Where Did the Name "Everest" Come From? Strangely, earth's tallest mountain didn't get its Western name from anyone who had climbed it. The mountain is named for Sir George Everest, the Welsh Surveyor General of India at the time. He didn't want the honor and protested the idea for...
35.(10分) I grew up in the countryside of Poland.It's an are a where skiing is popular, but my family was poor.I couldn't afford to ride the ski lift, so I used to hike up with the skis on my back. It turned out that this was good practice.K2 is nicknamed"savage(野蛮的) ...
根据“You hear sad stories: For every four people who reach the top of the mountain, one dies.”可知,四个到达K2山顶的人中就有一个人死亡,目的是证明K2很难攀登。故选B。 (3)题详解: 细节理解题。根据第四段“Fear is an important part of life, but to ski down K2, I had to stop ...
.I just knew I could do it.It took me about three days to reach the top.For many climbers,getting to the top of K2 would be the most exciting (8) Cof their lives.For me,skiing down K2 is the most exciting part.It took me about seven hours to get down the ...
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K2 is nicknamed “savage (野蛮的) mountain”. You hear tragic stories: For every four people who reach the summit, one dies. I was too afraid to even think about skiing down it. Even the best ski mountaineers thought it impossible. ...
根据“K2 is a very dangerous mountain. For every four people who reach its top, one dies.”可知,K2是一座非常危险的山峰,每四个到达山顶的人中,就会有一个死亡,因此作者应是太害怕以至于无法去想从山峰滑下的事情,too + 形容词/副词 + to + 动词原形,表示某种情况或程度过于极端,以至于无法做某事,too...
It's an are a where skiing is popular, but my family was poor. I couldn't _ D __ to ride the ski lift(运送滑雪者的吊椅) , so I used to hike up with the skis on my back. It turned out to be goodA For every four people who reach the peak of K2 (乔戈里峰) , one dies....
K2 (Pakistan / China) – N ° 2 – 8611m Everest (Nepal / Tibet / China) – N ° 1 – 8848m It is the tallest mountain in the world. While the peaks above have their share of deaths, Everest is well above average … 200 deaths for 14,000 climbs. ...
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