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!”

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