Reading Task 1. Read the text. Then answer the questions.
THE HUMAN SPIDERMAN
Alain Robert is one of the world’s greatest daredevils. He climbs tall buildings around the world using just his hands and feet. That’s why some people call him ‘the human spiderman’!
Alain was born in France in 1962, and he started climbing buildings when he was twelve. His family lived on the eighth floor of a tall building, and one day Alain forgot his keys, so he climbed up the outside of a building and went in through the window.
This is a dangerous hobby. Alain fell off a building while he was climbing in Taipei, and he injured his arm quite seriously. He didn’t stop though. Falling isn’t the only danger he faces. In 2005, while he was climbing a building in Texas, the American police arrested him.
So why does he do it? It’s partly because he enjoys the feeling of danger. But he also uses his climbs to make people think about world problems. In 2008, for example, he climbed a 46-floor hotel in Hong Kong while wearing a T-shirt with a message about global warming.
Read the text on the right.
1. What does Alain Robert climb?

2. Why is Alain called ‘the human spiderman’?

3. Why did he climb his first building?

4. What happened to him in Taipei?

5. What happened to him in the USA?

6. Why did Alain wear a special T-shirt in Hong Kong in 2008?

7. Why does Alain climb the buildings?

The name of E.C is well known all over the world. He sang in many countries. People like his singing.Though Caruso was very famous he often said: "No man is so well known as he thinks he is."One day, when he came to the United States his car broke down and Caruso asked the farmer to do it. The farmer agreed. While the farmer was repairing the car, Caruso entered the farmer's house to rest there. Caruso paid the farmer for his work and presented him his photograph with his name on it. The farmer read the name on the photograph and cried out:"Oh, what a luck! You are Robinson Cruso! I've never dreamed to receive the greatest traveller in the world in my poor house!"

1. Summer. 2. It is difficult to translate this text. 3. Day light and night dark. 4. In your room is warm or cold? 5. In may is usually warm. 6. When I get home, will still light. 7. Spring. In the parks many colors. 8. Tomorrow will be Sunday. 9. We will come tomorrow at half past seven, if it doesn't rain. 10. It was ten to seven when my father returned home. 11. In the summer it is warm? 12. In the winter we are not cold. 13. Yesterday was as cold as today. 14. From here to home 5 miles. 15. Winter. Cold. It's snowing. 16. It's raining? – No, but in the sky a lot of clouds. 17. It is important to read many English texts. 18. Yesterday it was snowing? – No. 19. It's late and quite dark. 20. It is difficult to speak a foreign language without mistakes. 21. Far away from here to the theater? 22. It was very pleasant to swim in the sea. 23. It is very difficult to translate such texts without a dictionary. 24. Was it easy for you to get up so early yesterday? 25. How long do you need to get to the University? 26. Tomorrow will be clear. 27. In summer it often rains. 28. In winter, snowing. 29. Outside it's drizzling, put on the cloak. 30. It's going to rain, hurry up. 31. Yesterday it took us two hours to get home. 32. It was very difficult to walk in the darkness. 33. It is strange that he did not come. 34. It is interesting that she told?