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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

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问题    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.
Which of the following is true of Sir Edmund Hillary?
选项 A、He never left the awkward New Zealand beekeeper.
B、He is the first person to reach the top of Everest.
C、Neither mountaineering nor beekeeping was his accomplishment.
D、He didn’t command universal esteem until the end.
答案B
解析 事实细节题。第一段第三句的To be the first…表明“埃德蒙-希拉里爵士是第一个登上世界最高峰的人”，Everest即珠峰是世界上最高的山峰，因此B项正确。
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