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湖南省浏阳一中、株洲二中等湘东五校2017-2018学年高二下学期英语期末联考试卷（音频暂未更新）
In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay succeeded climbing to the top of Mount Everest, at 11:30 am, on May 29. They were the first people (reach) the top of Mount Everest.
Edmund Hilary was a New Zealand mountaineer, (explore) and philanthropist (慈善家)，and Tenzing Norgay was a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer. Both of them were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest (lead) by John Hunt in 1953. For this expedition, Hunt selected a group of people who were (experience) in climbing mountains in the whole British Empire. In the group, Edmund Hilary (select) from New Zealand, and Tensing Norgay was actually recruited (招收) from India where he lived. Before climbing, the expedition had been organized and planned for months. They made nine camps on their way up, some of have been still used by climbers up to now.
In fact, the first team made to the place which was just 300 feet below the summit, they left on May 26. They actually had already reached the point that no man had reached before. They were forced to leave because of the bad weather and because there were (problem) with their oxygen tanks.
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