【解析】
1. 定位到短文第二段，根据“It stands on the border (交界) between Nepal and China.”得出答案。
2. 定位到短文第二段，根据“It is 8,848.86 metres high above sea level, reaching into the sky as high as airplanes fly.”得出答案。
3. 定位到短文第三段，根据“The first two people to reach the top were Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal.”得出答案。
4. 定位到短文第四段，根据“They are very strong and able to walk on narrow paths. People call yaks "the ships of the highlands".”得出答案。
5. 根据短文第四段中描述的寒冷、多风、缺氧等环境，可知珠穆朗玛峰生存条件恶劣，答案合理即可。
【答案】
1. It stands on the border between Nepal and China.
2. It is 8,848.86 metres high above sea level.
3. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
4. Because yaks are very strong and able to walk on narrow paths there.
5. It is hard for people to live there.(答案合理即可)
【知识点】
细节信息提取、阅读归纳概括、英语信息检索
【点评】
本文是关于珠穆朗玛峰的科普类阅读，题目以细节题和简单归纳题为主，考查学生从文本中精准提取关键信息以及归纳总结的能力，帮助学生熟悉科普类文本的阅读模式。
【难度系数】
0.8
