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Quickly read the text about a famous mountain climber, Catherine Destivelle, and answer the questions.
1. The title Rock Start has two meanings. What are they?
2. Put the four paragraph headings into the correct places in the text.
a. WHY DOES SHE CLIMB?
b. HER FUTURE
c. HOW DID SHE BEGIN?
d. HER BEST CLIMB
THE ROCK STAR!
Catherine Destivelle is a rock star. She loves rock, but she can뭪 sing or play the guitar! She is a rock climber and a big star in France and Italy. She is probably the most famous woman climber in the world because she often climbs without ropes. She climbs in many countries but most often in the French Alps near Chamonix, where she lives.
1
She started climbing near her home in Paris when she was five. Then, at fourteen, she joined the French Alpine Club to learn more, but immediately she climbed better and more quickly than the older members of the club. She won her first competition in Italy in 1985.
2
Three years ago she found a new route up the Dru Mountain near Chamonix. The climb took eleven days and for four days the snow was so heavy that she could not move. She slept and ate in a bivouac on the side of the mountain. Last year other climbers tried to follow the new Destivelle Route, but they failed. They are going to try again this year.
3
People always ask her this question. She says 묲 climb because I뭢 in love with mountains. I like touching the rock and reading the face of the rock. I like it a lot. I feel comfortable and at home on the side of mountain. I prepare well before I go, so I뭢 never worried.?
4
Catherine chooses new mountains from books - like buying from a shopping catalogue! 묲 see a nice mountain and I go to climb it!?Her next mountain is in Pakistan. She is going there next month. 묲t뭩 much bigger than the Dru, so it뭩 going to take longer to climb. An American climber, Jeff Lowe, is coming with me to help.?
Comprehension check
Read the article again. Correct these false statements about Catherine.
Example
She lives in Italy.
No, she doesn뭪. She lives near Chamonix in France.
a. She뭩 good at singing and playing the guitar.
b. She뭩 famous because she climbs in France and Italy.
c. She didn뭪 start climbing until she was fourteen.
d. She learned a lot from the older members of the Alpine Club.
e. The climb up the Dru took four days.
f. She slept and ate in a tent.
g. Climbers followed Catherine뭩 new route last year.
h. She likes reading books when she뭩 on the mountains.
i. She뭩 going to buy a mountain in Pakistan.
j. It뭩 going to take three days to climb this mountain.
Language work
Find examples of the following in the text:
three sentences with a verb in the Present Simple
one sentence with the past of can
four sentences with a verb in the Past Simple
four sentences about future plans
two comparative or superlative sentences
Quickly read the text about a famous mountain climber, Catherine Destivelle, and answer the questions.
1. The title Rock Start has two meanings. What are they?
2. Put the four paragraph headings into the correct places in the text.
a. WHY DOES SHE CLIMB?
b. HER FUTURE
c. HOW DID SHE BEGIN?
d. HER BEST CLIMB
THE ROCK STAR!
Catherine Destivelle is a rock star. She loves rock, but she can뭪 sing or play the guitar! She is a rock climber and a big star in France and Italy. She is probably the most famous woman climber in the world because she often climbs without ropes. She climbs in many countries but most often in the French Alps near Chamonix, where she lives.
1
She started climbing near her home in Paris when she was five. Then, at fourteen, she joined the French Alpine Club to learn more, but immediately she climbed better and more quickly than the older members of the club. She won her first competition in Italy in 1985.
2
Three years ago she found a new route up the Dru Mountain near Chamonix. The climb took eleven days and for four days the snow was so heavy that she could not move. She slept and ate in a bivouac on the side of the mountain. Last year other climbers tried to follow the new Destivelle Route, but they failed. They are going to try again this year.
3
People always ask her this question. She says 묲 climb because I뭢 in love with mountains. I like touching the rock and reading the face of the rock. I like it a lot. I feel comfortable and at home on the side of mountain. I prepare well before I go, so I뭢 never worried.?
4
Catherine chooses new mountains from books - like buying from a shopping catalogue! 묲 see a nice mountain and I go to climb it!?Her next mountain is in Pakistan. She is going there next month. 묲t뭩 much bigger than the Dru, so it뭩 going to take longer to climb. An American climber, Jeff Lowe, is coming with me to help.?
Comprehension check
Read the article again. Correct these false statements about Catherine.
Example
She lives in Italy.
No, she doesn뭪. She lives near Chamonix in France.
a. She뭩 good at singing and playing the guitar.
b. She뭩 famous because she climbs in France and Italy.
c. She didn뭪 start climbing until she was fourteen.
d. She learned a lot from the older members of the Alpine Club.
e. The climb up the Dru took four days.
f. She slept and ate in a tent.
g. Climbers followed Catherine뭩 new route last year.
h. She likes reading books when she뭩 on the mountains.
i. She뭩 going to buy a mountain in Pakistan.
j. It뭩 going to take three days to climb this mountain.
Language work
Find examples of the following in the text:
three sentences with a verb in the Present Simple
one sentence with the past of can
four sentences with a verb in the Past Simple
four sentences about future plans
two comparative or superlative sentences
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