Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Mount Everest is located in the Himalayan mountain range on the border between Nepal and China. It is the world's highest ___(1)___ at 29,029 feet (8,848 metres). Mount Everest is ___(2)___ than 21 Empire State Buildings stacked on top of each other. It is actually ___(3)___ in height by a 1/3 of an inch every year.

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first men to climb Mount Everest, in May 1953. The youngest person to ___(4)___ the summit of Everest was only 13 years old, while the ___(5)___ person to climb the Everest was 76. At least one blind person has made it to the summit.