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2025届山西省忻州市青桐鸣大联考高三三模英语试题

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MountKilimanjaro,locatedinTanzania,featuresfivedistinctclimaticzones.It’sfamousforbeingthetallestmountaininAfricawithaheightof5,895metersabovesealevel.

Althoughlocatedjust300kilometersfromtheequator(赤道),Kilimanjaroremainssnow-cappedthroughouttheyear.Theoriginofitsnameisunclear,butbythe1860s,Europeanexplorershadadoptedthename.HikingDestination

MountKilimanjaroisafamoushikingdestinationratherthanaclimbingdestination.Despiteitsheightandstatusasoneoftheworldssevenpeaks,itdoesnotrequiretechnicalclimbingskills.About30,000peopleattempttoclimbKilimanjaroeachyear,butonly50%succeed,withaltitudesickness(高原反应)beingthemainreasonforfailure.NotableRecordsandAchievements

SpeedClimbs:KarlEgloffclimbedandwentdownKilimanjaroin6hoursand42minutesin2014.KillianJornetreachedUhuruPeakin5hoursand23minutesin2010.SimonMtuyachievedthefastestunaidedclimbanddownin9hoursand19minutesin2006.

OldestClimber:AnnLorimorclimbedKilimanjaroin2019attheageof89.

YoungestClimber:KeatsBoydclimbedKilimanjaroattheageof7.

DisabledClimbers:IndividualslikeSpencerWestandAaronPhipps,whoareblind,havesuccessfullyreachedthepeak,highlightingKilimanjaro’saccessibility.HistoricalSignificance

FirstClimbers:HansMeyer,LudwigPurtscheller,andYohaniKinyalaLauwowerethefirsttoclimbKilimanjaroin1889.

FirstWomanClimber:AScottishwomanclimbedtothepeakin1927.

Since1912.Kilimanjarohaslostabout80%ofitsglaciers(冰川),andscientistspredicttheycoulddisappearcompletelyby2050.Totackleclimatechange,about5milliontreeswereplantedatthebaseofMountKilimanjaroin2008.

1．WhydohalfofthepeoplefailtoclimbKilimanjarosuccessf