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請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題The Sherpas were nomadic people who first settled in Khumbu, Nepal. They are regarded as elite mountaineersand experts in their local terrain. They were immeasurably valuable to early explorers of the Himalayan region, servingas guides at the extreme altitudes of the peaks and passes in the region, particularly for expeditions to climb MountEverest. After Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay successfully reached the summit of Mount Everestin 1953,the term “Sherpa” became a term for a faithful assistant, a porter, or a guide, regardless of their ethnicity.“Sherpa” originally meant “people of the east.” The first Sherpas are believed to have walked from the easternslopes in the 16th century to reach the southern slopes of Mount Everest. In the remote village of the Khumbu valley,the Sherpas’ traditional home, they formed their own special culture. Following their religious faith, they never tried toclimb until the steady stream of “high peak climbers” from the West made mountain climbing a profitable business.But the Sherpas pay a high price for their special skills. Sherpas account for more than one-third of the people who arekilled on Mount Everest.However, most of the 70,000 or so Sherpas in Nepal are not involved in mountain-climbing jobs. Some Sherpasstill carry goods across the mountains for trade with people in Tibet. The sudden arrival of westerners has broughtsome of the comforts of modern life to the larger villages, so they might have telephone service and electricity. For themost part, the Sherpas have kept most of the traditional lifestyle. The arrival of Westerners has also made the Sherpasof Khumbu rich because the tourist economy produces more wealth. But is this better? The question from the principalof a school reflected considerable concern about this: “If the trekkers do not come, where are the jobs?”
46 What is this passage mainly about?
(A) The cultural impact of the Sherpas
(B) The evolution of the Sherpas
(C) The Sherpas as expert mountain climbers
(D) The problems of mountain people

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答案：C
難度：困難0.331683
統計：A(52),B(58),C(67),D(15),E(0)

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