In 1975，Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the top of Mount Everest in the Himalaya Mountains, the highest mountain in the world at 29,035 feet.

Junko was born in 1939 and grew up in a small town in Japan. During her childhood, she was thin and weak. At age 10, Junko went on a school trip. The students climbed two mountains, and Junko loved it. She could climb in her own time and ability.

After Junko graduated from university in 1962, she joined several climbing clubs. But they had mostly men members. Some refused to climb with a woman. In 1965, Junko married a well-known Japanese climber. Over the years, they climbed all the highest mountains of Japan.

Meanwhile Junko started a woman’s climbing club. By 1972, she was chosen to lead a team of women to climb Mount Everest. It took three years for the 15 women to train and raise money for their climb.

Finally in 1975, the team went to climb the mountain. They found nine guides to help them climb up the mountain. Everything went well until the morning of May 4. Suddenly a huge amount of snow and ice fell on them. One guide saved Junko. She rushed to help others. Everyone was alive but they had injuries, including Junko. However, the team decided to continue their climb. About two weeks later, on May 16, Junko reached the top of Mount Everest. Later she said,“I can’t understand why men make all this fuss（過于關(guān)注） about Everest - it’s only a mountain.”

1．When Junko was 10, she ______.

A．didn’t like sports or games                        B．often went on school trips

C．realized that she loved to climb               D．climbed mountains by herself

2．In 1972, Junko ______.

A．started a woman’s climbing club

B．trained 15 women for their climb

C．raised enough money for a climb to Mount Everest

D．became a leader of a woman team to climb Mount Everest

3．During their climb to Mount Everest, Junko and her team ______.

A．got little help from the guides

B．went on climbing after they had injuries

C．had to stop climbing because of their injuries

D．spent nearly a month the whole way to the top

4．What does the author mainly want to tell us?

A．Mountain climbing is dangerous.

B．Women can do the same things as men.

C．Junko was the greatest climber in the world.

D．Junko had a very hard time before she succeeded.

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     Space is very big. Does it matter if there is junk in the orbit? Many scientists think so. They say we
must pay much attention to how we use this new resource. They think anything man puts into space
should be made to come back to earth when its work is done. They say it's dangerous to have space junk,
because it's possible for spacecraft to collide with the junk.
1. The first man-made satellite was sent up into space in _____.
[     ]
A．1957
B．1963
C．1968
D．1975
2. There were           satellites in orbit by 1968．
[     ]
A．less than 300
B．a(chǎn)bout 30
C．more than300
D．a(chǎn)bout300
3. The underlined word "junk" in the first paragraph means _____.
[     ]
A．飛行物
B．隕星
C．天體
D．垃圾
4. Lots of scientists think that all the space junk should be          .
[     ]
A．kept in space
B．used to do something for humans
C．made to come back to earth
D．put together

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