18．The man known as the French"Spiderman"climbed The New York Times building on Thursday to draw attention to global warming，and six hours later another climber made the same climb．
Alain Robert，45，the first person to climb the 52-story skyscraper，told reporters ahead of the climb on the UN World Environment Day his aim was to raise awareness of global warming since this is one of the main problems for our time．
His manager Julie Cohen said she knew nothing about the second climber．
She added that Robert's climbs were without risk and he was a professional climber．
Robert climbed without equipment except for climbing shoes．He was greeted at the top by the police who arrested him．
The second climber was also immediately arrested at the top by police．His climb at the height of the evening rush hour drew crowds and was shown live on at least one TV station．
Several people in the crowd shouted"jump"when he stopped part of the way to rest，but there was a loud cheer as he reached the top．Wearing red pants，black climbing shoes and a white T-shirt that read"Malaria（疟疾） No More"，the man laughed as he was led away by the police from the building．
"We don't look at him as a modern Spiderman，"said James Coil，a member of the police emergency services unit．"We look at him as somebody who not only puts his life at risk but is one of members of the public as well．"
Martin Edlund，director of"Malaria No More"，which aims to prevent the one million yearly deaths from malaria，said the climber had nothing to do with them，but they appreciated his enthusiasm．
56．When was Alain Robert arrested at the top of the building by police？D
A．In the early morning．
B．In the late afternoon．
C．In the evening．
D．About at noon．
57．We learn from the text that Robert's climb wasB．
A．cheered by the police
B．supported by his manager
C．prevented by the owner of the skyscraper
D．laughed at by the people watching him
58．The second climber did the same thing as Robert with the purpose ofC．
A．showing that he is as good as Robert
B．drawing people's attention to global warming
C．doing something for people's health improvement
D．making himself well known in the world
59．The underlined sentence shows thatC．
A．risk is popular in the USA
B．the Americans go in for risks
C．the actions like the two men's are forbidden in the USA
D．the USA government supports the actions of risk．
分析 本文写了两位攀爬者，一位是专业人士，一位是健康使者的宣传者，在同一天爬上了纽约时报的大楼，结果因为给公众带来危害被警察带走的故事．
解答 56．答案是D推理判断题，根据文中句子"His climb at the height of the evening rush hour drew crowds"第二个爬上去的人是在at the height of the evening rush hours是在晚高峰的时候，可以推测 Alain Robert 被警察带走的时候一定在这之前，所以答案选D．
57．答案是B．细节理解题，根据句子"She added that Robert's climbs were without risk and he was a professional climber"，可见她是支持他的行为的，所以答案选B．
58．答案是C．细节理解题，根据文中句子"Wearing red pants，black climbing shoes and a white T-shirt that read"Malaria（疟疾） No More""可见他是为了人类的健康做宣传的，故答案选C．
59．答案是C．细节理解题，根据划线句子可见他们的这种行为在警察的眼中不仅让自己处在危险之中，而且让公众也在危险中，所以是警察不允许的，故答案选C．
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