四、阅读理解。〔人与自然——自然生态〕
Mount Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world. It is in the Himalayan Mountains between Nepal(尼泊尔) and China, and it is 8,848.86 metres high. Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand(新西兰) and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal were the first people ever to climb it in 1953. Men from several different countries climbed it after that.
Junko Tabei was the first woman to make this difficult climb. A Japanese newspaper-television company chose fifteen women from mountaineering clubs to climb Mount Qomolangma in 1975. The group climbed for several days. Then there was an accident. The heavy ice and snow hurt(伤害) ten of the women. They had to stop climbing. The other five went on climbing.
Only Ms Tabei was able to climb the last 70 metres. She was standing on the top of the world. She was the first woman there. Ms Tabei was 35 years old at the time. She started climbing mountains in 1960. She was not an ordinary Japanese housewife. Ms Tabei made money for her trips by teaching English and the piano to children. She climbed a mountain about every three years. She climbed some of the highest mountains in six countries. She wanted to climb the highest mountain in every country in the world. When she reached the top of a mountain, she thought, "I'm glad that I'm on the top. "
1. Two men from
D
climbed Mount Qomolangma in 1953.
A. Japan
B. Nepal
C. New Zealand
D. B & C
2. What happened to ten of the women climbers on the way to the top of Mount Qomolangma?
A. They were too tired to climb it.
B. There was no air for them.
C. The heavy snow stopped them.
D. They were hurt by heavy ice and snow.
3. How many women climbed up to the top of Mount Qomolangma in 1975?
A. One.
B. Five.
C. Ten.
D. Fifteen.
4. Which is true about Ms Tabei?
A. She was a housewife who climbed many high mountains in the world.
B. She made money by teaching children English and the violin.
C. She was a usual housewife.
D. She climbed the highest mountain in the world many times.
