珠峰記憶I路遠(yuǎn)天高，幾多明日再換一眼今朝時(shí)間孕育了自然，也改變著自然，而同樣在時(shí)間的見證下，人類探索自然的精神則成為了永恒。高山大海，荒漠冰原，一步天堂，一步地獄，無數(shù)探險(xiǎn)者們?yōu)榱祟I(lǐng)略自然的魅力前赴后繼，在生命的刻度上留下了濃重一筆。（記敘文，502words,TheWashingtonPost）Itwasthefinalclimbonhisquesttoreachthehighestsummitonallsevencontinents.WhenChristopherKulishfinallyreachedMountEveresfs29,035-footpeak,hejoinedanelitegroupknownasthe“SevenSummitsClub”.Butthe62-year-oldColoradoattorneydiedsuddenlyMondayafterreturningtothefirstcampbelowthemountain'ssummit.He'sthesecondAmericantodieinthepastweekafterreachingEverest'shighestpoint.Hisfamilybelievesthecausewasaheartattack,accordingtotheDenverPost."HesawhislastsunrisefromthehighestpeakonEarthJhisbrother,MarkKulish,saidinastatementtotheDenverPost."Weareheartbrokenatthisnews.”Lastweek,55-year-oldDonaldLynnCashofUtahcollapsedanddiedjustafterreachingtheEverestpeak.Hetoohadreachedthehighestpointonallsevencontinents.IncludingChristopherandCash,atleast11peoplehavediedonMountEverestthisyear.Thedeathscomeamongreportsofovercrowdingonthepopularmountain.TheNepaligovernmentgrantedatotalof381permitstoclimbEverestthisyear,anumberthatdoesn'tincludeguideswhoareonthemountainaswell.Forsomeclimbers,thattraffichasmeantlongerwaittimes—sometoldtheHimalayanTimesthewaithasexceededtwohoursbetweenthelastcampandthepeak.MountaineerVanessaO'Brien,whohasalsoclimbedthesevensummits,saidwhenthere'sacrowd,beingamoreexperiencedclimberwon'thelpyou."Itdoesn'tmatterifyou'rethebestracecardriverintheworld.Ifyou'restuckintraffic,you'restuckintraffic,“shesaidinaninterview.Andwhenaclimberisstuckinthattraffic,"theirbodyisstartingtodeteriorate.O'Brien,whosetarecordasthefastestwomantoreachthehighestpeakoneverycontinent,alsosaidthedescentisoftenharderthantheclimb.ClimbingexpertAlanArnettesaidthere'snosimpleexplanationforthestringofdeaths.Hesaidweatherthathasledtoashorterclimbingseasonisonefactorcausingovercrowding.HealsosaidthecosttoclimbMountEveresthasdecreased,whichmeansmorepeoplearemakingthejourney.Heurgedthegovernmentsinchargeofgrantingpermitstolimithowmanypeoplecanbeonthemountainatonce.Still,Christopherwasnobeginner.Hisfamilysaidhe'dbeenmountainclimbingforfivedecades.Hearrivedatthebasecampnearlytwomonthsbeforehisclimbsohecouldgivehimselftimetoadapttotheconditions.Whenhemadehisjourney,hisfamilysaidhewasclimbingwithasmallgroupinalmostidealconditionsaftersomeoftheovercrowdinghadcleared.Hisbrotherdescribedbeingalawyerasa“dayjob“forChristopher.Climbingwashispassion."HewasaninveterateclimberofpeaksinColorado,theWestandtheworldover,“MarkKulishsaid."Hepassedawaydoingwhatheloved.^^WhatdoweknowfromChristopher?Hehasreachedthehighestpointonallsevencontinents.Hejoinedthe"SevenSummitsClub“atthebasecamp.11peoplefollowinghimdiedafterreachingtheEverestpeakthisyear.Hediedfromaheartattackbelowthemountain'ssummit.WhatmadelongerwaittimesonMountEverest?A.Lackingguides.B.Overcrowding.C.Badweather. D.Gettinggovernment'spermission.WhatmightcausethestringofdeathsaccordingtoAlanArnette?Thelesscostattractingmoreclimbers.Themoreclimbersworseningtheenvironment.Morepermitsgrantedbythegovernment.Thegovernmentslimitingtheclimber'snumber.Theweatherleadingtoashorterclimbingseason.A.a,b,dB.a,c,eC.b,c,dD.b,d,eWhydidChristopherarriveatthebasecampsoearlybeforeclimbing?A.Towaitforhisfriends. B.Tolearnaboutthemountain.C.Toclearthetrafficjam. D.Toadapttoconditionsearlier.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“inveterate“inthelastparagraphprobablymean?A.Experienced. B.Famous.C.Excellent.D.Addictive.參考答案：1?5ABBDD生詞與長(zhǎng)難句SevenSummitsClub七峰俱樂部，由登上世界七大洲（亞洲、歐洲、非洲、北美洲、南美洲、大洋洲和南極洲）最高峰的登山者組成。MountEverest珠穆朗瑪峰（俗稱珠峰）是喜馬拉雅山脈的主峰，也是世界海拔最高的山峰，位于中國與尼泊爾邊境線上。珠穆朗瑪峰有兩種高度：登山者登上的是總體高度，尼泊爾等國米用的雪蓋高（總高）是8848米，2005年中國國家測(cè)繪局測(cè)量的巖面高（裸高即地質(zhì)高度）為8844.43米，2010年起承認(rèn)兩種高度的測(cè)量數(shù)據(jù)。summitn.最高點(diǎn)；頂點(diǎn)；山頂；（政府間的）首腦會(huì)議；峰會(huì)Thispathleadstothesummit.這條路通往山頂。Thetwopresidentsagreedtoholdasummit.兩位總統(tǒng)商定舉行一次首腦會(huì)議。accordingto據(jù)……所說；按……所報(bào)道；依照，按照，根據(jù)grantv.（尤指正式地或法律上）同意，允許Thebankfinallygranteda￡50,000loantome.銀行終于同意給我貸款50,000英鎊。exceedv.超過（數(shù)量）；超越（法律、命令等）的限制Itsresearchbudgetexceeds$100millionayear.其研究預(yù)算每年超過1億美元。mountaineern.登山者；登山運(yùn)動(dòng)員Thetoughmountaineersucceededingettingtothetopofthemountain.那位強(qiáng)壯的登山運(yùn)動(dòng)員勝利地登上了山頂。setarecord打破紀(jì)錄deterioratev.變壞；惡化；退化Thediscussionquicklydeterioratedintoanangryargument.這場(chǎng)討論迅速演變成憤怒的爭(zhēng)吵。descent〃.下降；斜坡ThedescenttoBaseCamptookaboutthreedays.往下走到大本營大約要三天時(shí)間。leadto導(dǎo)致，造成（后果）Eatingtoomuchsugarcanleadtohealthproblems.攝入過多的糖會(huì)引起健康問題。inchargeof負(fù)責(zé)；主管Anexperiencedworkeris