공통영어1 천재 강상구 3과 변형문제

____ my trip to the Netherlands, all I knew 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 ____, and I wanted to share some of them with you.

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

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

I enjoyed ____ along the canal.

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

It housed the secret hiding ____ of Anne Frank.

There was an old bookcase on the second ____.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The museum showed many of Vincent van Gogh’s most ____ works, including my personal favorites: The Bedroom, Sunflowers, and Wheatfield with Crows.

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

The ____ shades of yellow in Sunflowers were just amazing.

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

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

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

Reading those letters, I ____ out how much the 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 ____ back, I couldn’t help but admire the beautiful, calm, and scenic views of the city, especially people relaxing on the grass and enjoying the sun.

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

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

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

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

Several windmills were spinning by the river in the ____.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The harbor was ____ with boats.

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

“In Volendam, do as the locals do and ____ seafood.”

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

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

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

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

The ____ Houses in Rotterdam are among the 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 ____ in such a house was like.

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

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

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