三、综合填空
Seventeen-year-old Sam Davidson 1.
has stayed
(stay) at home since he was 15. The last time he went out was two years ago. When he 2.
was walking
(walk) to catch a bus, he was hit on the head by something falling from a building. He spent more than two months in hospital and doctors told him he was lucky to be 3.
alive
(live). The accident left Sam with agoraphobia (户外恐惧症).
Sam used to spend most weekends 4.
travelling
(travel) around his home city of London by bus, underground and motorbike before 5.
the
accident, and he looked forward to holidays abroad with his parents. Now the idea of driving in a car to France or taking a plane to Italy 6.
scares
(scare) him. Luckily, there is a way that Sam can still visit the most faraway corners of the world 7.
without
leaving his home: online maps. In the last year and a half, Sam has visited every country in the world where VR maps have taken photos. Using VR maps, he could walk down the streets of the world's most famous cities and visit places in the world 8.
while/when
he was sitting at home.
Sam's virtual (虚拟的) travel is more than just a hobby—it has become a 9.
truly
(true) amazing art project. He has taken more than 5,000 screenshots (屏幕截图) of places he has visited. Last week, there was an exhibition of his best photos at a school near his home (but of course, he didn't go). Sam also hopes that his online journeys will help him overcome (克服) his agoraphobia. As he finds more places that he wants to visit, he feels 10.
hopeful
(hope) that he can leave his home one day.