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45. The word ''Obviously'' in the passage is closest in meaning to_____________. A. "Generally" B. "Consequently" C. "Lately" D. "Apparently" V. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each space in the following passage. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is in the Himalayan Mountains between Nepal and China, and it is 8,900 meters high. Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal were the first people (46)________________to climb Mount Everest. They climbed it in 1953. Since then, men from different countries have been (47)___________in climbing it. However, the first woman to make this difficult climb was Junko Tabei, a (48)_____________Japanese woman from Hokkaido. She was a housewife but really interested in climbing mountains. She earned money for her trips (49)___________English and piano to young children. In 1975, a Tokyo newspaper-television company organized the Mount Everest climb for women. They chose fifteen women from, mountaineering clubs to go to Nepal. The groups climbed for several days. Then there was an avalanche, and most of the women were (50)_____________. Only Ms Tabei was able to climb the last 70 meters and stand on the top of the world. She was the first woman there.