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 and drew the 1,500-mile route along which I would be from the northernmost point in Norway to the southernmost section of Sweden. When I my plans 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 three days now, but there was an inner going on inside of me. Part of me was homesick and doubting whether I could make 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 who was quite a bit older than I was. He had started his journey by bike at the southern part of Norway and had just finished. I could tell he had a great sense of . It encouraged me not to .
As I listened to my artists on my MP4 player, I pedaled (踩踏板) with my feet. There was 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 map (地形图). But, however it would be, nothing could stop my advance towards the destination. As you know, adventure is in my blood.
1.A. meeting B. party C. conversation D. lecture
2.A. flight B. interview C. trip D. performance
3.A. instructions B. maps C. magazines D. newspapers
4.A. walking B. biking C. flying D. running
5.A. shared B. compared C. prepared D. changed
6.A. left B. sighed C. agreed D. cried
7.A. stories B. hobbies C. skills D. spirits
8.A. home B. school C. hotel D. office
9.A. request B. activity C. battle D. discussion
10.A. certainly B. reasonably C. usually D. really
11.A. turn B. reply C. prove D. adapt
12.A. driver B. jogger C. bicyclist D. pilot
13.A. slowly B. alone C. patiently D. worriedly
14.A. humour B. direction C. satisfaction D. balance
15.A. calm down B. break down C. speed up D. give up
16.A. personal B. favourite C. professional D. successful
17.A. nobody B. everybody C. anything D. everything
18.A. Firstly B. Eventually C. Actually D. Fortunately
19.A. wounds B. cuts C. dots D. bites
20.A. boring B. difficult C. complex D. confusing
_________the answer, the boy, who asked the question, still stood with his hand ______.
A. Giving, raised B. Giving; rising
C. Given; risen D. Given; raised
I don’t mind _____ the decision as long as it is not too late.
A. you to delay making B. your delaying making
C. you delaying to make D. your to delay to make
An old lady came _________ to the bus stop, only _______ the bus had gone.
A. to run; to find B. running; to find
C. and ran; finding D. running; finding
When we climbed up to the top of the mountain, we were all __________ ,but we were very happy.
A. out of sight B. out of reach
C. out of breath D. out of danger
Lucy _____her daily spending in order to survive the financial storm.
A. cut down B. cut off
C. cut out D. cut in