黑龙江省哈尔滨市双城区兆麟中学2022-2023学年高一下学期第八次英语周测试题

兆麟中学高一下学期第八次英语周测 出题人：高一外语组 时间：40分钟 阅读理解 A Having met only weeks before, climbers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay shook hands before hugging each other in a moment that would put their names in history books forever.They were on top of the world—literally.After five hours of continuous climbing the two first climbed to the top of Mount Qomolangma, the highest spot on Earth.As the ultimate climbing goal for them both and the dream of most climbers, they had just 15 minutes to absorb the experience of being at 8，848.86 metres above sea level.Be any longer and they may not have made it back to camp to tell the tale. With this in mind, the pair spent some of their precious minutes searching the area for signs of those who had been before them.The bodies of two previous Qomolangma hopefuls—Andrew Irvine and George Mallory of the 1924 attempt—were in the thoughts of Norgay and Hillary.However, they could find no sign of them having reached the top. Qomolangma has been responsible for claiming over 300 lives and endangering many others, as it poses huge and unpredictable challenges, with high altitudes(海拔) putting immense pressure on human biology and with its icy land making each step a risk.When the climbers made it back to camp and the news spread, global admiration and fame poured in. Norgay and Hillary were determined to be the first to conquer the world's highest mountain.They had done it.At the time they believed that the box had been ticked and no one else would put themselves through the danger to repeat their achievement.They couldn't have been more wrong. Today hundreds of people choose to follow in their footsteps every year.In contrast to the total isolation(孤独) felt on the first successful journey, during times of ideal weather conditions, queues form up to the mountain's summit.This creates dangerous pauses(停顿) in the mountain's most deadly zones. Whether you believe these adventurers to be brave, admirable or out of their minds, it is clear that Hillar