When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegians had ____ them in the race to be the first ever to reach it.

When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegians had ____ them in the race to be the first ever to reach it.

A．hit               B．fought            C．won              D．defeated

When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegians had ____ them in the race to be the first ever to reach it.

1. A.
   hit
2. B.
   fought
3. C.
   won
4. D.
   defeated

       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

Scott and his companions were terribly disappointed. When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegians（挪威人）had    31    them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After   32   the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves    33   they started the 950-mile journey back.
The journey was unexpectedly    34    and the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly    35   . The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had     36   to mark their way home. To make things    37   . Evans, whom they had all thought of    38    the strongest of the five, fell badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having     39   along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died.
The four who were     40   pushed on at the best speed they could    41   . Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his    42    fact; at night his feet swelled（肿胀） so large that he could    43    put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely although he was in great    44    . He knew his slowness was making it less likely that     45   could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him     46   a few more miles, until it was time to put up the   47     for another night.
The following morning,     48   the other three were still in their sleeping-bags, he said. “I am just going outside and may be    49    some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out    50    into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions.