Everest test prep

1. The author develops the central idea in paragraph 3 in all the following ways EXCEPT. (R.2.2)

• The Author includes a definition of topography.

• The author describes in detail the ways these climbers are bing unsafe.

• The author includes facts about the number of people climbing.

• The author gives data to show the hight of the mountain.

How does the information in paragraph 6 relate to paragraph 7? (R.2.1)

• The author creates a cause and effect organizational pattern in paragraph 3 and 4.

• In Paragraph 3 the author uses description to describe the current state of trash on the mountain.

• The author creates a chronological organization pattern in paragraph 6 and 7 using prepositional phrases such as first, next, and lastly.

• The author uses compare and contrast showing the current problems in paragraph 6 and compared to how it used to be in paragraph 7.

Read the excerpt below.

"Only half the people here have the experience to climb this mountain," Panuru told me. "The half without experience are the most likely to die." Too often, it's not the mountain's harness that kills climbers but their own hubris.

Using context clues, what is the meaning of Hubris?

• Summit of top of a peak.

• Perspective or vantage point.

• Excessive pride or self-confidence.

• Feet above sea level.

Match the Quote with the Central Idea.

"Unlike in 1963, when only 6 people reached the top, in spring of 2012 more than 500 mobbed the summit"

• It ruins the natural environment.

• The mountain is over crowded.

• Too many Humans lose their lives.

• It costs too much money.

Match the Quote with the Central Ideas.

"The two standard routes, the Northeast Ridge and the Southeast Ridge, are not only dangerously crowded but also disgustingly polluted, with garbage leaking out of glaciers and pyramids of human excrement befouling the high camps."

• It ruins the natural environment.

• Too many Humans lose their lives.

• The mountain is over crowded.

• It cost too much money.

Match the Quote with the Central Idea.

"Today, roughly 90 percent of the climbers on Everest are guided clients, many without basic climbing skills. Having paid $30,000 to $120,000 to be on the mountain, too many callowly expect to summit"

• It ruins the natural environment.

• Too many Humans lose their lives.

• The mountain is over crowded.

• It costs too much money.

Which text feature if added to Passage 2 "Traffic Jams.." would be most helpful to understand the increase in the number of deaths in recent years.

• A list of names of the individuals who have died

• A timeline showing the number of casualties between 2000 until 2023.

• a timeline of significant events related to climbing on Mount Everest

• a map lillistratingf the geographical locations of the deaths on Mount Everest.

Read the lines below.

Others strike a more mundane note: “It was like standing in line on a busy weekend at a ski resort,” says Dirk Collins, a Wyoming, United States-based filmmaker working with the National Geographic Society. “Frustrating, but mostly boring—not what you expect—to have to stand in line on Everest.”

Which is the best statement about the type of reasoning the author uses to come to the conclusion that “Its like standing in line on a busy weekend at a ski resort”? (R.2.4)

• he author uses logical fallacies to strengthen his argument and make the problem seem not as bad.

• The author observes specific instances of debris and declares climbing Everest is unethical.

• The author provides a variety of facts to deduce the idea that people should not climb Everest.

• The author generalizes that climbing other mountains is wrong so climbing Everest must also be wrong.

Select quote from Passage 1 that have contrasting approaches by the author of this quote in Passage 2.(R.3.3)

“That storyline is just false,” says American Ben Jones, a guide for Alpine Ascents International. “None of the [fatalities] I know of died because they were waiting in line ... These are mostly decision-making issues.”

• down below at the Hillary Step the lines were so long that some people going up waited more than two hours, shivering, growing weak—this even though the weather was excellent. (Passage 1)

• Our team was on Everest to mark the anniversary of John Whittakers heroic expedition. Where he and his partner survived through horrible weather and even lost 19 toes between the two hikers. (Passage 2)

• 
  Expeditions on the mountain spent almost $12 million in Nepal in the spring of 2012, according to Ang Tshering Sherpa, owner of Asian Trekking.

  
  !Passage 1)

• “Some guys clip into every rope with an ascender, even on flat terrain,” he said. An ascender clips onto a fixed rope and prevents a climber from sliding down—

  (Passaage 2)

Which statements best describe the purposes of Passage 1 and Passage 2? (R.2.3)

• 1. The author of Passage 2 intends to persuade the reader that it is unethical to climb Everest. 

• Both authors are entertaining the reader by using figurative language, rhyme scheme, and repetition.

• Both authors mean to inform the reader about the over crowding and pollution of the worlds highest mountain.

• The author of Passage 2 wants to scare the reader with the image of frozen dead bodies along the trek to the peak of Mount Everest.