In 1993, Greg Mortenson took a (31) __________ to Pakistan to climb K2, the second tallest mountain in the world. On his way down the mountain, he got lost. Food and water were (32) ___________, but Mr. Mortenson found a small village. The people there saw that he was (33) ___________ and helped him. While in the village, Mr. Mortenson watched the children write in the dirt for their school lessons. The village did not have money to build a school or (34) ___________ a teacher. Before he left, Mr. Mortenson (35) ______ to return to the village and help them build a school.

Mr. Mortenson returned to the US and wrote to many (36) ___________ people. He asked them to donate money to build a bridge and a school for the village. That idea did not work very well, but (37) ___________ enough people heard about Mr. Mortenson's plan and helped him. That was the beginning of the Central Asia Institute, an organization that has (38) ___________ in building or helping to build more than 130 schools in small villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

With the help of (39) ____________ David Relin, Mr. Mortenson wrote the famous book Three Cups of Tea. It is about his work with villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Some people have criticized him, however, Mr. Mortenson was given an (40) ___________ in 2009 by the government of Pakistan for his work in that country.