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