B
Every year hundreds of people try to climb the world's highest mountain or walk across rainforests. Let's take a look at two of them.
A mountain climber
Do you know that about 7,000 people have climbed Qomolangma? Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner is one of them. She's one of the world's greatest climbers and has climbed all the mountains over 8,000 metres in the world. It's difficult to climb mountains in cold weather, but Gerlinde loves it. She started to climb the mountains near her home as a teenager.
An Amazon adventurer
Ed Stafford is the first person to walk along the Amazon River (亚马孙河). His journey took two years and four months. There are many dangerous animals, but Ed was only bitten (被咬) by small insects. During his trip, Ed had to look for fruit or catch fish. Sometimes food was hard to find. So he asked the people of the rainforest for food and help.
() 27. Gerlinde started mountain climbing when she .
A. left school
B. became a nurse
C. was a teenager
D. finished her trip to Amazon
() 28. What does the underlined word "it" refer to?
A. To climb all the mountains in the world.
B. To climb mountains in cold weather.
C. To be the world's greatest climber.
D. To climb Qomolangma.
() 29. What can we know from Ed's journey along the Amazon River?
A. It took four years and two months.
B. It was cold in the rainforest.
C. It was easy to find food.
D. It was very dangerous.
() 30. Ed might see many things in the rainforest except (除了) .
A. fish
B. planes
C. fruit
D. insects
() 31. Which of the following is true?
A. Ed was once bitten by mice on his trip.
B. Gerlinde is the first person to climb Qomolangma.
C. About 7,000 people climb Qomolangma every year.
D. Gerlinde has climbed all the mountains over 8,000 metres in the world.