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Rebecca Stevens was the first British woman to climb Mount Chomulongma. Before she went up the
highest mountain in the world, she was a journalist and lived in a small flat in South London.
In 1993, Rebecca left her job and fer family and traveled to Asia with some other climbers. She found
that life on Chumolongma is hard. "You must carry everything on your back," she said, "so you can only
take things that you will need. You can't wash on the mountain, and in the end I didn't even take a
toothbrush. I am usually a clean person but there is no water, only snow. Water is very heavy so you only
take enough to drink!"
When Rebecca reached the top of the Mount Chumolongma on May 17,1993, it was the best moment
of her life. Suddenly she became famous.
Now she has written a book about the trip and people often ask her to talk about it. She has a new job
too, on science program on television.
Rebecca is well known today and she has more money, but she still lives in the little flat in South
London among her pictures and books about mountains.
1. Rebecca was a _____ before she climbed Chumolongma.
A. climber
B. scientist
C. journalist
D. writer
2. Rebecca came to Asia to _____ .
A. leave her family
B. to leave her job
C. find a new job
D. climb the mountain
3. According to the passage, life hard on Chumolongma because _____ .
A. the mountain is too high
B. all the living things hard to carry
C. she is usually a clean person
D. water there is too little to wash
4. After her trip to Asia, Rebecca _____ .
A. lived in the same flat
B. did the same job
C. learned to take pictures
D. began to write books
5. Rebecca became famous because _____ .
A. her hard woman
B. her pictures and books
C. having so much money
D. reaching the top of the world
