Reading grade 6 term 1

The mountain climber Junko Tabei is a mountain climber with some amazing stories to tell. She is famous because she was the first woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest. In 1975, a Japanese newspaper and a Japanese TV station decided to send a team of Japanese women to Nepal to climb Everest. They advertised for climbers and hundreds of women applied. In the end, they chose 15 climbers, and Junko Tabei was one of them. The women spent a long time in training before they left Japan and travelled to Nepal. They found © Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2016 nine local Sherpa people to guide them and then they started on their climb. They camped at 6,000 metres, but in the middle of the night an avalanche came down the mountain. Fortunately, nobody died but they were all very scared by the experience. Twelve days later, Junko arrived at the top of the mountain and made history. Today, Junko lives in Japan. She often goes climbing but she doesn’t go up very high mountains these days. In fact, she spends more time working on environmental projects. She wants to protect the natural habitat of Mount Everest and other mountains. 

Junko Tabei was the first ____ to reach the top of Mount Everest.

The newspaper and TV station wanted to find the best women climbers from ____  

 The women climbers trained in ____ . 

It took 12 days to climb to the top of Everest from ____ . 

Nowadays, Junko doesn’t climb ____ . 

Who organized the 1975 expedition up Everest? (обери 2 відповіді)

 How many climbers did they choose?

What happened at the campsite at 6,000 metres? 

 When did Junko reach the top of the mountain?

 What does Junko do these days?