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Mount Everest, which is part of China, 1 (lie) between Nepal and Tibet. On Tuesday, Nepal and China made a surprising 2 (announce) on the height of the world’s highest mountain. After years of not reaching an agreement on the mountain’s height, both sides have measured again and discovered it’s higher 3 anyone thought.

Sir George Everest, after 4 the mountain is named, was the main surveyor (测量员) of India in the mid-1800s. Radhanath Sikdar, an Indian man who worked for Mr. Everest, was the first 5 (realize) it was the highest mountain in the world. He 6 (exact) calculated the height as being 29,000 feet. But Mr. Sikdar’s boss added two feet to the height because he was afraid people wouldn’t trust 7 round number like 29,000.

But the height most people have been using for Mount Everest came from a 1955 survey 8 (conduct) by India, which put the mountain’s height at 29,029 feet (8,848 meters) . Since that time, other attempts 9 (make) to measure the mountain, each coming up with a different result.

Last year, four surveyors from Nepal climbed Mount Everest and made new measurements, using GPS and satellite information. And in May, China sent up 10 (it) own team of surveyors, who were the only ones to climb Mount Everest this year. Working together to determine the mountain’s exact height, the two countries announced the new height: 29,031.7 feet (8,848. 86 meters).

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