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练习(十三) Name______________ 词汇运用 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 1. highest mountain then known to man—29,000 feet 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！” 阅读理解 When you are about to do something brave, a cheerful wish of “Good luck！” from a friend can be helpful. But if you think you need lots of luck, what else might you do? In the UK and US there are some strange traditions for bringing yourself a little more good luck. Some are hundreds of years old and some are much newer. Have you heard the saying “When you wish upon a star”？ If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night and you see a sudden flash of light, it is probably a shooting star! Seeing one doesn’t happen very often. The saying goes that if you see one you have been very lucky, and so if you make a wish, it will come true. Maybe you have heard of the lucky rabbit’s foot. Some people believe that rabbits are lucky animals, so they carry