Question

2. Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense or the present perfect tense of the verbs given in brackets. Mention the tense used. One has been done for you.

The most glorious target of world mountain Climbers __________ (be) to reach the highest spot on the Earth. The first organized attempt to reach the world's highest peak ________ (take) place from the northern (Tibetan) side in 1922. It was __________(lead) by George Mallory. He _______ (survive) the expedition and came close to the summit two years later but _______(disappear) on Everest's north-east ridge on 29 May, 1953, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay ________ (make) it to the top for the first time in the world. Since then, more than 550 climbers from 20 countries _________(reach)
the summit. Junko Tabei of Japan ________ (be) the first woman to stand on the top of the world. she__________ (climb) the Everest in 1975. Everest expeditions _______ (claim) more than 95 lives, including those of 40 sherpas so far.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

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