Wordly Wise Lesson 5 Review Book 5

What is it that attracts men and women to risk their lives climbing Everest?  The __________ of the mountain is hard to explain to nonclimbers.

• route
• lure
• conquer

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

Perhaps George Mallory thought it foolish for someone to ask him why he wanted to climb Everest.  That might explain his _________ reply, "Because it's there."

• lure
• challenge
• terse

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Mallory made several unsuccessful attempts to climb Everest.  The __________ was not just to reach the top, but to be the first to do so.

• challenge
• thwart
• conquer

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RL.5.4

Mallory's final climb up Everest took place in 1924 and ended with his death.  Several ________ attempts had also ended in failure.

• challenges
• previous
• routes

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

Thousands of people have tried to climb Everest.  The mountain's extreme weather ___________ the attempt by five out of six climbers.

• challenge
• foolhardy
• thwarts

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.5.6

Nervous people would not enjoy mountain climbing.  Looking down a thousand-foot _________ mountain face while dangling from a rope can be especially scary.

• vertical
• avalanche
• crevice

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CCSS.L.5.4A

The height of Everest has been carefully measured.  Its __________ is twenty-nine thousand and thirty-five feet above sea level.

• crevice
• summit
• challenge

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

There are several ways to climb Everest.  Most climbers take the ________ up the south side of the mountain

• route
• challenge
• summit

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

Climbers must train hard before attempting to climb Everest.  To try to make it to the top while in poor physical condition would be ___________.

• thwart
• optimism
• foolhardly

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CCSS.L.5.4A

The weather on the higher parts of the mountain changes with very little warning.  When bad weather suddenly strikes, ________ can turn to despair.

• foolhardy
• optimism
• makeshift

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.6