Read the text. Then choose the correct
answer to question 28-30.
At least half of all visitors to Nepal go to the lakeside town of Pokhara. The symbol of the region is the 6.993 -meter high Machhapuchhare Mountain, which means," fishtail" in English. Indeed the mountain is shaped1 like a fish tail and viewed from Pokhara, is a majestic sight. Yet one detail singles out this giant mountain from the others in the region: no one has ever climbed it, and it is unlikely that anyone ever will. In the 1960s, the Nepalese government declared it a holy mountain, forbidden to mountaineers. Sherpas, in particular, respect this. And without sherpas, the-indispensable porters of the high valleys of Nepal, the Europeans and Americans who constantly attempt to Conquer the mountains in the region are helpless.
28 -It is obvious from the passage that —.
A) Pokhara is one of the most popular destinations in Nepal
B) no one has ever climbed most of the mountains near Pokhara
C) the mountains around Pokhara have English names .
D) tourism in Nepal has grown in importance since the 1960s
29 -Machhapuchhare has never been climbed because-,
A) it is one of the tallest mountains in the world
B) it is regarded as sacred, and so mountaineers are not allowed to climb it
C) it is dangerously steep, which discourages mountaineers from attempting to climb it
D) it is not as challenging for climbers as the other mountains in the region
30 -What the passage stresses about Sherpas is that they -— .
A) are members of a religious sect trying to ban mountain -climbing in Nepal
B) climbed high mountains until the government forbade them in the 1960s
C) are essential to climbers who want to conquer the mountains in Nepal
D) don't approve o f Europeans and Americans climb their mountain
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