1. Read the text. Choose the correct answers.

Climb every mountain

Stephen Venables’ love of mountains began at nine years old on a skiing trip to the Alps. ‘I was

thrilled,’ he remembers. ‘It was actually far more impressive and exciting than seeing the

Himalayas for the first time, because when you’re nine it’s all new and you don’t know what to

expect.’

From that moment, Stephen knew that he wanted to climb mountains, but he didn’t realise then that

one day he would be the first British man to climb Everest without oxygen. However, his record-

breaking expedition in 1988 was not an easy one. 1___ After years of climbing, he was prepared for

this and he knew that the best thing he could do was wait for the weather to change.

‘At first I tried sitting on a rock because rock is warmer than snow, but it wasn’t completely flat. I

really wanted to lie down so I decided to cut a ledge in the snow. I did sleep a bit,’ he says. ‘They

always say you should stay awake but I was totally exhausted.’ Fortunately, the storm passed, and

Stephen managed to climb back down to his camp and enter the record books.

The Everest expedition wasn’t Stephen’s only difficult climb. 2___ ‘It was very unlucky that it

happened, but I was lucky that there were five of us.’ The group included Chris Bonnington and

Stephen’s good friend Harish Kapadia. It took them twelve hours to make camp in a safe place.

Then two of the team went for help.

‘I think that was one of the most wonderful moments of my life – finally being in the tent and

realising that I could just lie back in my sleeping bag.’ 3___ By that time, there was almost no food

left. ‘On the last day we had a boiled sweet and we used the last tea bag so many times that it

wasn’t actually changing the colour of the water.’ But luckily, the team managed to keep going until

help arrived.

1 What happened to Stephen Venables when he was nine years old?

a He was able to compare two different mountain ranges.

b He realised where he would like to live in the future.

c He decided what he wanted to do in his life.

2 What is the writer’s purpose in this article?

a To describe the best way to climb a mountain.

b To tell the story of a mountain climber.

c To explain why mountain climbing is dangerous.

Read the text again. Match sentences A–E with gaps 1–3. There are two extra sentences.

A But Stephen didn’t know then that the rescue would take four days.

В While he was climbing Everest, he met the climber Chris Bonnington for the first time.

С In 1992, while climbing another Himalayan mountain, he fell 100 m, breaking both his legs.

D It was the second time that he needed medical attention because of his injuries.

E He was coming down from the top of the mountain when he was caught in a snowstorm.

Use of English

Read the text and complete gaps 1–10. Circle the correct answer A, B or C.

The photo 1 ___ a row of eight red kayaks on a river, with a teenager in each one wearing a yellow helmet.

It 2 ___ as if they’re on an adventure holiday and I 3 ___ they’re feeling excited about doing something on

the water. There is a boy 4 ___ the centre of the photo who is standing up with one foot in one kayak, and

another foot in the next kayak. He 5 ___ to be trying to walk across the line of boats. Judging by his

expression, I’d 6 ___ he’s feeling quite nervous about falling in the water. There’s a woman 7 ___ the

background standing on the bank of the river. She looks 8 ___ she is the instructor. She’s 9 ___ feeling quite

calm because they are all wearing life jackets. 10 ___ the bottom right corner, I can see the end of a paddle.

It must belong to another team.

1. A looks B seems C shows

2. A shows B looks C expects

3. A judge B expect C probably

4. A in B at C on

5. A looks B shows C seems

6. A say B look C seem

7. A at B on C in

8. A like B as C for

9. A basically B must C probably

10. A In B On C At

ответы:

1)
1. c
2. b

2)
1.e
2.c
3.a

3)
1. c
2. b
3. a
4. a
5. c
6. c
7. c
8. a
9. c
10. c

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