Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Section A Directions: In this part there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 注意:请在答题处填入相应的大写字母! 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 21 to know my way around the continent. Moreover, my knowledge of foreign languages was 22 to a little college French. I hesitated. How would I, unable to speak the language, 23 unfamiliar with local geography or transportation systems, set up 24 and do research? It seemed impossible, and with considerable 25 I sat down to write a letter begging off. Halfway through, a thought ran through my mind: you can’t learn if you don’t try. So I accepted the assignment. There were some bad 26 . 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 27 bookings, confident that somehow I will manage. The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition 28 . 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 29 . 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 30 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 21. __________