24. A. been                  B. gone                     C. returned                  D. moved

23. A. water                B. fruit                     C. money                     D. food

22. A. by car                B. by bike                 C. on foot                    D. by ship

21. A. hated                B. imagined              C. advised                   D. loved

20. A. good                 B. terrible                 C. boring                     D. tiring

19. A. meters               B. miles                    C. inches                     D. feet

18. A. travel                B. swim                    C. work                       D. jump

17. A. drive                 B. dance                   C. run                         D. walk

16. A. old                    B. young                  C. short                       D. tall 

Josie has   24   to 40 countries and has had all kinds of interesting   25  . She has cycled through the Himalayan Mountains in Nepal, then down into India. She has cycled through millions of locusts（蝗虫）in the Moroccan desert and through tornados（龙卷风）in the USA. She was in Romania on Christmas Day in 1989. And she hasn’t been to Egypt yet, because when she was in Turkey, a war   26   nearby. So she went to Greece instead.

She has sometimes traveled with friends, boyfriends and even her mother, but she has often cycled   27  . She had only one really frightening experience ― a man   28   her in Bulgaria.

In 1997 she hurt her leg very badly,   29  she started writing books about her   30  . She’s written five books, and now she is on her bike again! At the moment she is planning to cycle around New Zealand.