Why I Travel Alone
B2 First · Open Cloze · Ready for B2 First 4th Edition Workbook, Macmillan Education Limited
For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
People always ask me (0) why I travel alone. It's hard for them to understand and, as a result, they like to come (1) ___ with various reasons for my strange habit. The first is that I must have no friends or at least none (2) ___ wants to spend an extended period with me. (3) ___ next is that I'm fiercely independent. I (4) ___ deny that I am the first to refuse help from others, preferring to struggle and do it myself. Then, there's the desire to meet new people (5) ___ than hanging out with someone I know from home. (6) ___ fact, the reality is rather simple. I enjoy it. I can do what I want when I want to do it. I don't have to compromise. That's not to say I have given (7) ___ on travelling with others. It's just that if I had the choice, I (8) ___ choose solo travel over that with friends at this point in my life.
Why I Travel Alone
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