My brother is afraid of water, ______ he can’t swim.

My house is near ______ house, so I usually go there and play badminton with her.

        Rebecca Stevens was the first woman to climb Mount Everest. Before she went up the highest mountain in the world, she was a journalist and lived in south London.

In 1993, Rebecca left her job and her family and travelled to Asia with some other climbers. She found that life on Everest is very difficult. “You must carry everything on your back,” she explained, “so you can only take things that you will need. You can’t wash on the mountain, and in the end I didn’t even take a toothbrush. I am usually a clean person but there is no water, only snow. Water is very heavy so you only take enough to drink!”

Rebecca became famous when she reached the top of Mount Everest on May 17, 1993. After that, she wrote a book about the trip, and people often asked her to talk about it. She got a new job too, on a science programme on television.

Today, badminton becomes a very popular sports activity. It spreads quickly from the city to the countryside. People need only a pair of rackets, a shuttlecock, a net and a small piece of land to play the game. Two or four players hit the shuttlecock over the net with their rackets. People can play badminton in their free time or in a competition. Now there are many badminton competitions and even a World Cup. The strongest countries in badminton are Indonesia, China and South Korea.

Life on Everest is very difficult because _______.

There is one bedroom in my house, but there are two in _______.

We wanted to watch Pinocchio. We turned to the Movie channel. (so)

I first ______ Melbourne in 2003.

______ eat too much salt. It’s not good for you.

When can people play badminton

I’m interested in the history of television. I like reading books about it. (so) 

– “_______ films did you see last week?” – “Only one.”

Before she climbed Everest, Rebecca Stevens was a _______.