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Passage 7
Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three month of travel though Europe’s had been aboard a couple of times, but I could hardly to know my way around the
continent. Moreover my knowledge of foreign languages was 37 to a little college French.
I hesitated. How would I，unable to speak the language, 38 unfamiliar with local geography or transportation systems，set up 39 and do research? It seemed impossible，and with considerable 40 . I sat down to write a letter begging off. Halfway through, thought ran through my mind： you can't learn if you don’t try. So I accepted the assignment.
There were some bad 41 But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler. And ever since，I have never hesitated to head for even the most remote of places, without guides or even 42 bookings，confident that somehow I will manage.
The point is that the new, the different，is almost by definition 43 But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.
I’ve learned to ski at 40，and flown up the Rhine River in a 44 • And I know I’ll go on doing such things. It’s not because I，m braver or more daring than others. I，m not, but I’ll accept anxiety as another name for challenge and I believe I can 45 wonders.

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36. D空前的could表明本空应填一原形动词，且该动词后要能接动词不定式，备选项中只有D) claim(声称）符合要求，故答案为D) claim。强干扰项F) declare(宣称，声明）后通常接that引导的 宾语从句，一般不接动词不定式，故排除。

37. H空前的was和空后的to表明，本空应填一动词的过去分词或形容词，且该词能与介词to搭配 使用，与空后的a little—致，故H) limited和L) reduced意为“减少”，L) reduced通常不用于指知识的贫乏，与文意不符，故排除。

38. 0空格后为形容词unfamiliar，副词修饰形容词，因此空格处应填副词。选项中符合的有constantly和totally。根据句意，“我犹豫了，不能说外语，_不熟悉当地的地理和交通，我怎么能举办/组织_和调查呢”,可知所给选词中只有totally(完全地)符合，故选0。

39. G空格前为固定短语set up, set up后需接宾语，因此空格处应填名词。选项中符合的还剩 balloon, interviews，manufacture, moments, news, regret0 该句意为“完全不熟悉当地的地理和 交通，我怎么能_和调查呢”。结合句意和选项可知，所给选项词中只有interviews符合，

40. M本空应填一能被considerable修饰的名词，且该名词与impossible和begging off在语义上对 应，M) regret(遗憾)符合要求，故为答案。

41. J空格前为形容词bad,本句是there be句型，句中缺少主语，因此空格处应填名词；谓语为were， 可见空格处应填复数名词。选项中符合的有moments和news。该句意为“有许多不幸的 _”，结合选项只有moments(瞬间，片刻）符合句意，故选J。

42. B本空应填一形容词修饰bookings。联系上下文推测，这里的bookings应是指“预约”，备选项中 能修饰bookings的形容词只有B) advanced(提前的），advanced booking指“提前预约”。

43. N空格所在句的系动词是is，因此空格处应填形容词，在句中作表语。选项中符合的还剩reduced和scary。该句意为“关键是那些新的、不同的，几乎都被定义为_”。结合选项可知，所给选词中只有scary(吓人的，可怕的）符合句意，故选N。 ‘

44. C空格前为不定冠词a，因此空格处应填名词，作介词in的宾语。选项中符合的还剩balloon,manufacture, news, regret0原句意为“我在40岁时学会了滑雪，乘坐_飞过了莱茵河”。所给选词中能够“乘坐”的只有气球，故选C。

45. A空前的can和wonders表明，本空应填一原形动词，且该词能接wonders(奇迹）作其宾语。A accomplish“达到（目的），完成（任务）”满足这两个要求，故为答案。accomplish wonders意为“创造 奇迹”。注意不能根据汉语意思“创造奇迹”就想当然地选I) manufacture(生产，制造）来表达“创 造”，这在英语里是错误搭配。