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Few men who find themselves cast as heroes early in life continue to command universal esteem till the end. Sir Edmund Hillary w
Few men who find themselves cast as heroes early in life continue to command universal esteem till the end. Sir Edmund Hillary w
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2019-08-01
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Few men who find themselves cast as heroes early in life continue to command universal esteem till the end. Sir Edmund Hillary was one. To be the first to reach the top of the world’s highest mountain ensured international celebrity and a place in history, but the modesty of a slightly awkward New Zealand beekeeper never departed him. Nor was mountaineering, or indeed beekeeping, his only accomplishment.
Two views are often expressed about his life. One is that conquering Everest was everything. No one would play down the role of Tenzing Norgay, the Sherpa who reached the peak with him, possibly even before him; their partnership was like that of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. But it was Sir Edmund who first struggled his way up a crack in the 12-metre (40-foot) rockface that had to be overcome after the south summit if the real one was to be achieved, and below which only oblivion awaited.
News of the British-led expedition’s triumph on May 29th 1953 reached the world through a report in the London Times four days later. The Times, a sponsor of the expedition, had used an elaborate code to trick any rivals monitoring the radio waves. Its scoop was indeed a coup: June 2nd was the day of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation, at which her majesty was crowned.
Sir Edmund was a man of action. After Everest came more expeditions in Nepal, a race to the South Pole and further adventures in the Antarctic, the Himalayas and India But for some onlookers neither these nor even the Everest expedition was especially remarkable: fitness and physical courage are all very well, they argued, but the world’s highest peak was simply waiting to be scaled, and a steady traffic nowadays makes its way to the top unnoticed, except for the litter it leaves.
Both the indifferent and the awe-struck, however, agree that Sir Edmund’s other life was wholly admirable, and he himself said he was prouder of it than of anything else. This was his tireless work for the Sherpas, of whom he had become so fond. Through his efforts, and those of Tenzing, hospitals, clinics, bridges, runways and nearly 30 schools have been built in the Solo Khumbu region of Nepal just south of Everest. If New Zealand claimed Sir Edmund’s loyalty, Nepal, and especially its Sherpas, could surely claim his heart.
The Times was the first to report the news of expedition’s triumph in that _____.
选项
A、it was one of the major sponsors of this expedition
B、its headquarters was located in London
C、it used the code its rivals could not comprehend
D、it was much smarter than its competitors
答案
C
解析
因果细节题。根据第三段,《泰晤士报》成为第一家报道探险队胜利的报社,原因是他们使用了一种经过精心设计的代码,瞒住了所有监控无线电波的同行。C项符合文意。
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考研英语一
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