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

The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition  54  . But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.

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

Section B

Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are bas