6 . I had some rock climbing experience when I was in college. I was ready for a(n)_______once again. Then came the chance. My friend Michael had been planning to go rock climbing in Yosemite Valley and asked me to _______ with him.

I was_______to go so I accepted his invitation. On arriving at the destination, I found the rock was nearly vertical (垂直的), 2,000 feet high. “You are kidding!”I said,_______he would tell me to cancel it. However, when he began unpacking ropes, I knew he was _______. I had to put on my climbing shoes and adjust my pack _______ I felt quite unwilling to take up the challenge.

Michael moved fast. Then he yelled at me, “Come on. Climb!” _______, step by step, I made my way straight up. _______, my legs began to shake when I was hung in mid-air. I called out, “Michael. This is _______my ability.”

“Cheer up. As you once told me, we should be ________and stick to the belief that we shouldn’t give up easily. Just ________please.” I had no choice but to adjust myself, so I gathered my   ________ and began to climb.

Finally, enjoying a good view of Yosemite Valley at the top with Michael, I felt proud that I had ________ it. Most importantly, from that ________I learned we should never give up easily whenever we meet some difficulties and that hard work will ________eventually.

8 . Exploring the peaks of the world’s highest mountains has become almost second nature for Poorna Malavath and Kavya Manyapu. It has taken Manyapu to NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) where her research has included designing ________ suits, and Malavath to the top of Mount Everest when in 2014, she became the youngest ever woman to ________ the top of the world’s highest mountain at 13.

Now, these two women have channeled their ________ spirit into climbing some of the world’s most difficult mountains as part of their campaign, Project Shakthi, which ________ money to fund girls’ education. At the end of August, they climbed a 6,012m virgin peak in Ladakh, India — one previously unmapped and ________ by human expeditions.

Never climbed before, the mountain ________ difficult challenges for even an experienced mountaineer like Malavath, for there were neither trails to follow nor ________ from previous climbers to stick to. “We have to prepare ourselves ________ to accept everything,” Malavath said. “So it’s completely different and it’s given me so much knowledge to ________ others.”

Complex weather conditions that turned to snow at high ________ added to the complexities of climbing a virgin peak. The night when they were to set out it ________, which meant avalanche (雪崩) conditions off the mountain. They had to ________ come back as a team, make a safety call and then prepare for the next day. So it was very challenging.

And for a relatively ________ climber like Manyapu, though she had trained extensively, the challenges were even greater.

“When we were, in the ________, we would talk about: ‘What if, you know, we won’t be able to make it to the summit, you know, what if this? What if that?’” Manyapu says. “But then we would always like to go back and encourage each other and ________ each other that, you know, let’s just take it one step at a time.”

9 . The Water Angel

Even if you’ve never been to Phoenix, you know this about the place: it’s hot. From June to September, the temperature can easily turn the earth into a boiler.     1    . Signs warn that the trail is “extremely difficult”. If you continue, a posted checklist suggests at least a liter of water per person. And if you’re still unaware of the danger, another sign farther up declares: “If you’re halfway through your water, turn around!”

    2     Fortunately, Scott Cullymore pays attention. When he’s not running his carpet-cleaning company in nearby Mesa, the 53-year-old Cullymore can be found hiking up and down the mountain a couple of times a day, giving out cold bottles of water to worn-out hikers. He has helped hydrate so many hikers that he has earned a heavenly nickname: the WaterAngel. “I’d like a more manly name, but, you know,” he told azfamily.com.

Cullymore was on the mountain one day in 2015 when a British tourist died after being lost for nearly six hours in the July heat.     3    .“The mountain is usually underestimated and people may get themselves in trouble,” he told the Arizona Republic. If a hiker has a flushed face and is not sweating anymore, Cullymore says he reaches into his insulated(隔热的) orange backpack, pulls out a frosty bottle, and hands it to the person. “It’s misleading that we’re in the middle of the city. You can die up here, and no one will know.”

    4    . “You think you know the heat, but then you get out here in the desert and it surrounds you like a blanket,” said Austin Hill, who was hiking with a high school friend. They were lucky, he said, pointing to Cullymore. “We ran into this Water Angel here,” who went on to search for another hiker in need.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。