Question

A1: Reading
A1.1. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
(1M X 5 = 5M)
I was the kid who sat on the side-lines and watched others having a good time splashing
about in the sea, wishing I could swim. Eventually, I learned how to, the hard way. My
brothers threw me into the water. As I floundered and nearly drowned, it didn't occur to me
then that my brothers had taught me two important skills: survival and independence. These
skills were gifts that I relied on numerous times over as an adult. As a child, I was game for
anything
Nothing fascinated me more than the chance to try something new. If nothing else, my curiosity
was fuelled by the desire to test my limits. I was sixteen when I climbed my first mountain. It
was Gunung Ledang in Johor, Malaysia, in 1980. It was a horrible experience. I found the heat
and thickness of the jungle overwhelming. The night spent on the summit was cold and lonely.
As I lay in my tent, with my knees curled to my chin, I vowed that I would never climb another
mountain.
And yet, ironically, I was one of the two climbers from the first Singapore Mount Everest
Expedition who summitted Mount Everest in May 1998.
Questions:
1. Why did the writer consider his childhood average?
2. Why did the writer say that the ability to swim comes almost naturally to any kid
growing up in Port Dickson (paragraph 2)?
3. When did the writer learn to appreciate the skills his brothers taught him?
4. What made the writer vow never to climb again after his Gunung Ledang trip?
5. The writer made it to the top of Mount Everest when he was _______ years.​

Answer 1

Answer:

who was the other man to climb Everest with tenzing where was he from