Question

I was the kid who sat on the sidelines 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.

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And yet, ironically, I was one of the two climbers
from the first Singapore Mount Everest Expedition
who summitted Mount Everest in May 1998.
Find words from the above passage that

mean the same as:

(a) struggled
(b) ceaselessness
(c) counted
(d) irresistible
(e) pledged

Answer 1

Answer:

Abra ca dabra Gili Gili chu