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Dean could hear the voices from around 40 feet below him. “Don’t give up, Dean!” Uncle Jim shouted encouragingly. “You can do it!” “You’re almost there,” Kurt called as he pulled on the 1 that ensured his cousin’s safety.

Kurt and Dean had just finished helping Uncle Jim 2 a climbing wall at a community gym in Canterville, Texas. The wall, made of concrete and crushed granite （碎石）, looked just like a sandstone cliff. Despite his 3 of heights, Dean had volunteered to be the 4 to climb the new wall.

Dean heard his cousin and uncle 5 him on from below, but he didn’t reply. He was 6 the last section of the artificial rock wall to determine an approach for scaling it. He 7 he was only a few feet from the top, 8 if he failed to concentrate on what he was doing, he could fall.

Dean 9 Kurt to serve as his belayer, which is the person who controls a climber’s safety rope. While Dean 10 , Kurt took the slack （part of a rope that is not tight） out of the safety rope that was attached to the 11 of the wall. In that case, if Dean started to slip, he would fall only a few feet 12 the rope caught him. However, Dean didn’t want to fall even a few feet; he was too close to his 13 .

As Dean held on to the rock face, calculating each move with great 14 , Uncle Jim and Kurt watched intently 15 , with a burst of energy, Dean climbed over the last outcropping and shouted, “I did it!”

Uncle Jim and Kurt 16 wildly. Dean smiled broad, and then grew 17 again. Falling to the ground was the 18 part for him, and his uncle and cousin knew it. The last time Dean had scaled a climbing wall, it had taken 15 minutes for him to get the 19 to come down. As the others watched in expectation, Dean 20 his tense muscles, took a deep breath, and backed over the edge. In seconds he had dived more than 40 feet to the gym floor.

1．A．ladder B．rope C．net D．helmet

2．A．paint B．repair C．fit D．move

3．A．thirst B．fear C．interest D．anxiety

4．A．strongest B．best C．youngest D．first

5．A．urging B．comforting C．pushing D．calming

6．A．searching B．analyzing C．studying D．testing

7．A．felt B．noticed C．wished D．knew

8．A．so B．or C．but D．for

9．A．trusted B．equipped C．promised D．warned

10．A．stopped B．dropped C．climbed D．rested

11．A．top B．end C．back D．root

12．A．as B．until C．before D．while