阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
(2012年大连高三模拟)Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe. I had been ____ a couple of times，but I could hardly ____ to know my ways around the continent.__ __，my knowledge of foreign languages was ____ to a little college French.
I ___.How would I，unable to speak the language，____ familiar with local geography or transportation systems，conduct interviews and do ____？It seemed impossible，and with considerable ____ I sat down to write a letter rejecting the ____.Halfway through，a ____ ran through my mind：you can't learn if you don't try. So I ____ the assignment.
There were some bad ____.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 ____ places，without guides or ____ advanced bookings，confident that somehow I will ____.
The point is that the new，the different，is almost by definition ____.But each time you try something，you learn，and as the learning ____，the world opens to you.
I've learned to ski at 40，and flown up the Rhine River in a(n) ____.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 worry as another name for ____ and I believe I can ____ wonders.

A．aboard B．abroad C．away D．out

A．claim B．declare C．hope D．deny

A．Somehow B．However C．Instead D．Moreover

A．accustomed B．added C．limited D．suited

A．resigned B．hesitated C．trembled D．suspected

A．only too B．more than C．apart from D．far from

A．operations B．experiments C．research D．business

A．regret B．doubt C．terror D．disappointment

A．request B．job C．trust D．assignment

A．reaction B．thought C．meaning D．conflict

A．accomplished B．received C．accepted D．resisted

A．exchanges B．conditions C．trips D．experiences

A．remote B．accessible C．interesting D．crowded

A．still B．ever C．even D．yet

A．do B．manage C．make D．fit

A．astonishing B．frightening C．fascinating D．exciting

A．comes up B．shows up C．piles up D．steps up

A．airplane B．motorboat C．surfboard D．balloon

A．goal B．opportunity C．struggle D．challenge

A．work B．own C．win D．achieve