Use of English 2

Task 2

• You are going to read an article about a Sherpa – a member of an ethnic group that

lives mainly in Nepal, in the Himalayas. Some words are missing from the text.

• Use the words in brackets to form the words that fit in the gaps (11-20).

• Then write the appropriate form of these words on the dotted lines after the text.

• There might be cases when you do not have to change the word in brackets.

• Use only one word for each gap.

• There is an example (0) at the beginning.

The tallest mountain in the world appeared (0) ____frightening___ (frighten) in front of 16-year-old

Temba Tsheri. He had always dreamed of climbing Mount Everest. Now all Temba could

think about was surviving the 8,850-meter (11) _______ (climb) to the top.

One of the youngest people ever to reach the summit of Everest, Temba is a Sherpa. Sherpas

exhibit almost superhuman (12) _______ (strong) climbing at high altitudes. Living in

mountain villages as high as 4,267 meters, with no roads or cars, they hike everywhere and

lug everything on their backs – even TVs and refrigerators. But that's nothing

(13) _______ (compare) with climbing Everest. Temba's expedition braved avalanches,

subzero temperatures, and (14) _______ (death) cracks in glaciers that can be 30 meters deep.

Temba's courage comes partly from his religious (15) _______ (believe). As followers of a

religion called Tibetan Buddhism, the Sherpas believe in being (16) _______ (peace),

honouring all people, and accepting suffering without (17) _______ (complain). Temba's trek

continues his people's tradition of climbing. It began nearly a hundred years ago when

Sherpas started carrying (18) _______ (supply) for visiting mountaineers. In 1953, the

Sherpas won fame when Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and (19) _______ (explore) Edmund Hillary

became the first people to climb Everest.

Without his heritage, Temba might have given up. As he climbed past 7,925 meters, he had

never felt so tired. But (20) _______ (final) he took the last step and stood on the summit of

Everest – the top of the world. He knew his success was a triumph for his people