Daredevil climber Alain Robert, known as the French Spiderman, stood strong winds and rain to climb the world's tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, Saturday．

Robert, dressed in red rain jacket, tights and climbing shoes, climbed up ropes hung down the side of the 101 storey, 1,667-foot office tower, reaching the top in around four hours．"It was a very big moment and I felt a lot of satisfaction though I was so tired and nearly all of my muscles were painful．I felt completely eased．" said Robert after taking the ride down in one of the tower's lifts, the world's fastest．

Several hundred on-lookers and shoppers gathered at the base of the tower watching and cheering Robert's progress through live pictures on a large television screen．At times he disappeared from view as clouds passed by the top of the tower surrounding the upper stories．

The 42-year-old Frenchman has covered scores of well-known structures around the world including the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower——without permission or any safety equipment or ropes．

This time Robert was wearing a harness (背带) fastened to safety ropes for the entire climb．He used the ropes to pull himself up most of the way, using his hands and feet to climb up the walls for only short sections．He said that the management had requested he wear the ropes and safety equipment, which had also become necessary due to the rain making the windows and frames very slippery．Robert said he would not carry his pity the next time．

The text mainly tells us that _________．

A．another world record was broken by a Frenchman

B．The French Spiderman climbed the world's tallest building

C．How Alain Robert got the name" Daredevil"

D．Alain Robert was praised for his great success

During his climbing up Taipei 101, Alain Robert ________．

A．never felt tired all the time

B．never used his hands and feet

C．stayed somewhere for a short rest

D．was not seen on the television screen now and then

When Alain Robert climbed the Empire State Building, he was likely to ________．

A．use only his hands and feet B．be 42 years old

C．carry some safety equipment D．get permission of someone

According to the text, we can infer that Alain Robert ________．

A．spent three hours climbing Taipei 101 B．chose a rainy day on purpose

C．will climb Taipei 101 a second time D．got lots of help from on-lookers

A little girl was given so many picture books on her seventh birthday that her father. Who should have run his office and let her mother run the home, thought his daughter should give one or two of her new books to a little neighbor boy named Robert, who had visited their home sometimes.

Now, taking books, or anything else, from a little girl is like taking sweets from a baby, but the father of the little girl had his way and Robert got a couple of her books. “After all, that leaves you with nine,” said the father, who thought he was a child psychologist（心理学家）,and couldn’t shout his big stupid mouth on the subject.

A few weeks later, the father went to his library to look up “father” in The Oxford English Dictionary, eager to enjoy the praise of fatherhood through the centuries, but he couldn’t find volume（册）F-G and then he discovered that others were missing too. A-B,L-M, V-Z. He looked everywhere for them, and learned what had happened to the four missing volumes.

“A man came to the door this morning” said the little daughter, “and he didn’t know how to get from here to Torrington or from Torrington to Wintec, and he was a kind man, much nicer than Robert, and so I gave him four of your books After all, there are thirteen volumes in the Oxford English Dictionary, and that leaves you with nine.

According to the writer’s opinion,

A. a mother should keep house and father educate the children

B. A father should run the home as well as his office

C. A father should run his office and leave his children to his wife

D. A father shouldn’t only run his office but educate his children

“The father of the little girl has his way” means

the father went out to work in his office

B. the father decided to the girl a lesson

C. the father still did what he wanted to.

Considering himself a psychologist, the father

couldn’t stop discussing the subject

B. couldn’t helping（禁不住）talking about the subject

couldn’t refuse to listen to the subject

D. couldn’t give an explanation of he subject

What’s still unclear to us in the story?

A. The exact number of the picture books the girl had received.

B. How many volumes the Oxford English Dictionary includes.

C. Whether each volume of the dictionary includes entries beginning with two letters.

D. Whether the father knew his daughter’s mind well

What do we know about the little girl?

A. She liked Robert very much. B. She liked reading dictionary

She dislikes what her father did to her picture books.

D. She is a kind and helpful girl.

Daredevil climber Alain Robert, known as the French Spiderman, stood strong winds and rain to climb the world’s tallest skyscraper, Taiper 101, Saturday.

Robert, dressed in a red rain jacket, tights and climbing shoes, climbed up ropes hung down the side of the 101-storey, 1,667-foot office tower, reaching the top in around four hours. “It was a very big moment and I felt a lot of satisfaction though I was already so tired and nearly all of my muscles were painful. I felt completely eased,” said Robert after taking the ride down in one of the tower’s lifts, the world’s fastest.

Several hundred onlookers and shoppers gathered at the base of the tower watching and cheering Roberts progress through live pictures on a large television screen. At times he disappeared from view as clouds passed by the top of the tower surrounding the upper storeys.

The 42-year-old Frenchman has covered scores of well-known structures around the world including the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower–without permission or any safety equipment or ropes.

This time Robert was wearing a harness(背带) fastened to safety ropes for the entire climb. He used the ropes to pull himself up most of the way, using his hands and feet to climb up the walls for only short sections. He said the management had requested he wear the ropes and safety equipment, which had also become necessary due to the rain making the windows and frames very slippery. Robert said he would not carry his pity the next time.

The text mainly tells us that .

A. another world record was broken by a Frenchman.

B. the French Spiderman climbed the world’s tallest building

C. how Alain Robert got the name “daredevil”

D. Alain Robert was praised for his great success

During his climbing up Taipei 101, Alai Robert .

A. never felt tired all the time

B. never used his hands and feet

C. had stayed somewhere for a short rest

D. was not seen on the television screen sometimes

When Alain Robert climbed the Empire State Building, he was likely to .

A. use only his hands and feet B. be 42 years old

C. carry some safety equipment D. get permission of someone

According to the text, we can infer that .

A. Alain Robert spent three hours climbing Taipei 101

B. Alain Robert chose a rainy day on purpose

C. Alain Robert will climb Taipei 101 a second time

D. Alain Robert got lots of help from onlookers

Robert got up early ________ catch the early bus to Shanghai．

A.
for
B.
in order that
C.
in order to
D.
so that

Daredevil climber Alain Robert, known as the French Spiderman, stood strong winds and rain to climb the world's tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, Saturday．

Robert, dressed in red rain jacket, tights and climbing shoes, climbed up ropes hung down the side of the 101 storey, 1,667-foot office tower, reaching the top in around four hours．"It was a very big moment and I felt a lot of satisfaction though I was so tired and nearly all of my muscles were painful．I felt completely eased．" said Robert after taking the ride down in one of the tower's lifts, the world's fastest．

Several hundred on-lookers and shoppers gathered at the base of the tower watching and cheering Robert's progress through live pictures on a large television screen．At times he disappeared from view as clouds passed by the top of the tower surrounding the upper stories．

The 42-year-old Frenchman has covered scores of well-known structures around the world including the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower——without permission or any safety equipment or ropes．

This time Robert was wearing a harness （背带） fastened to safety ropes for the entire climb．He used the ropes to pull himself up most of the way, using his hands and feet to climb up the walls for only short sections．He said that the management had requested he wear the ropes and safety equipment, which had also become necessary due to the rain making the windows and frames very slippery．Robert said he would not carry his pity the next time．

1．The text mainly tells us that _________．

A．another world record was broken by a Frenchman

B．The French Spiderman climbed the world's tallest building

C．How Alain Robert got the name" Daredevil"

D．Alain Robert was praised for his great success

2．During his climbing up Taipei 101, Alain Robert ________．

A．never felt tired all the time

B．never used his hands and feet

C．stayed somewhere for a short rest

D．was not seen on the television screen now and then

3．When Alain Robert climbed the Empire State Building, he was likely to ________．

A．use only his hands and feet B．be 42 years old

C．carry some safety equipment D．get permission of someone

4．According to the text, we can infer that Alain Robert ________．

A．spent three hours climbing Taipei 101 B．chose a rainy day on purpose

C．will climb Taipei 101 a second time D．got lots of help from on-lookers

Robert got up early ________ catch the early bus to Shanghai．

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