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Geoffrey Moorhouse's Travel Plan
Geoffrey Moorhouse was flying home to England from Africa in 1971, when he looked __1__ the plane and suddenly thought how huge and __2__ the Sahara Desert was. There and then, he decided to __3__ it by himself by camel.
For many __4__ men had crossed the Desert from the __5__ and south to trade. But there had been __6__ point in crossing from __7__ to east. So no one had done it __8__ 1963, when twelve Belgians drove across. If he went __9__, by camel, it would be __10__. Moorhouse did not __11__ to go just for fun. But what other __12__ was there? Immediately he knew. He would go because he was afraid. “I would use this journey to __13__ for fear.”
A year passed __14__ he was free to begin his __15__. He was forty. He had never __16__ a camel. He spoke no Arabic. And he did not know how to __17__ himself by the stars. His friends thought he would soon __18__ such an impossible plan.
He did not. To take advantage of(利用)the desert winter, he decided to __19__ England early in October 1972. He had six months to get __20__. He began learning Arabic-school lessons in the __21__, and listening to __22__ at home in the afternoon. He made a lot of visits to the London Zoo to learn about camels. At night, he studied the __23__. Maps and compass(指南针)are not enough in the desert. You must know __24__ where you are, and for that you must be able to “read” the stars with a sextant(六分仪).
Moorhouse planned to begin his __25__ from the Atlantic coast of Africa, and ride through Mauritania, Mali, Algeria and Libya into Egypt, where he hoped to reach the River Nile.
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A. after | B. for | C. out of | D. into | |
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A. yellow | B. hot | C. beautiful | D. empty | |
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A. owe | B. cross | C. pass | D. finish | |
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A. days | B. months | C. centuries | D. reasons | |
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A. east | B. south | C. west | D. north | |
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A. a | B. no | C. one | D. some | |
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A. east | B. south | C. west | D. north | |
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A. to | B. after | C. until | D. in | |
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A. alone | B. by | C. slowly | D. faster | |
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A. difficult | B. easy | C. successful | D. enough | |
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A. start | B. want | C. take off | D. refuse | |
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A. reason | B. person | C. plan | D. travel | |
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A. explain | B. show | C. examine | D. enjoy | |
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A. after | B. as | C. because | D. before | |
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A. preparations | B. trip | C. holidays | D. writing | |
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A. had | B. fed | C. seen | D. touched | |
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A. live | B. stay | C. move | D. guide | |
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A. begin | B. drop | C. finish | D. make | |
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A. return to | B. work in | C. leave | D. leave for | |
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A. ready | B. back | C. there | D. off | |
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A. morning | B. afternoon | C. evening | D. night | |
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A. talks | B. tapes | C. his wife | D. his guide | |
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A. books | B. camels | C. stars | D. deserts | |
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A. naturally | B. surely | C. correctly | D. exactly | |
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A. exercises | B. classes | C. trip | D. race |
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