Question

China will cut the number of climbers trying to climb Mount Qomolangma from the north this year as part of plans for the clean-up on the world's highest mountains. The clean-up activity will include moving away the bodies of climbers who died at more than 8,000 metres up the mountain.

The total number of climbers trying to reach the top of the world's highest mountain from the north will be controlled to less than 300. The climbing season will be controlled to spring.

Parts of Qomolangma are in China and Nepal (尼泊爾). Each year, around 60,000 climbers and guides visit the Chinese north side of the mountain, but few actually try to climb it. China has set up stations to sort (分類), recycle and break down rubbish from the mountain, which includes cans, plastic bags, tents and oxygen tanks (氧氣瓶).

On the Nepalese side, mountaineering trip organizers have begun sending huge rubbish bags to climbers during the spring climbing season. They should collect rubbish that then can be carried by helicopters back to the base camp.

Every year there are many victims on Qomolangma often in the "death area" above 8,000 metres, where the air is the thinnest. In 2017, 648 people reached the top of Qomolangma. Six people have died on the mountain that year, one of whom on the north side.

Qomolangma has become the world's highest rubbish dump (垃圾場). Meanwhile, melting (融化) ice caused by global warming is exposing (暴露) rubbish that has been left on the mountain since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made the first successful climbing 67 years ago.

1.What can we guess from the first paragraph?

A.No climbers will climb Mount Qomolangma.

B.Some climbers died during mountain climbing.

C.About 8,000 people died of climbing the mountain.

D.Mount Qomolangma is cleaned up every year.

2.Which is the proper season to climb the mountain from the north side?

A.Spring. B.Summer. C.Autumn. D.Winter.

3.Which of the following is True?

A.Each year, around 60,000 climbers climb the mountain from the north side.

B.In China, people use helicopters to take the rubbish back to the base camp.

C.China has set up stations to deal with rubbish that is left on the mountain.

D.On the Nepalese side, climbers should take rubbish back to the base camp.

4.What does the underlined word "victims" mean?

A.Persons who enjoy climbing. B.Persons who work hard.

C.Persons who help climbers. D.Persons who have experienced death.

5.What can we mainly learn from the last paragraph?

A.The weather in the world is getting warmer.

B.Edmund and Tenzing were famous climbers.

C.Qomolangma is now getting much cleaner.

D.Qomolangma faces serious rubbish problems.

Answer 1