题目内容
完形填空,通读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容，从每篇短文各小题所给的A B C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
One of the world’s___1___dangerous sports___2___mountain climbing, and one of the most popular___3___ for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas run along the Southwestern part o
f China. Of all the mountains, Qomolangma___4___the highest and is the most famous. It is 8,844.43 meters high and so is very dangerous to climb. Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very___5___. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. It is also very hard to___6___ air as you get near the top.
The first people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to___7___ was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.
Why do so many climbers risk their___8___? One of the main reasons is because people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up___9___ achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be ___10___than the forces of nature.
( ) 1. A. most B. more C. much
( ) 2. A. is B. are C. was
( ) 3. A. planes B. places C. plans
( ) 4. A. arise B. rises C. raise
( ) 5. A. hardly B. harder C. hard
( ) 6. A. take up B. take out C. take in
( ) 7. A. succeed B. success C. successful
( ) 8. A. life B. lives C. alive
( ) 9. A. try to B. tried to C. trying to
( ) 10. A. strong B. stronger C. strongest
1A 2A 3B 4B 5C 6C 7A 8B 9C 10B
