed, about specific things and thoughts.” “But we might sometimes have had __________ ,” Julianna added. No one was even hungry or homesick, but they were __________ nervous one night as they waited out a thunderstorm.

After the adventure, Julia will continue to take physical examination every three months to make sure the tumor is gone. “Mental health can be __________ so much in the Boundary Waters. It really helps to reconnect with yourself,” said Julia.

4 . Adventure is in my blood. And I had been considering how I was going to celebrate my high school graduation. I didn’t just want a small_________in the backyard. I started thinking about doing a solo_________somewhere out of the ordinary. I took out the map and drew a 1,500-mile_________along which I would be_________from the northernmost point in Norway to the southernmost section of Sweden. When I_________ my plan with my dad, he_________as I thought he would. Because I get my adventurous_________from him, he was all for it.

I had only been away from my home for three days, but there was an inner_________going on. Part of me was homesick and doubting whether I really could_________ it. The other part of me was ready to__________to myself and my family that I could do it by myself.

On the road, I met another bicyclist who was quite a bit older than I was. He started his journey alone by bike at the southern part of Norway and last finished. I could tell he had a great sense of__________. It encouraged me not to__________.

As I listened to my favourite artists on my MP4 player, I pedaled with my feet. There was nobody around me for miles.____________, that wasn’t entirely true. There were mosquitoes, millions of them. My arms were so dotted with__________ that they looked like a topographical (地形的) map. But however__________it would be, nothing could stop my advance on the destination. As you know, adventure is in my blood.

5 . Four girls. Two tents. No cellphones. A thunderstorm. One hundred and thirty hours of nonstop togetherness. This was what Julia Ruelle just________.

“It was really ________,” said Julia Ruelle of her recent weeklong adventure to the Boundary WatersCanoe Area Wilderness with three childhood friends.

Earlier this year, Julia, having completed a ________for a brain tumor(肿瘤) in April, won a writing contest and was________ a free five-day camping adventure with up to three friends. Its aim is to get kids away from technology. She struggled to________ the final three — Anna Wander, Madeline Wilson and Julianna Torelli. No________were allowed, so getting their agreement was a bit ________. Having a satellite phone and promising to check in twice during the week finally won their agreement.

The four girls arrived in Ely on June 10 for training. They ________ the next day at 7 :00 a. m. , and quickly fit many things into their ________— getting up early every morning, going boating ________, then having lunch at the campsites, followed by swinging, reading, talking, and napping.

“I love how you are separated from everything in your life, especially ________,”Anna said. Without her phone, she said, “I’m less ________ about things.” “We got along pretty well,” said Madeline. “We were always talking before bed, about specific things and thoughts.” “But we might sometimes have had ________,” Julianna added. No one was even hungry or homesick, but they were ________ nervous one night as they waited out a thunderstorm.

After the adventure, Julia will continue to take physical examination every three months to make sure the tumor is gone. “Mental health can be ________ so much in the Boundary Waters. It really helps to reconnect with yourself,” said Julia.