填空题Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with one
suitable word. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. Between 1852, when {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}}
{{/U}}was first established that Mount Everest was the highest mountain on earth,
and 1953, when Edmund Hillary, and Tenzing Norgay finally reached the peak's
summit, it was every mountaineer's dream to become the first person standing on
the world's {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}point. And George Mallory
was one of the most tenacious early contenders. Mallory was
introduced {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}rock climbing while
studying at Winchester College. {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}}
{{/U}}completed his studies, he settled into a career {{U}} {{U}} 5
{{/U}} {{/U}}a teacher at Charterhouse School, and continued to pursue his
passion {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}climbing in his spare
time. Mallory's {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}trip
to Everest was a reconnaissance mission in 1921 {{U}} {{U}} 8
{{/U}} {{/U}}aimed to produce the first accurate maps of the region. Two
{{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}visits to the mountain followed.
Then, on 8 June 1924, {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}his third
attempt to reach the summit, Mallory and his partner, Andrew Irvine,
disappeared. Several expeditions subsequently attempted to find
the pair, and Mallory's {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}was finally
discovered in May, 1999, at 8,169 metres, 600 metres {{U}} {{U}}
12 {{/U}} {{/U}}the summit, {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}}
{{/U}}with various items of equipment, including handwritten letters to his wife,
a pocket knife, an oxygen bottle and his goggles, {{U}} {{U}} 14
{{/U}} {{/U}}were later donated to the Royal Geographical Society {{U}}
{{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}Mallory's family. There is
still considerable debate as to {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}}
{{/U}}Mallory reached Everest's summit. The {{U}} {{U}} 17
{{/U}} {{/U}}that his goggles were found in his pocket has led some to suggest
that he was on his way down the mountain {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}}
{{/U}}he fell. Had he been ascending in daylight, he would have been wearing the
goggles to {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}snow-blindness, and given
what is known of the pair's climbing schedule, if it were {{U}} {{U}}
20 {{/U}} {{/U}}when they fell, they must have been on their way back
down.