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Is there anything strange high up in the world's tallest mountains? If so, is it a big bear? Is it a monkey? Or is it a kind of man? 1. ______ This mystery has puzzled (困惑) the world for years.
In 1887, a mountain climber found large footprints (脚印) in the snow. 2. ______ But men didn't walk without shoes in the snow.
In 1906, another climber saw more footprints. Far off, he saw a very large animal standing on two legs. As he watched, it ran very quickly.
Fifteen years later, newspapers had new stories about the "something". A mountain climber said he had seen the snowman walk slowly across the snow, far below him. 3. ______ From then on, more and more people had stories to tell. 4. ______ The pictures showed clearly that the snowman walked on two legs. So it was not a bear or a monkey. Could it be an ape (猿) man?
The mystery grew! 5. ______ Someday we may find out just what it is that makes the large footprints.
A. He said it looked like a very large man.
B. They looked like the footprints of a very large man.
C. No one knows.
D. And the mystery keeps growing.
E. But not until 1951 did a mountain climber bring back pictures of large footprints.

答案： 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. E 5. D