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Jordan Romero, a 13-year-old American boy became the youngest climber to reach the top of Mount Qomo...
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Jordan Romero, a 13-year-old American boy became the youngest climber to reach the top of Mount Qomolangma on Saturday.
The eighth grader with long curly hair from California said that he first came up with the idea to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents(大洲) four years ago.
The former record for climbers to climb Mount Qomolangma had been held by Temba Tsheri ofNapal(尼泊尔) who reached the peak at the age of 16.
Jordan’s climbing team reached the top hours earlier than expected. After they reached, they all hugged each other, saying, “I love you. I can’t believe we’re finally here.” and started crying.
Jordan, from Big Bear, California, was climbing Qomolangma with his father, his father’s friend and three guides. He left for the peak from the base camp on the Chinese side.
Unlike neighboring Nepal, the other way to Qomolangma, China has no age limit for climbers.
On the top, Jordan left behind his lucky rabbit’s foot and planted some seeds for good luck on his journey. Then he took the satellite phone and called his mom on the top of the world’s highest mountain, 29,035 feet(8,850 meters)above sea level.
Jordan said he hoped to climb the final top of the mountain in Antarctic(南极洲)by December orJanuary. With this dream nearly finished, he already has his eyes on the next goal, that is, he plans to climb the highest peaks in all 50 US states.
1.When Jordan Remero was nine years old, he wanted to .
A.climb the highest peaks on all seven continents B.become the youngest climber in the world
C.climb Mount Qomolangma in four years D.climb Mount Qomolangma by himself
2.The underlined word “peak” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to .
A.mountain B.top C.country D.place
3.There were people in Jordan’s climbing team.
A.two B.four C.six D.seven
4.What is the correct order in which these happened?
a. Jordan climbed the top of the mountain in Antarctic.
b. Jordan called his mom on the top of the world’s highest mountain.
c. Temba Tsheri of Napal reached the top at the age of 16.
d. Jordan and his team started to climb Mout Qomolangma on the Chinese side.
A.d —c—b—a B.c—d —a —b C.b—c—a—d D.c— d—b —a
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