Extracurricular Reading
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The Train Journey
This case came before me quite by chance in the spring of last year．I was traveling out to Rome for a____1__．I might have saved time and fatigue if I had gone by air，but it was early in the year and I had decided against it on_____2___of the high winds and rain．Instead，I booked a sleeper in the first class wagon-lit，and left Paris on the mid-day train．
The journey was a normal one as far as Dijon，and a little way beyond．But as the darkness fell and the line began to climb up into the Jura Mountains，the train went slower and slower，with frequent stops for no_____3___reason．It was that difficult hour in a railway train，between tea and dinner，when one was tired of reading，reluctant to turn on the lights and face a long，dull evening，and conscious of no appetite at all to face another meal．It was raining a little；in the dusk the countryside seemed gray and____4__．The fact that the train was obviously becoming very late did not relieve the situation．
Presently we stopped again，and this time for a quarter of an hour．Then we began to move，but in the reverse direction．We ran backwards down the line at a slow speed，for perhaps a couple of miles，and drew into a little station in the woods that we had passed through some time____5__．Here we stopped again，this time for good．
I was annoyed，and went out into the_____6___to see if I could find out what was happening．There was a man there，a very tall，lean man，perhaps thirty-five or thirty-six years old．He was_____7___out of the window．From his appearance，I guessed he was an Englishman，so I touched him on the shoulder and said：“Do you know what’s_____8___us up？”
Without turning he said：“Half a minute．”
There was a good deal of shouting in French going on inside between the engine-driver，the guard，the head waiter of the restaurant car，and the various station officials．I spoke French____9__，but I could make nothing of the board，shouted vowels at the far end of the platform．My___10___understood，however，for he drew back into the corridor and said：
“They’re saying up there that there’s a goods train off the lines between here and Frasne．We may have to stay here till the morning．”(https://www.daowen.com)
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＼Banked Cloze＼
Directions：Read the above passage carefully and select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in the following word bank．
＼Further Reflection on Reading＼
Directions：Think about and answer the following questions．
1．After you read the above three passages，what new ideas do you have about traveling？
2．Do you have any plan for your future traveling？If yes，what are they？If no，why not？
3．Search on the Internet and try to get more information about the latest development of ecotourism．