공통영어1 천재 강상구 3과 변형문제

Before my trip to the Netherlands, all I ____ of the country was that it is famous for windmills and tulips.

But as I cycled from place to place, I experienced many things that I hadn’t expected, and I wanted to ____ some of them with you.

My first stop ____ the Anne Frank House, one of the old buildings lined up along the Prinsengracht, a canal in Amsterdam.

Since it was close to the hotel I was staying at, I decided to rent a bike to ____ there.

I ____ riding along the canal.

The Anne Frank House ____ one of the most visited museums in the Netherlands.

It housed the secret hiding place of ____ Frank.

____ was an old bookcase on the second floor.

It looked ordinary, but behind it was a secret space ____ Anne and her family hid for over two years during World War II.

The steep stairs and narrow ____ gave me a better understanding of what life must have been like for them back then.

After visiting the Anne Frank House, I took ____ canal cruise on the Prinsengracht.

The canal houses I saw along the way had mostly been built during the Dutch Golden ____ which gives them great historical value.

Taking the cruise was a great way ____ see the city from different angles.

The gentle touch of the ____ made the experience even more pleasant.

____ is home to a lot of museums, but the Van Gogh Museum was the one I was really excited to visit.

The most interesting part of the ____ was the way the exhibits were arranged to show how the artist’s style had changed over time.

The museum showed many of Vincent van ____ most well-known works, including my personal favorites: The Bedroom, Sunflowers, and Wheatfield with Crows.

____ bright colors in The Bedroom seemed to convey a sense of relaxation.

The different ____ of yellow in Sunflowers were just amazing.

In Wheatfield with Crows, the ____ between the bright yellow wheat field and the cool blue sky was striking.

Overall, seeing the artworks in person was a ____ powerful experience.

____ museum also displayed the letters that Van Gogh wrote to his younger brother, Theo.

Reading those letters, I found out how much ____ artist loved his brother.

After I bought a few postcards with Van Gogh’s art on them, I slowly cycled back to the ____

On my way back, I ____ help but admire the beautiful, calm, and scenic views of the city, especially people relaxing on the grass and enjoying the sun.

I highly recommend visiting the Zaanse Schans and Volendam if you want to get out of the busy ____ to experience traditional Dutch culture.

A trip to the ____ wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the windmills.

Fortunately, you can get to ____ Zaanse Schans, which is famous for its windmills, in just 17 minutes by train from Amsterdam.

The moment I saw the village, its beauty ____ my breath away.

Several windmills were spinning by the river in the ____

Soon I felt like I was taken to a point in ____ past.

I looked into one of the working windmills, and it was grinding nuts into oil with its large ____ wheels.

____ the windmills, I found a cheese farm and a clog factory.

I was ____ by the variety of Dutch cheeses and actually a little unsure about tasting them at first because they were mostly new to me.

____ when I tried some of them, they turned out to be incredibly satisfying.

I also tried on a few pairs of clogs and found ____ quite comfortable, which I hadn’t expected.

Volendam was a pretty fishing village with neat rows of brick houses with orange ____

The harbor was dotted ____ boats.

I rented a bike to explore Volendam, and ____ shop owner said,

“In ____ do as the locals do and eat seafood.”

At a restaurant, I ordered one of the ____ most popular dishes, kibbeling.

The fried fish snack was hot, ____ and absolutely delicious!

After being ____ destroyed during World War II, Rotterdam was restored into a beautiful port city.

Experimental and artistic ____ were used to improve the appearance of the city.

The Cube Houses in Rotterdam are among ____ most innovative buildings in the country.

The bright ____ houses were something I had been looking forward to seeing, and they were as fantastic as I had expected.

One of the key features of the ____ Houses is that the cubes are tilted by 45 degrees.

I visited the Show Cube Museum to get a feel of what life in such ____ house was like.

From the outside, it looked entirely twisted, but once I went inside, it ____ surprisingly quite comfortable.

For the last few days after the trip, I haven’t been able to get the charming sights of the Netherlands out of my ____

____ you ever plan to visit the country, I really hope that you will find my post helpful.