79. It is reported that two men were killed in a car a__________ early this morning.

78. Please don’t make a n__________ because the baby is sleeping now.

77. Jack is the tallest a__________ the three students.

76. Susan was born in a v__________ but she works in the city now.

75. S__________ can be used for making food and drinks sweet.

74. Bella can speak two l__________, French and Chinese.

73. If the sky is c__________, there’s no rain or cloud and you can see very far.

72. The n__________ side of the building gets less sun than the south.[来

71. My mother is a teacher and she has t__________ English in this school for 20 years.

(he,　 the,　 grow,　 high,　 until,　 one,　 fail,　 loud,　 speech,　 when)

Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953 he climbed and measured 61)__________ highest mountain then known to man-29,000 feet straight up. He was spoken 62)__________ of for his efforts when he came back. He even made advertisements for big companies. However, 63)__________ 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 64)__________. A few weeks later a group in England asked him to give a 65)__________ to its members. Hillary was given a warm welcome 66)__________ walking on stage. People there thought him as a hero, but Edmund Hillary saw 67)__________ as a failure. 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 68)__________voice, “Mount Everest, you beat me the 69)__________ time, but I’ll beat you the next time because you’ve 70)__________all you are going to grow, but I'm still growing!”