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George Mallory was an English school teacher who loved climbing. In 1924, Mallory and a team of British climbers tried to get to the top of Mount Qomolangma, the tallest mountain in the world. No one had ever done it before.

Mallory had already t  1.to reach the top of Mount Qomolangma in 1921 and 1922, but he had failed b  2. times. In 1924, he started to climb again. On June 8, 1924, he and another climber, Andrew Irvine, were only a few hundred metres a  3.from the top of the mountain. The other m 4.of their climbing team watched as Mallory and Irvine climbed slowly up towards the top. However, the weather was very misty, and soon the two men d  5.    into the mist（霧）. They could never r  6. .In 1953, Edmund Hillary from New Zealand, and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal, finally r 7. the top of Mount Qomolangma. Most people thought that they were the first men to do this, but some people wondered w  8. Mallory and Irvine had got there first.

Many years later, in 1999, Mallory's body was found on Mount Qomolangma, about six hundred metres from the top of it. However, it is still u9.if he and Irvine ever reached the top of the mountain.

Someone had once asked Mallory w10.he wanted to climb the most dangerous mountain in the world.

“Because it's there,” he answered.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.tried

2.both

3.away

4.members

5.disappeared

6.return

7.reached

8.whether

9.unknown

10.why

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了登上愛好者喬治·馬洛里登珠穆朗瑪峰山頂?shù)墓适�。他和另一名登上愛好者�?924年登上了距離珠穆朗瑪峰山頂幾百米的地方，自此之后，便與人類失去了聯(lián)系。后來到了1953年，新西蘭人埃德蒙•希拉里和尼泊爾人丹增•諾爾蓋最終到達(dá)了珠穆朗瑪峰的山頂。之前的情況只是猜測。

1.喬治·馬洛里曾在1921年和1922年試圖登上珠穆朗瑪峰的山頂，但兩次都失敗了。try to do sth意為“盡全力做某事，試圖做某事”，古答案為tried

2.根據(jù)開頭第一段的內(nèi)容可知，馬洛里是在1924年才登上山頂?shù)模�所以，這兩次的爬山登上山頂?shù)呐�力都失敗了；故答案為both

3.在1924年的6月8日，他和另一名登山運動員安德魯·歐文爬到了距離山頂只有幾百米的距離。away表示距離，有多遠(yuǎn)；故答案為away

4.登山隊的其他隊員看著馬洛里和歐文緩慢地朝山頂爬去。根據(jù)本句內(nèi)容可知，應(yīng)該是其他的登山運動員看著他們兩人朝山頂爬；故答案為members

5.然而，天氣有大霧，很快他們就在大霧中消失不見了。霧大自然會視線模糊；故答案為disappeared

6.他們再也沒有回來。return

7.1953年，新西蘭人埃德蒙•希拉里和尼泊爾人丹增•諾爾蓋最終到達(dá)了珠穆朗瑪峰的山頂。抵達(dá)山頂用動詞reach；故答案為reached

8.大部分人認(rèn)為他們是最先抵達(dá)珠穆朗瑪峰山頂?shù)模�但是有些人懷疑是馬洛里和歐文最先到達(dá)那里的。故答案為whether

9.但是，他和歐文是否曾經(jīng)到達(dá)山頂仍然是不為人知的。Still表達(dá)仍然；故答案為unknown

10.曾經(jīng)有人問過為什么想要登上世界上最危險的山峰。本句表達(dá)原因；故答案為why

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