2014年12月大学英语四级考试预测试卷13_第8页

　　Section A

　　回答36-46题：

　　Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe.I had been abroad a couple of times, but I could hardly 36_________to know my way around the continent. Moreover, myknowledge 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 ortransportation systems, set up 39_________ and do research? It seemed impossible, and with considerable 40_________ I sat downto write a letter begging off. Halfway through, a thought ran through my mind: you can't learn if you don't try. So Iaccepted the assignment.

　　There were some bad 41_________. But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler. And eversince, 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'snot because I'm braver or more dating than others. I'm not. But 　　I'll accept anxiety as another name for challengeand I believe I can 45 _________wonders.

　　A. accomplish I.manufacture

　　B.advanced J. moments

　　C.balloon K. news

　　D.claim L. reduced

　　E.constantly M. regret

　　F.declare N.scary

　　G. interviews O. totally

　　H. limited

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