The race to the South Pole is a famous story. Captain Scott and a Norwegian 【小题1】 called Ronald Amundsen both wanted to get there first. They both prepared for many months, but in the end their【小题2】 for reaching the pole were very different：Amundsen used dogs to【小题3】 his sleds and Scott used motorized sleds and horses. Amundsen had good weather during his 【小题4】, but Scott had bad weather. When Scott’s team 【小题5】 from the hut on 1 November 1911, there were 【小题6】 snowstorms and the sleds broke 【小题7】. After a few weeks, the horse died and most of his team turned back. In the end, only five men 【小题8】on to the South Pole: Scott, Oates, Evans, Bowers and Wilson.

On 17 January 1912, Scott’s team reached the Pole and came 【小题9】 the Norwegian flag——Amundsen’s team were there before them and were already racing back to tell the world. Tired and 【小题10】, Scott’s team made their way back home, but they 【小题11】 food and got lost in snowstorms; they did not 【小题12】 it.

In Scott’s Hut, there is still【小题13】 old explorer’s boots. Scott wore these boots for years and they are dirty and broken, but they’re very special too. They tell us Scott’s story--that he was hard-working, ambitious and 【小题14】, and that he pushed himself to the limit. Although the attempt was unsuccessful, Scott never gave up, and that’s an amazing 【小题15】.

In the story Anne of Green Gables, the main character Anne was an 11-year-old 【小题1】. She was sent to a house belonging to Marilla and Matthew. When she arrived at the door, Marilla was frozen in 【小题2】 as she expected to be sent a boy. Marilla told Anne that she could stay with them until the matter was 【小题3】 .

Anne was very emotional when she heared she might be sent back and 【小题4】 to throw herself on a chair and cry. Marilla and Matthew were unsure how to 【小题5】 her but try their best. They told her there was no need to cry but Anne continued to be upset. Marilla made dinner for Anne, although she refused to eat as she had no appetite. After dinner, Marilla took Anne to a bedroom to sleep. Anne found the room cold and 【小题6】. She even described the white curtains as “icy”. Anne began to 【小题7】 again as she got ready for bed. She then 【小题8】 under the blankets and pulled them over her head. Marilla came back to check on Anne and tidied her clothes. When she said “Good night”, Anne 【小题9】 herself from under the blankets and told her it was the worst night she ever had.

Climb

Just take a minute or two to marvel at your fingers. The way they can grip onto any surface and how they move and adapt to anything. Suspended halfway up a rocky cliff face, I am painfully 【小题1】 for this, as my life is dependent on the endurance and strength in my fingertips.

I started the morning with a quiet stroll along the 【小题2】 of the cliff. I wasn’t afraid as I had done this many a time to clear my mind. As I looked out at the crashing sea below I started to shiver; it was late November and it was predicted to be a(n) 【小题3】 cold winter. As I reached the furthest point of my walk, turned around and started on my way back home, my foot slipped as the ground beneath my leather boots 【小题4】. Clutching wildly, I plummeted towards a near certain death in the cold and uninviting sea. “Grab something quickly” said an urgent voice inside my head.

As a child, I had had climbing lessons, and I managed to grab hold of a small ledge on the side of the cliff face. My other hand and feet just slipped into place and I started to make my way up; a long and 【小题5】 process of hand, foot, hand, foot and so on. About fifteen minutes later I got to the first big ledge, I hauled myself up and sat down and 【小题6】my body; my knees were cut up and bleeding from the fall and my hands were raw and sore. I had also wrenched my shoulder which I rubbed tentatively, while I slowly started to relax.

As I was just about to fall asleep, I was jerked back to my senses by the voice, “No, not now, don’t go to sleep now, keep going.”

I responded by getting up and starting again, the voice was so insistent. After about half an hour I had to stop to rest. I found a ledge, and with the 【小题7】 of the voice inside my head, fell asleep. In the morning I continued but I no longer felt alone, it was as if somebody else was guiding my hands and feet and encouraging me. With the seagulls screeching above me and the sea crashing on the rocks below me, the only thing I could do was climb. I 【小题8】 that I could get to the top in about an hour and I did exactly that.

On reaching the top, I remembered that when I was small my father had told me the story of Reinhold Messner, a well-known climber all over the world and I admired him so much. The realization 【小题9】 on me: it was his power that had guided me to the top.

I whispered a quick thank you and then collapsed in 【小题10】.