题目内容：

按要求完成阅读任务。

1——3题：根据上下文，选择适当的句子填入文中。将句前选项填入答案卷即可。

4——5题将划线的句子译出汉语。

A. One of the main reasons is that people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.

B. Of all the mountains, Qomolangma rises the highest and is the most famous.

C. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.

One of the most dangerous sports in the world is mountain climbing, and one of the most polular places to go for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of china. ___________________. It is dangerous to climb Qomolangma because thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and the heavy storms._____________________.

The first people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.

Why do so many climbers risk their lives? ____________________________. 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 stronger than the forces of nature.