2022-2023学年湖南省湘西州永顺县八年级（下）期末英语试卷（含解析） .docx

41. A 70-year-old Japanese 41. A 70-year-old Japanese is believed to be the oldest man to climb Qomolangma. Takao Arayama was 70 years and 225 days old when he reached the worlds highest mountain last Wednesday and made a new record. Arayama said he suffered (遭受)headaches and breathing difficulties during his trip to the top.And he said it was a wonderful feeling when he finally reached the top of the 8, 844.43-meter mountain. ! am very happy to be the oldest man to climb the worlds highest mountain, the strong old man said. The previous (前面)record holder was Yuichiro Miura.He reached Qomolangma in May of2003 when he was 70 years and 222 days old, according to Guinness Records(吉尼斯世界纪录).”I stayed for 30 minutes on the top of the mountain and took some pictures and left a picture of my dog------Pacu, Arayama said. It was a wonderful feeling.Everything was below me, all the mountains and the world, when I reached the top, he said. He first climbed an 800-meter mountain near Tokyo at the age of 12 and from then on he had a great interest in it and planned to continue his interest. (1) Why did Arayama become famous ? (2) How old was he when Arayama reached the top of Qomolangma? (3) How long did Arayama stay on the top? (4) How did the old man feel when he reached the top? (5) Did Arayama suffer headaches and breathing difficulties during his trip to the top? 42. Once upon a time, ( 1) there wns a man who was very -oor.He only had an orange tree. (2) 这儿有一些桔子 on the tree every year.One year, the man found a specially big orange on the tree.He was surprised that nobody saw so big an orange. (3) So he decided to take iu。the king.The king was so pleased that he gave the man a lot of gold coins for it. (4) 这个人变得富有 了。 A rich man heard of it, he said to himself, Its only an orange.The king gave him so many gold coins.I can get more money., if I take my gold cup to the King. The next day, the king received the gold cup, he said to t