2017年pets1公共英语一级阅读理解练习（11）

Rebecca Stevens was the first British woman to climb Mount Everest. Before she went up the highest mountain in the world, she was a journalist and lived in a small flat in South London.

In 1993, Rebecca left her job and her family and to traveled to Asia with some other climbers. She found that life on Everest is hard. “ You must carry everything on your back,” she said, “so you can only take things that you will need. You can’t wash on the mountain, and in the end I didn’t even took a toothbrush. There is no water but snow.”

When Rebecca reached the top of Mount Everest on May 17, 1993, it was the moment of her life. Suddenly she became famous.

Now she has written a book about the trip and people often asked her to talk about it. She has a new job too, on a science program on television.

Rebecca is well known today and she has more money than before, but she still lives in the little flat in South London among her pictures and books about mountains!

1. Before Rebecca climb Everest, she worked as a _______.

A climbers B journalist C scientist

2. Rebecca went to Asia to ______ in 1993.

A spend a holiday with her family

B climb the highest mountain C look for a new job

3. Rebecca found life on Everest is hard because_____.

A she had nothing but a toothbrush

B she is a clean person

C everything that is needed has to carried on the back

4. After her trip to Asia, Rebecca ______.

A lived in the same flat B did the same job

C climbed the mountain again

5. Rebecca became famous for _______.

A her science program

B her pictures and books

C reaching the top of Mount Everest