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Climbing Annapurna. This is the story of how Arlene Blum, an American mountaineer, led the first all women team to climb Annapurna, a dangerous 8,000-meter mountain in Nepal (尼泊尔）.

In August 1978, the team of ten women arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal. Arlene decided it was safer to climb with Sherpas (雪尔帕人），_____ Nepalese men who could carry heavy loads up

the mountain. They walked through the beautiful countryside to the mountain and made base camp. For_______reasons the team made five camps on Annapurna.

The most ____part of the climb was called the ‘Dutch Rib’，a very narrow route between Camps 2 and 3. Dangerous avalanches were common on Annapurna and once the Sherpas ran

away, returning only when more money was offered. After nearly six weeks on the mountain, Arlene decided that two teams should try for the summit. The first team of Irene and Vera Karmakova reached the summit,_____Sherpas, on October 15th 1978. Unfortunately, the weather then got worse and the second team of Vera Watson and Alison were_____dead several days later, after falling 500 meters. Arlene Blum and the rest of the group were sad at the loss of their friends, but they felt ____that they had climbed Annapurna.

1.A. hungry B. smiling C. tall D. local

2.A. confidence B. price C. time D. safety

3.A. difficult B. interesting C. beautiful D. useful

4.A. by the way B. in fact C. with hope for D. with the help of

5.A. found B. known C. believed D. kept

6.A. sad B. upset C. happy D. worried

1.D 2.D 3.A 4.D 5.A 6.C 【解析】文章大意：本文讲述的是美国登山家阿琳布卢姆带领女子登山队首次攀登尼泊尔海拔8000米的危险山峰安纳普尔纳山的故事。 1.句意：当地的尼泊尔人他们可以负重上山。考查形容词及语境的理解。A. hungry饥饿的；B. smiling微笑的；C. tall高的；D. local当地的。根据下文Nepales...

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