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Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953 he climbed and measured the highest mountain then     1     to man—29,000 feet straight up. He was spoken     2     of for his efforts when he came back. He even made advertisements for big companies. However,     3     we read his book, High Adventure, we don't understand that Hillary had to grow into this success.

You see, in 1952 he tried to climb Mount Everest, but failed. A few weeks later a group in England asked him to give a     4     to its members. Hillary was given a warm welcome     5     walking on stage. People there     6    him as a hero, but Edmund Hillary saw himself as a    7    . He moved away from the microphone and walked to the side of the stage.

He lifted one hand and pointed at a picture of the mountain. He said in a     8    voice, “Mount Everest, you beat me the     9     time, but I’ll beat you the next time because you’ve grown all you are going to grow, but I'm still    10    !

2 .

1. Luckily, the fire _______ by the time we got there.
2. The haze (雾霾) is over, and we can _______ fresh air freely again.
3. While _______ to run away, she fell off the horse and died.
4. There are 10, 000 Mobikes _______ in our city now.
5. The boss gave us a 20-minute speech. _______, he wanted us to work harder with less pay.
6. Here is the book. First _______ it and then tell me what you think of it.
7. Most slimmers (减肥者) _______ putting weight back on.
8. _______, an adult laughs about 15 times a day.
9. The man who _______ the shop was found by the police.
10. According to new scientific research, alarm clocks may _______ radiation (辐射) that is bad for your health.

3 . 第二节 选词组填空 (用方框内所给短语的适当形式填空，每个短语限用一次，有两项为多余项)

1. The visiting group ___________ famous football players will arrive tomorrow.
2. The price of this type of car __________ but I doubt whether it will remain so.
3. After several sleepless nights, Mr Johnson __________ a perfect solution to the financial problems of his company.
4. In recent years, many high-rise buildings _____________ in my hometown.
5. There are many developments ___________ language teaching.
6. You are excellent, and I have many reasons to _____________ you.
7. Not only do I like this movie, but my mother likes it ___________.
8. Nowadays, a number of people move to the countryside to ____________ the pollution of the city.
9. He ______________ be there on time, but he was late.
10. If you ________________ the project, you can finish it ahead of time.