Question

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。

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Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953 he climbed and measured the highest mountain then known to man—29,000 1. straight up. He was spoken 2. of for his efforts when he came back. He even made advertisements for big companies. However, 3. 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 4. A few weeks later a group in England asked him to give a 5. to its members. Hillary was given a warm welcome 6. walking on stage. People there thought him as a hero, but Edmund Hillary saw 7. 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 8. voice, “Mount Everest, you beat me the 9. time, but I’ll beat you the next time because you’ve 10. all you are going to grow, but I'm still growing!”

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