Scottandhiscompanionswereterriblydisappointed.Whentheyg...

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Scott and his companions were terribly disappointed. When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegians（挪威人）had ____21____ them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After ___22___ the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves ____23____ they started the 950-mile journey back.

The journey was unexpectedly ____24____ and the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly ____25____. The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had ____26____ to mark their way home. To make things ____27____. Evans, whom they had all thought of ____28____ the strongest of the five, fell badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having ____29____ along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died.

The four who were ___30___ pushed on at the best speed they could ____31____. Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his ___32___ fact; at night his feet swelled（肿胀） so large that he could ____33____ put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely although he was in great ____34____ . He knew his slowness was making it less likely that  ____35____ could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him ___36___   a few more miles, until it was time to put up the ___37___  for another night.

The following morning, ____38____ the other three were still in their sleeping-bags, he said. “I am just going outside and may be  ____39____ some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out ____40____ into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions.

21. A. hit    B. fought    C. won    D. beaten

22. A. growing    B. putting    C. planting    D. laying

23. A. after    B. until    C. while    D. before

24. A. safe    B. fast    C. short    D. slow

25. A. rose    B. set    C. appeared    D. disappeared

26. A. taken up    B. cut up    C. set up    D. picked up

27. A. easier    B. better    C. bitter    D. worse

28. A. to    B. upon    C. as    D. in

29. A. battled    B. struggled    C. speeded    D. waited

30. A. left    B. lost    C. defeated    D. saved

31. A. manage    B. try    C. employ    D. find

32. A. ached    B. frozen    C. harden    D. harmed

33. A. hardly    B. never    C. seldom    D. nearly

34. A. pain    B. fear    C. trouble    D. danger

35. A. all others    B. some others    C. others    D. the others

36. A. away    B. with    C. off    D. on

37. A. bed    B. tent    C. blanket    D. sleeping-bag

38. A. while    B. since    C. for    D. once

39. A. missed    B. separated    C. passed    D. gone

40. A. patiently    B. lonely    C. alone    D. worriedly

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