B4

Mount Everest is 8,863 meters above sea level. It is part of the Himalayan range in South Asia.

Despite its awesome height, the mountain _________ many times.

CLIMB

B5

Sir Edmund Hillary and his guide, Tenzing Norgay, were the _________ to climb the mountain, reaching the summit on May 29, 1953.

ONE

B6

Mount Everest attracts well-experienced mountaineers as well as novice climbers, quite a few _________ among them.

WOMAN

B7

Martha works in an office. Her job is to hire new people. The more work the new members of staff carry out, the higher their pay.

Martha wishes her job _________ as highly paid as some of the other employees’.

BE

B8

She _________ having an assistant, either.

NOT MIND

B9

An assistant _________ share some of her responsibilities.

CAN

B10

But she knows that the load of work is _________ and nobody is going to help her.

SHE