Passage 2

福建省晋江市季延中学等四校2017届高三第二次联考

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　 1 　in the backyard. I started thinking about doing a solo　 2 　somewhere out of the ordinary. I took out　 3 　and drew the 1,500-mile route along which I would be　 4 　from the northernmost point in Norway to the southernmost section of Sweden. When I　 5 　my plans with my dad, he　 6 　as I thought he would. Because I get my adventurous　 7 　from him, he was all for it.

I had only been away from my　 8 　three days now, but there was an inner　 9 　going on inside of me. Part of me was homesick and doubting whether I　 10 　could make it. The other part of me was ready to　 11 　to myself and my family that I could do it by myself.

On the road, I met another　 12 　who was quite a bit older than I was. He had started his journey　 13 　by bike at the southern part of Norway and had just finished. I could tell he had a great sense of　 14 　. It encouraged me not to　 15 　.

As I listened to my　 16 　artists on my MP4 player, I pedaled（踩踏板）with my feet. There was　 17 　around me for miles.　 18 　, that wasn’t entirely true. There were mosquitoes—millions of them. My arms were so dotted with　 19 　that they looked like a topographical map（地形图）. But, however　 20 　it would be, nothing could stop my advance towards the destination. As you know, adventure is in my blood.

1. A. party　B. meeting　C. conversation　D. game

2. A. flight　B. interview　C. performance　D. trip

3. A. instructions　B. maps　C. magazines　D. newspapers

4. A. walking　B. flying　C. biking　D. running

5. A. compared　B. shared　C. prepared　D. changed

6. A. agreed　B. sighed　C. left　D. cried

7. A. stories　B. spirits　C. skills　D. hobbies

8. A. hotel　B. school　C. home　D. office

9. A. battle　B. activity　C. request　D. discussion

10. A. naturally　B. really　C. usually　D. reasonably

11. A. turn　B. reply　C. prove　D. adapt

12. A. driver　B. jogger　C. bicyclist　D. pilot

13. A. alone　B. slowly　C. patiently　D. worriedly

14. A. humor　B. direction　C. balance　D. satisfaction

15. A. calm down　B. break down　C. speed up　D. give up

16. A. favorite　B. personal　C. professional　D. successful

17. A. nobody　B. everybody　C. anything　D. everything

18. A Firstly　B. Actually　C. Eventually　D. Fortunately

19. A. wounds　B. cuts　C. bites　D. burns

20. A. boring　B. confusing　C. complex　D. difficult