Mount Everest is the highest mountain and also the highest trash pile in the world. About 400 people try to reach the top every year. This many climbers means a lot of trash. It is very dangerous to climb Mt. Everest. The air is very thin and cold. Most people carry oxygen bottles; they could die without it. When the oxygen bottles are empty, people throw them on the ground. When strong winds rip their tents, people leave them behind. They don’t have enough energy to go down the mountain safely with these things. Trash is a terrible problem. Since people first began to climb Mt. Everest, they have left 50,000kilos of trash on the mountain. Several groups have climbed the mountain just to pick up the trash. When people plan to climb the mountain, they have to plan to take away their trash.

26. What is the main topic of the passage?

A. Wind on the mountain                    B. A problem with trash

C. A dangerous mountain                    D. Climbing safely

27. Where do climbers put their empty oxygen bottles?

A. On the ground                                 B. In trash can

C. On their back                                  D. In their tent

28. Why do climbers leave their trash on the mountain?

A. Special group will pick it up.

B. They don’t have enough energy to take it away.

C. The wind will blow it away.

D. Other climbers will use it later.

29. Why do climbers on Mt. Everest carry bottles of oxygen?

A. They are thirsty.                           B. The weather is cold.

C. The air is very thin.                      D. Climbing makes them exhausted.

30. What does the word “them” in line 5 refer to?

A. tents

B. oxygen bottles

C. strong winds

D. other climbers

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is also the highest trash pile in the world. About 400 people try to reach the top every year. Having many climbers means a lot of trash.

It is very dangerous to climb Mt. Everest. The air is very thin and cold. Most people carry bottles of oxygen; they could die without it. When the oxygen bottles are empty, people throw them on the ground. When strong winds rip their tents, people leave them behind. They don’t have the energy to take the trash away. They only have enough energy to go down the mountain safely.

Trash is a terrible problem. Since people first began to climb Mt. Everest, they have left 50,000 kilos of trash on the mountain. Several groups have climbed the mountain just to pick up the trash. When people plan to climb the mountain, they have to plan to take away their trash.

1. What is the main topic of the passage?

2. Where do climbers put their empty oxygen bottles?

A. On the ground   B. In trash cans     C. On their back     D. In their tents

3. Why do climbers leave their trash on the mountain?

4.  How much trash has been left on the mountain?

A. Four hundred kilos                      B. Four thousand kilos

 C. Five thousand kilos                    D. Fifty thousand kilos

5. Why do climbers on Mount Everest carry bottles of oxygen?

6.  In line 6, the sentence: “people leave them behind”, what does the word them refer to?

A. Tents      B. Oxygen bottles              C. Strong winds     D. Other climbers

   2. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is also the highest trash pile in the world. About 400 people try to reach the top every year. Having many climbers means a lot of trash.

It is very dangerous to climb Mt. Everest. The air is very thin and cold. Most people carry bottles of oxygen, they could die without it. When the oxygen bottles are empty, people throw them on the ground. When strong winds rip their tents, people leave them behind. They don’t have the energy to take the trash away. They only have enough energy to go down the mountain safely.

Trash is a terrible problem. Since people first began to climb Mt. Everest, they have left 50,000 kilos of trash on the mountain. Several groups have climbed the mountain just to pick up the trash. When people plan to climb the mountain, they have to plan to take away their trash.

1. What is the main topic of the passage?

    A. Wind on the mountain  B. A problem with trash  C. A dangerous mountain   D. Climbing safely

2. Why do climbers leave their trash on the mountain?

    A. Special groups will pick it up                                        B. The wind will blow it away

    C. They don’t have the energy to take it away                   D. Other climbers will use it later

3. How much trash has been left on the mountain?

     A. Four hundred kilos   B. Four thousand kilos   C. Five thousand kilos    D. Fifty thousand kilos

4. What does the word “them” in paragraph 2 refer to?

      A. tents                         B. oxygen bottles            C. strong winds             D. other climbers

III. Choose one suitable word from the list to fill in each gap: poor – disabled – opposition – difficult - proud – improve – different – time-consuming - proper - demonstration - subtract - prevented 1.It’s very ………………............to climb this mountain in winter. 2. They were very ……………….........of their daughter’s achievement. 3. She is wearing a ………………..............dress every time I see her. 4. The aim of this course is to ……………...............your spoken English. 5. She was too ……………...................to buy clothes for her children. 6. Many …………..........children have a chance of learning how to read and write. 7. At first there was a lot of ……………..............from their parents. 8.Poverty …………….............him from continuing his education. 9. We should have had a ……………………………. discussion before voting. 10. We watched a cookery ………………….............at school last week

4.Complete 
clean    new   small   tall    thin           young

 1.Malavath Poorna is __________ _____________ girl to climb Mount Everest. She was only thirteen years old!

2.. At five meters, giraffes are_______________   ________________ animals in the world.
3. You can't read ____________   ______________book in the world. It has 30 pages, but it's so small, it can sit on one hair
4.The Te Waikoropupu Springs in New Zealand _______________  ________________ have water. It tastes great!
5.South Sudan in Africa is___________________________  ______________  in the world. It is only eight years old!
6.The thread snake is ______  ____the world. It's like black spaghetti!