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Junko Tabei

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does Junko do for fun?
a)
She's an English teacher.
b)
She's a mountaineer.
c)
She's a photographer.
d)
She's a tourist guide.
2.
What is the natural disester mentioned in the text?
a)
A tsunami
b)
An avalanche
c)
A flood
d)
A tidal wave
3.
Read the title and skim the article. What does the title mean? 
a)
Junko did something surprising.
b)
Junko was very unlucky.
c)
Junko is a serious mountain climber. 
d)
Junko survived a Tsunami.
4.
What was Junko doing when she heard the avalanche?
a)
She was cooking when she heard the avalanche.
b)
She was listening to music when she heard the avalanche.
c)
She was skiing when she heard the avalanche.
d)
She was sleeping when she heard the avalanche.
5.
Who was camping with Junko on an icy mountain in Nepal?
a)
15 people
b)
14 other women
c)
a group of kids
d)
14 tourist
6.
How many people in Junko's group survived the avalanche?
a)
Nobody did.
b)
7 people.
c)
Everybody did.
d)
14 people.
7.
Did Junko get hurt?
a)
Yes, she did. She hurt her arms badly. 
b)
Yes, she did. She hurt her legs and back badly. 
c)
Yes, she did. She hurt her arms and head badly. 
d)
Yes, she did. She hurt her shoulder badly. 
8.
How did she lead the group up to the maintain after the avalanche?
a)
She did it gracefully.
b)
She did it well and fast.
c)
She did it quietly.
d)
She did it slowly and carefully.
9.
What do you call a traditional Japanese floor mat?
a)
A rug.
b)
A tatami.
c)
A tsunami.
d)
A tamami. 
10.
What's he doing?
a)
He's crawling.
b)
He's walking.
c)
He's running.
d)
He's jogging.
11.
When did Juko reach the summit of Mount Everest?
a)
On May 16th, 1975.
b)
On May 18th, 1985.
c)
On May 6th, 1975.
d)
On May 6th, 1985.
12.
Why did Junko get scared after getting at the Top of the World?
a)
Because she was hungry.
b)
Because it was time to climb the mountain down. 
c)
Because she was alone.
d)
Because the climb down wasn't dangerous.
13.
Why was her climbing the Everest so important? 
a)
Because she was the first woman to reach the Everest Summit.
b)
Because she was too old, but did it anyway. 
c)
Because of the avalanche she survived.
d)
Because she was an important person.
14.
Junko was also the _______to climb the Seven Summits?
a)
36th woman
b)
1st woman
c)
1st person
d)
2nd person
15.
Junko reached the _______ of Mount Everest. 
a)
bottom
b)
topic
c)
summit
d)
roof