2b Rading

What is the text Mainly about?

• a famous mountain climber

• where to go hiking

• the highest mountain in the world

• British expedition to India

What is the first mountain did Sir Edmund climb?

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Where did Tenzing Norway come from?

• Nepal

• Norway

• Great Britain

• New Zealand

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norway were the first men to reach …………......

• Victoria Lake

• the North Pole

• the south Pole

• the top of Mt Everest

What does the writer mean when he says, ‘They couldn’t stay there for very long because the air was thin…............’?

• There wasn’t any air at all.

• The air was very cold there.

• There was a strange smell.

• There wasn’t much oxygen in the air.

Why do you think many people call Mt Everest the third pole?