Qomolangma—the Most Dangerous Mountain in the World?

One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain     1     (climb), and one of the     2     (popular) places for this is theHimalayas. The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China. Of all the mountains, Qomolangm     3     (rise) the highest and is the most famous. It is 8,844.43 meters high and so is very dangerous to climb. Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even more serious     4     (difficulty) include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. It is also very hard totake in air as you get near the top.

The     5     (one) people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29,1953. The first Chinese team     6     (do) so in 1960, while the first woman     7     (success) was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.

    8     (why) do so many climbers risk their lives? One of the main reasons is because people want to challenge     9     (they) in the face of difficulties. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be     10     (strong) than the forces of nature.

【推荐1】Aruba is a beautiful island (岛) in South America. Last summer I went on a three-day     1     to Aruba with my parents. My father told me to     2     three air tickets online.

We chose to take a plane to Aruba because it was the     3    . It was my first time to travel by plane,     4     I was excited but nervous at first. However, the flight (飞行) was fine and I felt so comfortable. Finally, after 5-hour flight, we landed     5    . The bus ride from the airport was also great. We arrived     6     the Holiday Hotel in Aruba at about 1:30 am. The room was clean and the waiters (服务员) were friendly.

I had to say that the white beach (海滩) was really beautiful and we had     7     in the sun. The sea was so blue and clean and the water was cool. We wanted to swim in the sea all the time. I liked the foods on the island very much though some of     8     tasted strange (奇怪的). I liked one of fish best. We also bought many interesting things there.

Aruba is a good place. I hope to go there again.

【推荐2】Recently, one new disease NCP (新型冠状病毒肺炎) broke out in Wuhan. It has spread to other     1    , including the United States, Japan and so on.

Local government is trying to do something     2    to stop the further development of this disease. In     3    to control the spread of the disease, Huoshenshan Hospital was set up in Wuhan. It was     4    in just ten days. It is used to treat patients infected with the NCP.       More than 7,500 workers and around 1,000 trucks and large pieces of machinery have been working at the Huoshenshan Hospital site day and     5    . Around 400 rooms in the hospital have already been finished so far. The project began on     6    25th and finished on February 2nd. And 1,400 doctors began to treat     7    in Huoshenshan Hospital. There are 1,000 beds for patients in Huoshenshan Hospital. China also built a     8     hospital in Wuhan for treating the patients with 1,600 beds . Leishenshan Hospital was completed on February 5th.The hospital     9     the stress resulting from the increasing number of patients . This played     10     important role in fighting the NCP.

I am a middle school student and I     1     (be) fifteen years old. I’m quite     2     (health). However, one year ago I was fat. I     3     (love) chips and chocolate, and I got tired     4     (easy) . One morning, I     5     (see) some young men running in the park. They looked really fit and active. So I started running from then on.

Now I have a 1.5-mile run every morning. I drink milk and eat fruit and vegetables instead     6     chips and chocolate. These good     7     (eat) habits and running help to build     8     (I) up. I have great fun running, and feel well and look fit. Running has become my favorite sport. I’m sure I will do well in the boy’s 800-metre race in our school     9     (sport) meet. If you want to be fit and active,     10     (join) us!