Almost
50 years have passed since one-time beekeeper, Sir Edmund Hillary, became the
first man in the world to conquer the world’s highest peak, Mt Everest. In an
extraordinarily
1 exposition (展览)Auckland Museum pays 2 to this great New Zealander, Sir Edmund Hillary:
Everest and Beyond Exhibition at the museum until April 25.
Hillary reached Mt Everest’s 3 on May 29, 1953—just in time 4 the Queen’s Conation (加冕典礼).
Now 83 and 5 by
New Zealand as its greatest
6 countryman, Sir
Edmund, a Knight of the Garter, prefers to be called just 7 Ed. He and his wife June were guests of honor at
the exhibition opening in February, coinciding(巧合)with the museum’s 150th birthday.
Visitors are 8 into his adventure—packed and charitable world
through a
9 treasure chest of his memorabilia(大事记),from a well-worn passport to the
ice
10 he used to climb that mountain.
A Nepalese schoolhouse, kitchen and Buddhist
temple have been 11 to show the place he has 12 40 years of his charitable soul and money to 13 the Himalayan Trust, building schools, hospitals
and all manner of infrastructure(基础设施)in the 14 stricken country.
The exhibition also 15 Ed’s climbs in the Southern Alps, a tractor
journey he
16 to the South Pole in 1967 and a trip up the River Ganges by jet boat. 17 the exhibition closes it will go to the United
States, to 18 Sir Edmund’s jubilee (50年节)year,
19 a celebratory party in London and a 20 with
his Sherpa friends in Kathmandu.
1.A.simple B.large C.detailed D.great
2.A.attention B.respect C.admiration D.honor
3.A.top B.peak C.height D.level
4.A.at B.of C.for D.with
5.A.looked upon B.thought about C.looked up D.thought out
6.A.living B.live C.alive D.lively
7.A.short B.plain C.as D.for
8.A.put B.poured C.led D.drawn
9.A.clear B.dear C.real D.new
10.A.knife B.axe C.fork D.spear
11.A.recreated B.recycled C.recovered D.repaired
12.A.spent B.taken C.devoted D.used
13.A.by B.through C.for D.from
14.A.poverty B.storm C.disaster D.earthquakes
15.A.covers B.shows C.tells D.expresses
16.A.paid B.did C.made D.took
17.A.While B.If C.Since D.When
18.A.sign B.mark C.design D.continue
19.A.beginning with B.joining in C.ending up with D.adding up to
20.A.reunion B.repetition C.review D.recovery