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练案[14] 必修第三册 UNIT3 DIVERSE CULTURES
Ⅰ. 完形填空
(2023湖南省长沙市适应性考试)
A 23 ̄year ̄old woman has achieved an unbelievable feat that
many of us dream of—visiting every country on Earth.
Lexie Alford was born into a family of travel agentsꎬ which
gave her the opportunity to 1. places such as Cambodiaꎬ
Dubai and Egypt during her childhoodꎬ according to Forbes
magazine. She began saving up at age 12 to 2. her goal of
visiting all countries. By her 18th birthdayꎬ she had traveled to
72 nations. In Octoberꎬ 2016 she realized she could see the
3. nations on her list in time to set an official record. Many
people 4. her travel on social media platform Instagramꎬ so
she decided to chase the world record partly to 5. others.
“ Honestlyꎬ in the beginningꎬ I 6. wanted to push the
7. of what I thought I could do with my life and see as
much of the world as possible in the 8. ꎬ” she told Forbes.
“ It wasn t until things started getting really 9. that I
realized I was inspiring people around meꎬ especially
the 10. . ”
“ I also loved visiting Northern Pakistanꎬ for the natural
beauty of the mountains and kindness of the locals were
astonishingꎬ” Lexie Alford said. “ The most pleasant surprise
about traveling to all these misunderstood areas of the world was
that the countries that I had the 11. expectation of 12.
being the most incredible. ”
“ My 13. for young people is to believe that you can
do anything you set your mind to do. If you want to travelꎬ you
have to 14. sacrifices to travel around the world. And its
only a matter of 15. until you can make it a reality. ”
1. A. remark B. settle
C. tour D. love
2. A. fund B. quit
C. switch D. register
3. A. powerful B. ideal
C. developed D. remaining
4. A. ranked B. modified
C. followed D. criticized
5. A. inspire B. grill
C. understand D. accompany
6. A. occasionally B. simply
C. completely D. temporarily
7. A. dream B. button
C. family D. observation
8. A. pla