20. A. take place B. hold
C. be holding
D. happen
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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.