Comprehension Passages

253-A team of mountaineers is going to climb Everest in order to……….. .

A)prove that Hilary and Norgay actually climbed to the highest peak

B)try to found a settlement there on the world's highest mountain

C)find the bodies of Mallory and Irvine so that they can be buried

***D)attempt to solve a seventy-five-year old unsolved mystery

E)try to stake a claim for Britain on the world's highest peak

254-What is not known from the passage is whether……. .

A)Mallory and Irvine actually disappeared in 1924

B)Hillary and Norgay really climbed the peak when they said they did

C)Mallory and Irvine had a camera with them when they were climbing Everest

***D)Mallory and Irvine were ascending or descending when they disappeared

E) Mallory and Irvine were real people or merely legendary figures