Scott and his companions were terribly disappointed. When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegianshad
16 them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After
17 the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves
18 they started the 950-mile journey back.
The journey was unexpectedly
19 and the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly
20 . The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had
21 to mark their way home. To make things
22 , Evans, whom they had all thought of
23 the strongest of the five, fell badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having
24 along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died.
The four who were
25 pushed on at the best speed they could
26 . Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his
27 feet; at night his feet swelled（肿胀） so large that he could
28 put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely although he was in great
29 . He knew his slowness was making it less likely that
30 could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him
31 a few more miles, until it was time to put up the
32 for another night.
The following morning,
33 the other three were still in their sleeping-bags, he said. “I am just going outside and may be
34 some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out
35 into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions.
| 小题1: | | A．hit | B．fought | C．won | D．beaten | |
| 小题2: | | A．growing | B．putting | C．planting | D．laying | |
| 小题3: | | A．after | B．until | C．while | D．before | |
| 小题4: | | A．safe | B．fast | C．short | D．slow | |
| 小题5: | | A．rose | B．set | C．appeared | D．disappeared | |
| 小题6: | | A．taken up | B．cut up | C．set up | D．picked up | |
| 小题7: | | A．easier | B．better | C．bitter | D．worse | |
| 小题9: | | A．battled | B．struggled | C．speeded | D．waited | |
| 小题10: | | A．left | B．lost | C．defeated | D．saved | |
| 小题11: | | A．manage | B．try | C．employ | D．find | |
| 小题12: | | A．ached | B．frozen | C．hardened | D．harmed | |
| 小题13: | | A．hardly | B．never | C．seldom | D．nearly | |
| 小题14: | | A．pain | B．fear | C．trouble | D．danger | |
| 小题15: | | A．all
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