Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :-


Rebecca Steven was the first woman to climb Mount Everest. Before she went up the highest mountain the world, she was a journalist and lived in a small flat in South London. In 1933, Rebecca left her job and her family and travelled to Asia with some other climbers. She found that life on Everest was hard. “You must carry everything on your back,” she explained, “so you can only take things that you will need. You can’t wash on the mountain, you can’t take a toothbrush, I am usually

a clean person but there is no water only snow, water is so heavy that you only take enough to drink.” When Rebecca reached the top of Mount Everest on May 17th 1993, it was the best moment

of her life. Now she is writing a book about the trip and people often ask her to talk about it. Though she has a lot of money, she still lives in her small flat in South London.


1. What was Rebecca’s profession?

2. How much water is to be taken while mountain climbing?


3. How do we know that Rebecca was a humble person?


4. What is Rebecca doing now?


5. Give words from the passage that mean the same as i) difficult ii) sufficient


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Answer 1

★Question :

What was Rebecca’s profession?

Answer :

She was a journalist by profession.

★Question :

How much water is to be taken while mountain climbing?

Answer :

Only the water to be used to drink is to be taken while climbing the mountain.

★Question :

How do we know that Rebecca was a humble person?

Answer :

We can say that Rebecca was a humble person because she has a lot of money but still lives in a small flat.

★Question :

What is Rebecca doing now?

Answer :

Rebecca is writing a book that tells about the trip.

★Question :

Give words from the passage that mean the same as :-

i) difficult

ii) sufficient

Answer :

1. difficult :-heavy
2. sufficient :-enough

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