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1. At the bottom professor John Mathewson had spaired his ankle. Partway up , he had lost his rope.When he was almost at the top ,his foot had slipped on a loose rock , and he had nearly fallen 1000 feet down the steep side of the peak.Finnally , professor John Mathewson crawled to the top f Mr.Everest.It had been a long, hard clib to the stop.

2. I found it hard to leave my home and travel to another land.This made some of my problems begin to vanish.For one thing , my father was not well.Then too , my mother wanted me to say close to my sister.I agruedthat two years of study abroad would help me a lot at things stage my career.Finally my sister offered to stay at home alone during my absence. This made some of my problems begin to vanish.

3. I had never seen such a lovely setting for house.standing at the edge of the road , I looked up he gently winding driveway that climbed to the front of the house.behind the house a hill rose sharply.The hill ended in a curved peak that seemed to frame the whole scene.Thehouse stood on a level space surrounded by tall oak trees.

4. Jose did not complete his mathematics examination yesterday.like many college students,he does not know how to use time profitably during an examination.He spent the first fifteen minutes of the hour working on the first often examination problems.He spent other minutes doodling on his test paper.

5. The sign reads , to the music room. Walking around the information desk to the left ,you will pass a children’s reading room.on your right.Then you will come to a hallway leading to the library’s music room.asyou enter the main door of the library , you will se the information desk directly in front of you.At the end of the hallway you will see a sign.