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