Glen Stephens and his friends Gaby，Craig and Tom are mountain climbers. 'They love travelling to other（1）

countries

countries

（國家） and climbing mountains on their（2）

own

own

（自己）.Their last trip was to the Himalayas in Nepal，one of（3）

the most dangerous

the most dangerous

（危險的） mountains in the world.
   On a day in July，they were in their（4）

third

third

（第三） week of climbing.They were looking forward to（5）

reaching

reaching

（ 到達(dá)） the top of the mountain.But soon three of them wanted to give up because of the bad weather.
   "Only a few more metres!" Glen said."We can't give up now.Instead，we should do our best （6）

to continue

to continue

（繼續(xù)） climbing." Then they started again，but just at that moment there was a loud （7）

noise

noise

（噪聲） and the snow moved.（8）

Suddenly

Suddenly

（突然） the four of them were falling.Luckily，their ropes didn't break，and at last they stopped filling They stood up slowly.Tom's leg was hurt and Gaby's arms were cut.But they were alive!Together，they started to climb up the mountain again.
   "We can't do i!It's too difficult!" Tom thought as he got into his tent for the night.His leg hurt badly and he was（9）

tired

tired

（累的）.The next morning，the four climbers talked together，and again Glen（10）

suggested

suggested

（建議） that his friends should not give up.Two days later，on a clear afternoon，they managed it!