The 46-year-old Chinese Zhang Hong has successfully climbed the highest mountain in the world from the Nepal side, becoming the first blind man in Asia and the third in the world to climb Mount Everest. Born in southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, Zhang lost his sight at the age of 21.

“Whether you’re disabled or normal, whether you have lost your eyesight or you have no legs or hands, it doesn’t matter. If you have a strong mind, you can always complete a thing that other people say you can’t,”Zhang told Alexander, a reporter from Reuters.

Zhang was inspired by Erik Weihenmayer, a blind American mountaineer(登山运动员)who climbed Mount Everest in 2001, and began training under the guidance of his friend Qiang Zi.With much hard work and great efforts, he completed the 8, 849 metre-high Himalayan feat(壮举)on May 24 along with three high altitude guides, and returned to the base camp on Thursday, May 27.

Nepal reopened Mount Everest in April for foreigners after it was shut last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I was still very scared and frightened, because I couldn’t see where I was walking and I couldn’t find my centre of gravity, so sometimes I was afraid that I would fall, ”said Zhang.” But I kept thinking even though it was hard, I had to face those difficulties and dangers and this is the meaning of climbing.

【小题1】From the text, we can know that Zhang Hong lost his sight at the age of       .

A．24

B．27

C．21

D．46

【小题2】Who inspired Zhang to climb Mount Everest according to Para.3?

A．A mountaineer	B．A guide
C．A reporter	D．A student

【小题3】What does Zhang think of the meaning of climbing according to the last paragraph?

A．It can make him rich

B．It can make him famous

C．It can help him find real friends

D．It can help him face difficulties and dangers

【小题4】What is the text mainly about?

A．A blind Chinese man climbed Mount Everest

B．A blind American man climbed Mount Everest

C．Nepal shut Mount Everest in April for foreigners .

D．The COVID-19 pandemic broke out around the world