In the summer of 1869, John Wesley Powell set out with ten companions and four boats
A) __<span>1 . on one of the greatest adventures of all time ____ . Powell and his men planned to travel hundreds of miles through unknown parts of the western United States. Powell was a naturalist, explorer, and former army officer. Although his right arm had been amputated above the elbow B)__</span><span>4. as a result of a war injury _ , he never turned away from danger. In August, after travelling through many canyons, the group reached the Grand Canyon. It often rained in torrents and cloudbursts. At midday the sun poured down C) _</span><span>5. as if it would fry them down _ . More than half the party was without hats and not one of them had an entire suit of clothes. They sat up all night on the rocks, shivering, and were more exhausted by the night’s discomfort than by the day’s heat and toil. They guarded their precious flour supply D)_</span><span>7. as if it had been sacks of gold _ , keeping it always in watertight compartments and dividing it equally among the four boats – so that if one of the boats cracked up only a fourth of it would be lost. Mile after mile, day after day, the vast gorge of the Colorado twisted on through the earth, E)__</span><span><span>3. as if its waters would roar for eternity </span>_ . They had seen a few ancient ruins, but no sign that any living Indians ever came down to the river. Suddenly, with their flour almost gone, they saw a sight F)_</span><span>2 . they could scarcely believe _ . On the bank they found a garden planted with corn and squash. </span>
B.
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