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V.短文填空。(10分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A group of boys gathered around a tree. “61. ________ a tall tree!” they said to each other.
“It would be exciting to climb to the 62. ________!” The group of boys then decided to play a game to see who could climb to the top of the tree 63. ________(one). Their mothers were sitting not far away, looking on at their children as they played.
One of the climbers was an 8 - year - old boy named David. He was the 64. ________(short) child in the group. Nobody thought he would win the competition.
Then the game started. All of the boys tried 65. ________ best to climb as high as they could. 66. ________ they all made it halfway up the tree before David did, he reached the top of the tree fastest in the end.
His mother was proud to see this. She asked him, “David, how did you manage to reach the top of the tree so 67. ________(quick)?”
“It was easy,” David said. “The other children 68. ________(keep) looking down as they climbed. When they realized how high they were, they got scared and were afraid of 69. ________(fall) down. I, however, looked only up. When I saw how close I was, I just went higher and higher until I reached the top.”
It is true in life that if we just keep going forward 70. ________ looking back, we are more likely(可能) to reach our goals and achieve success.

答案： 61. What 62. top 63. first 64. shortest
65. their 66. Although 67. quickly 68. kept
69. falling 70. without