The First Woman on Mount Everest

10/10/2020 5:41:00 PM
Junko Tabei: First Woman To Climb Mount Everest. Image: onhisowntrip.com

Do you know?

  • Mount Everest grows approximately 44 millimeters every year.
  • It takes approximately 39-40 days to summit Everest.

Let's learn about the first woman to climb it in the following passage!

FACT: Nepali officials formally proposed new safety rules that could significantly reduce the number of permits issued for the world’s highest peak.

New Everest Rules Could Significantly Limit Who Gets to Climb. Image: nytimes.com

Listen and answer the questions.

  • Where is Mount Everest?
  • When did the first mountain climbers reach the top of Mount Everest?
  • A company in ____ organized the climb in 1975.
  • Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest?
  • When Ms. Tabei has climbed all the high mountains in the world, she will feel ____.
Where is Mount Everest?
  • In Japan
  • In China and Nepal
  • Next to the Himalayas
When did the first mountain climbers reach the top of Mount Everest?
  • 1953
  • 1960
  • 1975

A company in ____ organized the climb in 1975.

  • Tokyo
  • Hokkaido
  • New Zealand
Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest?
  • Edmund Hillary from New Zealand
  • Tenzing Norgay from Nepal
  • Junko Tabei from Japan
When Ms. Tabei has climbed all the high mountains in the world, she will feel ____.
  • lonely
  • nervous
  • pleased

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

The First Woman on Mount Everest

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is in the Himalayas between Nepal and China, and it is 8,900 meters high. Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal were the first people ever to climb Mount Everest. They climbed it in 1953. Men from several different countries climbed it after that. 

Junko Tabei, a Japanese from Hokkaido, was the first woman to make this difficult climb. A Tokyo newspaper-television company the Mount Everest climb in 1975. They chose fifteen women from mountaineering clubs to go to Nepal. The group climbed for several days. Then there was an avalanche. The heavy ice and snow ten of the women. They had to stop climbing. The other five continued. 

Only Ms. Tabei climb the last 70 meters. She was standing on top of the world. She was the first woman there. 

Ms. Tabei was 35 years old at the time. She started climbing mountains in 1960. She still climbs mountains. She is not an Japanese housewife. Her husband works for Honda Motor Company. He likes to climb mountains, too. But he can't get enough vacation from his work to go with his wife all the time. So he stays home to work and takes care of the house. 

In 1992, Ms. Tabei became the first woman to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. Now her is to climb the highest mountain in every country of the world. To do this, she travels to foreign countries several times a year. Ms. Tabei also helps an organization that is working to protect mountain . 

Read the passage and answer the questions.

The First Woman on Mount Everest

Junko Tabei: First Woman To Climb Mount Everest. Image: onhisowntrip.com

   Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is in the Himalayas between Nepal and China, and it is 8,900 meters high. Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal were the first people ever to climb Mount Everest. They climbed it in 1953. Men from several different countries climbed it after that. 

   Junko Tabei, a Japanese from Hokkaido, was the first woman to make this difficult climb. A Tokyo newspaper-television company organized the Mount Everest climb in 1975. They chose fifteen women from mountaineering clubs to go to Nepal. The group climbed for several days. Then there was an avalanche. The heavy ice and snow injured ten of the women. They had to stop climbing. The other five continued. 

   Only Ms. Tabei was able to climb the last 70 meters. She was standing on top of the world. She was the first woman there. 

   Ms. Tabei was 35 years old at the time. She started climbing mountains in 1960. She still climbs mountains. She is not an ordinary Japanese housewife. Her husband works for Honda Motor Company. He likes to climb mountains, too. But he can't get enough vacation from his work to go with his wife all the time. So he stays home to work and takes care of the house. 

   In 1992, Ms. Tabei became the first woman to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. Now her goal is to climb the highest mountain in every country of the world. To do this, she travels to foreign countries several times a year. Ms. Tabei also helps an organization that is working to protect mountain environments. 

 
Two people climbed Mount Everest in 1953. They were from ____.
  • Japan
  • China
  • China or Nepal
  • New Zealand and Nepal

____ Japanese women started to climb Mount Everest in 1975.

  • One
  • Five
  • Ten
  • Fifteen
What happened to ten of the women climbers?
  • They could not go to Nepal because of a heavy storm.
  • An avalanche injured them so badly that they had to stop.
  • They were not skillful enough to climb the last 70 meters.
  • They were buried in heavy ice and snow after several days.

Which of the following is true about the number of mountains that Ms. Tabei climbs?

  • Mount Everest the only mountain Ms. Tabei has climbed.
  • Mount Everest the first mountain Ms. Tabei climbed.
  • Mount Everest is the last mountain Ms. Tabei climbed.
  • Ms. Tabei has stood on top of many high mountains in the world.
Why isn't Ms. Tabei an ordinary Japanese housewife?
  • She could not cook and take care of her family.
  • She doesn't stay at home and take care of the house like most Japanese housewives do.
  • She got a lot of vacation from her work.
  • She works for a motor company where there are very few women.

What is NOT true about Ms. Tabei's intention?

  • She will stop climbing mountains soon.
  • She wants to help an organization that protects mountain environments.
  • She travels to foreign countries several times a year to climb the highest mountains there.
  • She already climbed the highest mountain on each of the seven continents.
Choose the main idea of the text.
  • Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
  • Junko Tabei, an unusual Japanese housewife, climbs many high mountains.
  • Junko Tabei was happy when she reached the top of Mount Everest.
  • Junko Tabei was the first woman to stand to the top of Mount Everest.

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text. 

  1. Only Ms. Tabei climb the last 70 meters.
  2. A Tokyo newspaper-television company the Mount Everest climb in 1975.
  3. She is not an Japanese housewife.
  4. The heavy ice and snow ten of the women.
  5. Now her is to climb the highest mountain in every country of the world.
  6. Ms. Tabei also helps an organization that is working to protect mountain . 

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

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  2. My teacher has a lot of school trips.
  3. Robert his leg while he was skiing.
  4. There was nothing about the food at his house. It was very special.
  5. His is to become a famous musician.
  6. Cars pollute the air and harm the .