2017年英语四级阅读理解题库：选词填空（13）

　　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 47 claim to know my way around the continent. Moreover, my knowledge of foreign languages was 48 limited to a little college French.

　　I hesitated. How would I, unable to speak the language, 49 totally unfamiliar with local geography or transportation systems, set up 50 interviews and do research? It seemed impossible, and with considerable 51 news 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 52 moments. 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 53 advanced bookings, confident that somehow I will manage.

　　The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition 54 scary, but each time you try something, you learn. And as the learning plies up, the world opens to you.

　　I’ve learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a 55 balloon. And I know I’ll go to 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 56 accomplish wonders.

　　A accomplish B advanced C balloon D claim E constantly

　　F declare G interviews H limited I manufacture J moments

　　K news　　 L reduced　　 M regret　　 N scary　　 O totally