2023届高考英语一轮复习语法填空外刊文章 Breaking the ice ceiling 讲义

外刊语法填空——含全文翻译和重难点句型讲解 Breaking the ice ceiling The Nepali women climbing to greater heights There is an 1.___________(resistible) energy in mountains, says Purnima Shrestha. “There have been so many memorable moments – all the challenges and successes. There is one video of me bawling on Kanchenjunga [in the Nepali Himalayas ] after a successful summit. It took us 22 hours to reach the top from base camp. I still feel emotional, 2.__________(think) about that incredible experience.” Shrestha, 31, is among a new generation of Nepali women shattering the glass ceiling in Nepal’s male-dominated mountaineering industry. Not only has she 3.____________(climb) seven of Nepal’s 8,000 metre-plus peaks, she completed them in four years and eight months, becoming the fastest Nepali woman to do so. Now she has her sights set on becoming one of the few people in the world to complete the 14-summit challenge. Tenzing Norgay became the first Nepali to climb Everest when he reached the summit with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953 . It was 40 years later 4._______ a Nepali woman scaled the mountain:Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, who 5._______(tragical) died on the way down. In April 2021 , Shrestha and five others became the first Nepali women to climb the 8,091-metre Annapurna I . Pasang Lhamu Sherpa was posthumously named one of Nepal’s 18 national heroes , but cultural and financial barriers continue to deter women . In 2014 two expeditions highlighted women’s mountaineering: the Nepali standup comedian Shailee Basnet led an all-female team to complete the seven summits challenge – the quest to climb the highest peak on each continent. In Pakistan , Dawa Yangzum Sherpa , Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita and Maya Sherpa became the first Nepali women to ascend K2 . Dawa Yangzum Sherpa, 32, was hired as part of an Everest expedition in 2012, opening a new career path for her as a mountain guide at high altitude. In 2017, aged 27, she became the 6.________(young) woman 7.________(gain) the Internat