A 23-year-old woman has achieved an unbelievable feat that many of us dream of -- visiting every country on Earth.
Lexie Alford was born into a family of travel agents, which gave her the opportunity to ___1___ places such as Cambodia, Dubai, and Egypt during her childhood, according to Forbes magazine. She began saving up at age 12 t0 ___2___ her goal of visiting all countries. By her 18th birthday, she had traveled to 72 nations. In October 2016 she realized she could see the ___3____ nations on her list in time to set an official record. Many people ___4___ her travel on the social media platform Instagram, so she decided to chase the world record partly to ___5___ others. "Honestly, in the beginning, I ___6____ wanted to push the ___7___ of what I thought I could do with my life and see as much of the world as possible in the ___8___," she told Forbes, "It wasn't until things started getting really ___9___ that I realized I was inspiring people around me, especially the ___10___."
"I also loved visiting Northern Pakistan, for the natural beauty of the mountains and kindness of the locals were astonishing, " Lexie Alford said. "The most pleasant surprise about traveling to all these misunderstood areas of the world was that the countries that I had the ___11___ expectation of ___12___ being the most incredible."
"My ___13___ for young people is to believe that you can do anything you set your mind to do. If you want to travel, you have to ___14___ sacrifices to travel around the world. And it's only a matter of ___15___ until you can make it a reality."
1. A. remark B. settle C. tour D. love
2. A.fund B. quit C. switch D. register
3. A. powerful B. ideal C. developed D. remaining
4. A. ranked B. modified C. followed D. criticized
5. A. inspire B. grill C. understand D. accompany
6. A. occasionally B. simply C. completely D. temporarily
7. A. dream B. button C. family D. observation
8. A. platform B. agency C. process D. country
9. A. dull B. official C. natural D. challenging
10. A. adults B. youth C. bosses D. agents
11. A. most B. least C. greatest D. worst
12. A. started with B. showed off C. ended up D. searched for
13. A. advice B. compromise C. belief D. information
14. A. save B. appreciate C. worsen D. make
15. A. honor B. career C. time D. assessment