阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 A man lived at the foot of a hill. For a long time, he heard of tales of the other side of the hill—stories of rich land, 1 weather and beautiful scenery.
One day, he was 2 life in his hometown and thought it was 3 to improve it, so he packed his bags, left his home and started climbing the hill, 4 to live a better life.
The climb was very 5.The man had to stop to rest many times. At some 6 ， the hill was very steep(陡峭的) indeed, and he almost wanted to 7. But his dream of a better life 8 him going.
One afternoon, the man came to another steep part of the hill. And at the top stood some thick plants. The same 9 had happened to him many times before. 10 this time it was a little hard to get it over, he surely was able to do it.
11 ， the man was too tired after all those days of 12 and pushing through high plants. He was 13 that he still had no results to show, no fruit to enjoy. He just didn't want to 14 any more. He said to himself, “Maybe life on the other side of the hill is not like what the 15 told. My old home isn't that 16 anyway.” He finally made his decision, 17 and set off for his home.
Actually the man didn't know that 18 he climbed over that slope (斜坡), he could see the other side of the hill and all he had heard about that place was 19. The man had already done the hard part, but he 20 to stop trying when things were going to get much better.
