In 1896,36-year-old Helga Estby and her 18-year-old daughter, Clara, walked across America．Their 3,500-mile 1 from Spokane to Manhattan was physically discouraging．Dressed in long skirts and thin leather shoes, 2 only a small bundle of belongings(物品), the women found their endurance and courage 3 daily by tramps(徒步旅行), rattlesnake(响尾蛇), deserts, snowy mountain passes and flooded rivers．
The greatest hardship, 4 , is shown in the title of Linda Lawrence Hunt's book, Bold Spirit：Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America．The woman's 5 to leave her family-including two children younger than 4－for seven months 6 such anger and grief that her daughters, 7 Estby's death in 1942, 8 their mother's writings about her incredible journey．
The 1893 depression(大萧条)had left the Estby family 9 seemingly insurmountable(不可克服的)bills(账单)．" 10 on paying taxes, Helga was ready to do anything to 11 the Mica Creek farm and home built by her husband, Ole, for their family of nine children," Hunt writes．A ＄10,000 award for being the first woman to travel unaccompanied(无陪伴的)by a 12 across the country 13 Helga from her Eastern Washington home．The journey was to 14 women's hardiness and courage．
Hunt 15 learned of the trip from an eighth-grader's seven-page 16 in the Washington State History Day contest．Grandma Walks From Coast To Coast was 17 on two newspaper clippings(剪报)about the boy's great-great-grandmother; they were the only things saved when Estby's daughters burned her 18 ．Hunt constructed her story from newspaper accounts, historical societies' records, public 19 ,and what little information and memories 20 ．
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A．
journey
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tour
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voyage
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ride
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loaded with
B．
bringing
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equipped with
D．
carrying
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A．
checked
B．
tested
C．
raised
D．
reduced
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A．
however
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therefore
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meanwhile
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afterwards
(5)
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A．
attempt
B．
mind
C．
choice
D．
conclusion
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A．
came with
B．
brought up
C．
lay in
D．
led to
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since
B．
during
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by
D．
upon
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A．
kept
B．
lost
C．
hid
D．
destroyed
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A．
paying
B．
struggling with
C．
receiving
D．
working on
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Behind
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Off
C．
Away
D．
Beyond
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A．
help
B．
save
C．
develop
D．
own
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A．
horse
B．
man
C．
guide
D．
friend
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A．
sent
B．
took
C．
attracted
D．
made
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display
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increase
C．
prove
D．
examine
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first
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once
C．
still
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ever
(16)
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A．
novel
B．
play
C．
article
D．
book
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A．
written
B．
resulted
C．
reported
D．
based
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belongings
B．
writings
C．
diaries
D．
reports
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parks
B．
libraries
C．
schools
D．
places
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A．
remained
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stayed
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lost
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disappointed
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Living one’ s life is really like driving on a highway．First, to make a good driving, the driver must carefully examine the 1 of his car, just as he cares for his health for a good life． 2 he enters into the highway, he must 3 certain rules for his own safety．It also can be said that he must obey certain rules of society when living as a decent (体面的) adult．For example, on the highway, he is 4 to keep a constant (不断的) 5 , which can be compared with his 6 activities through his life．Neither driving nor living must be taken at too 7 a speed nor at too slow a speed．If he drives too 8 , the police will give him a 9 , just as he will be arrested when he breaks the law． 10 too conservatively (保守地), he will be called an out-of-date person 11 the others driving at a(an) 12 speed．When he wants to change his lanes, he must give careful 13 to every direction of his car．It is sometimes dangerous to change the way of life 14 he can be sure of completion (完成,结束) by doing so．He 15 not make any unnecessary changing of lanes which gives him only danger．Finally, he must 16 where he is now by recognizing some 17 appearing now and then．If he takes the wrong way, he must return to the right as soon as he can．But he may thus lose 18 and energy both on the road and in life．On the whole, driving on a highway and living one’s life are both hard work． 19 if he is careful and serious enough, 20 will provide him with much pleasure．
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