1---_________ would you like?

--- Strawberry and banana ice cream.

A. What kind of dessert             B. What size bowl of dessert

C. What kind of noodles             D. What size bowl of soup

Mount Qomolangma（珠穆朗瑪峰）is the highest mountain in the world. It is in the Himalayan Mountains（喜瑪拉雅山）between Nepal（尼泊爾）and China, and it is 8900 meters high. Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal were the first persons ever to climb Mount Everest in 1953. Men from several different countries climbed it after that.

Junko Tabei, a Japanese was the first woman to make this difficult climb. A Japanese newspaper-television company chose the fifteen women from mountaineering clubs to climb Mount Qomolangma in 1975. The group climbed for several days. Then there was an accident. The heavy ice and snow hurt ten of the women. They had to stop climbing. The other five went on climbing.

Only Ms Tabei was able to climb the last 70 meters. She was standing on the top of the world. She was the first woman there. Ms Tabei was 35 years old at the time. She started climbing mountains in 1960. She still climbs mountains now. She is not an ordinary Japanese housewife. Ms Tabei makes money for her trips by teaching English and piano to children. She climbs a mountain about every three years. She has climbed some of the highest mountains in six countries. Finally, she wants to climb the highest mountain in every country in the world. When she reaches the top of a mountain, she thinks, “I’m glad that I’m at the top.”

81. Mount Qomolangma is ___________.

A. an ordinary mountain                  B. the highest mountain in the world

C. in China                              D. closed to Nepal

82. Two men from _______ climbed Mount Qomolangma in 1953.

A. Japan                 B. Nepal        C. New Zealand        D. B and C

83. What happened to ten of the women climbers on the way to the top of Mount Qomolangma?

A. They were too tired to climb to it.  B. There was no air for them.

C. The heavy snow stopped them.      D. They were hurt by heavy ice and snow.

84. How many women climbed up to Mount Qomolangma in 1975?

   A. One.          B. Five.          C. Ten.           D. Fifteen.

85. What kind of person is Ms Tabei?

A. She is a Japanese housewife who has climbed many high mountains in the world.

B. She teaches children English and piano to make money.

C. She’s a usual housewife.

D. She climbed the highest mountain in the world many times. 

Can you really travel around the world for free? Li Jun．a(chǎn) 17-year-old girl from Shenzhen Foreign Language School，still can't believe her 10-day free training camp in the Alps in Switzerland last month was true!

    But how did she achieve this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

    Last October, a piece of short world news in a newspaper--“Have a chance to see the world，for free”，caught her eyes．When she asked her friends if rite story was real， they laughed at her, for they thought she was day-dreaming．However, Li decided to apply（申請）online the following weekend．

“Opportunity is everywhere．I'd like to keep my eyes open and catch the chance.” she told herself．what happened next was tests on health，hobbies and awareness（意識） of environmental protection．She passed all of them very easily．

    On December 14，Li Jan surprised her friends with an invitation letter from the program，the Pangaea Young Explorer Selection Camp set up by South African explorer Mike Horn．

    On January 11，Li left for Switzerland，with several newly bought ski-suits in her suitcase．Over the next week，she and 15 other teenagers from around the world took part in exciting training and lessons．They took day-trips up the Alps to an altitude（緯度）of 3,200 meters，went sledging（滑雪橇）at night using modern equipment．They were also encouraged to complete difficult journeys up mountains，down hills，and through forests．Because of her performance during the training，Li was chosen as one of the eight young explorers to join Mike Horn in the South Island of New Zealand in May．She will write for the newspaper and share her fun experiences there with readers．

1．How did Li Jun's friends feel when Li told them the news?

A．They were surprised．

B．They didn’t think it was true.

C．They all wanted to get the chance．

D．They had no idea of the news．

2．Why did Li decide to apply on the Internet?

    A．She didn't want to lose the chance．

    B．Her friends encouraged her to do that．

    C．She received an invitation letter from the program．

    D．She wanted to tell her classmates that they were wrong．

3．What is the correct order of the story?

    a．Li got an invitation letter from the program and was trained．

    b．Li read news about seeing the world for free．

    c．Li became one explorer in Mike Horn's team．

    d．Li applied and passed the tests．

A．b—c—a—d                                            B．b—a—d—c   

C．c—d—a—b                                            D．b—d—a—c

4．What kind of girl is Li Jun?

A．She is a girl who likes talking to her friends about everything．

    B．She is a girl who doesn't believe her friends．

    C．She is a girl who likes to seize chances and take adventure．

    D．She is a girl who likes day-dreaming．