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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    36     them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After   37    the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves    38    they started the 950-mile journey back. 

The journey was unexpectedly    39    and the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly    40    . The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had     41    to mark their way home. To make things    42 . Evans, whom they had all thought of    43     the strongest of the five, fell badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having     44    along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died. 

The four who were     45    pushed on at the best speed they could    46    . Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his    47     fact; at night his feet swelled（肿胀） so large that he could    48     put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely although he was in great    49   . He knew his slowness was making it less likely that     50    could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him     51    a few more miles, until it was time to put up the   52     for another night. 

The following morning,     53    the other three were still in their sleeping-bags, he said. “I am just going outside and may be   54     some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out   55    into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions. 

36．A．hit B．fought C．won D．beaten 

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

38．A．after B．until C．while D．before 

39．A．safe B．fast C．short D．slow 

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

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

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

43．A．to B．upon C．as D．in 

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

45．A．left B．lost C．defeated D．saved 

46．A．manage B．try C．employ D．find 

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

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

49．A．pain B．fear C．trouble D．danger 

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

51．A．away B．with C．off D．on 

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

53．A．while B．since C．for D．once 

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

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

答案  36.D   37.C  38.D  39.D  40.C  41.C  42.D  43.C  44.B  45.A  

46.A  47.B  48.A  49.A  50.D  51.D  52.B  53.A  54.D  55.C