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8: A．to B．upon C．as D．in 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 others B．some others C．others D．the others 小题16: A．away B．with C．off D．on 小题17: A．bed B．tent C．blanket D．sleeping-bag 小题18: A．while B．since C．for D．once 小题19: A．missed B．separated C．passed D．gone 小题20: A．patiently B．lonely C．alone D．worriedly