1) Read the following news article and complete the blank spaces with the following words:
handcuffed, landmarks, jailed, banned, copycat, skyscraper, tops, awareness, climber, cheer
2) Identify the adjective clauses in the text
3) The group sends email with text properly filled-in and with the adjective clauses found in the text.
Spiderman 2 By Michelle Nichols, Jun 5, 2008
NEW YORK, June 5 (Reuters) - 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 an apparent ____________ ascent.
Alain Robert, 45, the first person to scale the 52-story _____________, told reporters ahead of the ascent on U.N. World Environment Day his aim was "to raise ____________ of global warming since this is one of the main problems for our time." Robert climbed without equipment besides chalk for his hands and climbing shoes. He was greeted at the top by police who arrested him.
The second ___________ also was immediately detained at the top by police. His ascent 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 up to rest, but there was a loud _________ as he reached the top. Wearing red pants, black climbing shoes and a white T-shirt that read "Malaria No More," the man laughed as he was led _____________ from the building.
Robert, who says he suffers from vertigo, has climbed more than 80 skyscrapers and including Chicago's Sears Tower and Taipei 101 in Taiwan, the world's tallest building. His climbs are often illegal and without permission, and always without rope for protection. Last year he was __________ for five days in China after he scaled the 88-story Jin Mao Building in Shanghai. He was expelled and __________ from China for five years.
The New York Times moved into the building in midtown Manhattan a year ago. Designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, its antenna _________ out at 1,142 feet (348 meters).
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