PARISFrance—As a childAlain Robert was afraid of heightsOne daywhen he was 12he returned home from schoolAt the front door of his buildinghe looked for his keysHe didn't have themIt was 330 p.m. and his parents worked until 600 pmAlain looked at his apartment公寓on the eighth floorHe saw an open windowHe closed his eyes and imagined himself climbing the buildingWhen he opened his eyeshe told himself“I can do it” Fifteen minutes laterhe was in his house and his fear of heights was gone

TodayAlain still climbs buildingsIn 2003he climbed a building in London dressed as Spiderman蜘蛛侠to advertise the movieIn 2004he climbed Taipei 101one of the tallest buildings in the world).To reach the top of a buildingAlain uses only his hands and special shoes

Alain climbs as a hobbyHe also does it to make money for charityfor children and the homeless).When he climbshe wants to send a message to peopleIf you have a dream—something you really want to do—it can become realBut you must be brave and keep tryingIf something bad happensdon’t give upClose your eyes and tell yourself“I can do it

1Alain Robert first climbed the tall building                   

Ain 2003                   Bin 2004                   Cat 600 pm     Dat the age of 12

2Alain Robert climbed the tall building in London to                

Aadvertise the movie Spiderman                     Bmake the movie Spiderman

Center his apartment                                     Dmake money for British children

3Main Robert climbs buildings          

Afor fun and exercise                                  Bfor charity and his health

Cfor fun and charity                                     Dfor exercise and his job

4The best title for this passage would be         

AAn Exciting Sport                                    BAlain Robert’s Hobby

CA Man for Charity                                      DA Real Life Superman

Are Sports Important?

Sports are all around usWe watch and read sports newsThere are also sports clubsand even sports—only channels频道on TVIn many countriesplayers make millions of dollars everyyear

But why are sports so important? They're only gamesright?

Our readers answer

VladUkraine乌克兰

Sports bring people togetherIn 2006our team was able to play in the 2006 World Cup for the first timeEveryone was happyRich and poorold and youngmen and women—everyone was in the streets together!

MikeUSA

Sports bring people togetherbut they divide themtooFans of different teams fight all the time—they shout and hit each otherAnd here's another exampleMy brother plays high school baseballLast weekhis team played an important gameAt the gametwo parents fought about a callCome on baseball is only a game! Sports are so competitive有竞争力的these daysIt's all about winningThen the game isn't fun

ObaSouth Africa

Right nowsome of the world's best soccer players are from African countriesand the 2010 World Cup games will be in South AfricaYessome players make a lot of money—may be too muchBut sporting eventslike the World Cupbring tourists and money to countries and peopleAnd that is good for Africa

1What does Mike think of a game when players and fans only think about winning?

AIt's important                                        BIt's exciting

CIt's not fun                                             DIt's not necessary

2Why are sports important for Oba?

ABecause sports are competitive these days

BBecause sports can make money for a country

CBecause sports can make players rich every year

DBecause sports can make people happy

3What does the underlined word “call” mean?

ADecision           BTelephone            CSuggestion          DSeat

4What is the main idea of this passage?

ASports are popular all over the world

BSports divide people from different countries

CPeople have different opinions about sports

DSports bring tourists and money to Africa

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