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