阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将相应字母编号涂黑。 Late that night, we started our final part of the climb. Nervously we carried on after a short rest. Everyone looked 1 . Outside of the tent it was totally black. It was just after 2 . Snow was falling. It was freezing.
The group climbed silently through deep snow. I could not think. The height of the mountain was playing tricks on my 3 . I tried to keep concentrated(集中思想) by watching my feet and counting to ten 4 .
People around me were just standing still as they tried to get their breath.I tried to encourage them to keep walking. My friend looked at me 5 . He was really tired. He kept trying to lie down and go to sleep. If he did, he would freeze to death. I told him to keep moving. He climbed on. When I checked my 6 , I saw, with surprise, that I'd been walking for three hours already. I felt as if I was fighting every step of the way. All I wanted to do was to turn round and go down — but I must reach the top!
I began to wonder if I was not strong enough. I was losing my mind. My breathing was very rapid. Each 7 I took made me more and more dizzy(晕眩的). Someone told me we had another hour and a half to go.
I forced myself to 8 . I had to be more careful because one careless step could make me 9 .
Then I saw Gilman's Peak up ahead of me. Someone at the top was telling me to make one last effort. The sun was beginning to 10 above the clouds. I climbed up the last few meters and suddenly I realized I'd done it!I was there! I was at the top of Africa!
