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(CNN) -- Samantha Stosur stopped Caroline Wozniacki from clinching the year-end women's No. 1 tennis ranking with a shock 6-4 6-3 victory at the WTA Championships in Qatar on Wednesday night. The Australian romped to her second straight victory in the Maroon Group, following her revenge win over French Open champion Francesca Schiavone on Tuesday. The Roland Garros runner-up's kick serve was a potent weapon against Wozniacki, with the triumph giving the 26-year-old every chance of reaching the semifinals ahead of her final group match against Russia's Elena Dementieva on Thursday. It was her second victory over a top-ranked player this year, having beaten Serena Williams on the way to reaching the final in Paris. The fifth seed fired 26 winners to Wozniacki's 14, and could afford to serve two double-faults in the deciding game before the Dane returned a backhand long on her first match-point. Wozniacki, who thrashed seventh seed Dementieva on Tuesday, will next take on Italy's Schiavone on Thursday. Kim Clijsters, who won the $4.5 million season-ending event in 2002 and 2003, earlier triumphed in her opening White Group match 6-2 6-3 against fellow former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic despite serving 10 double-faults. The Belgian, returning to action after having a mole cut off her foot, broke Jankovic to love in the first game of the match and then again in the seventh. The three-time U.S. Open champion was less impressive in the second set but had enough to see off the Serbian, who is struggling with illness in the oppressive heat in Doha. Answer the following questions: 1. What kind of win did Stosur get against Schiavone? 2. True or False: Stosur played against Wozniacki on Friday morning. 3. When did they play each other? 4. How old is Stosur? 5. Was her win in Qatar expected? 6. True or False: Serena Williams beat Stosur. 7. How much money did Clijsters win? 8. When? 9. Where is Clijsters from? 10. What did she have removed? 11. Where is Jankovic from? 12. Is she in good health? 13. Why? 14. Did Wozniacki reach the women's top rank? 15. In what game did she lose her chance at it? 16. What is Schiavone champion of? 17. Who was Stosur's final group match against? 18. True or False: Dementieva is from Sweden. 19. What country, then? Numbered answers:

1. Revenge win 2. False 3. Wednesday night 4. 26-year-old 5. No, it was a shock 6. False 7. $4.5 million 8. 2002 9. Belgian 10. A mole which was cut off her foot 11. Serbia 12. No, she is struggling with illness 13. Due to the oppressive heat in Doha. 14. No 15. 6-4 6-3 defeat in the WTA Championships in Qatar on Wednesday night. 16. The French Open 17. Elena Dementieva 18. False 19. Russia

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Read the text and answer the questions. Mitchell and his brother, Graham are biking to the store to buy lemons. They want to make a lemonade stand for their friends. In order to do this, they need to buy lemons, sugar, and cups from the store. While they are at the store, they run into their friends Jimmy and Justin. Jimmy and Justin are also brothers. Mitchell and Graham stop to talk to their friends for a bit before they go back to their shopping. After filling up their basket with the items they need to make lemonade, they go to the front of the store to pay. Once they get home, they start making lemonade and set out their table by the sidewalk. They talk to a few of their neighbors as they walk buy and some of them buy some lemonade. After sitting outside for some time, they think about making a sign to let the neighbors know that they have lemonade for sale. Mitchell gets the markers and Graham gets the sign. They work together to make the sign. After putting the sign in front of the table, they find people want much more lemonade. Later Jimmy and Justin stop by and buy some lemonade. Mitchell and Graham talk to their friends about things that Jimmy and Justin would need to do to make their own stand. After their friends leave, Mitchell and Graham count their money and choose to split the money. Each of the boys put the money in their piggy banks. 1. Who is going to the store? 2. Why? 3. Do they know each other? 4. What else do they need to buy? 5. Who do they see at the store? 6. Named? 7. Are they related? 8. How? 9. Where do they put the lemonade stand? 10. Who bought some? 11. What did they decide to make? 12. Why? 13. What supplies did they need? 14. Who did the work? 15. Was it effective? 16. Which friends stopped by? 17. Who kept the money? 18. Where did they put it? Numbered answers:

1. Mitchell and his brother, 2. to buy lemons 3. yes 4. sugar, and cups 5. Their friends 6. Jimmy and Justin 7. yes 8. brothers 9. by the sidewalk 10. their neighbors 11. a sign 12. to let the neighbors know that they have lemonade for sale 13. markers and a sign 14. Both 15. yes 16. immy and Justin 17. They split it 18. in their piggy banks.

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Answer the questions at the end based on the text. On the broad landing between Miss Havisham's own room and that other room in which the long table was laid out, I saw a garden chair -- a light chair on wheels that you pushed from behind. It had been placed there since my last visit, and that same day I pushed Miss Havisham in this chair (when she was tired of walking with her hand upon my shoulder) round her own room, and across the landing and round the other room, which, from that day on, became my regular job. As we began to be more used to one another, Miss Havisham talked more to me, and asked me such questions as what had I learnt and what was I going to be? I told her I was going to be apprenticed to Joe, my sister's husband; then I explained my knowing nothing and wanting to know everything, in the hope that she might offer some help. But, she did not; on the contrary, she seemed to prefer my being ignorant. Neither did she ever give me any money - or anything but my daily dinner - nor even mentioned that I should be paid for my services. Estella was always about, and always let me in and out, but never told me I might kiss her again. Sometimes, she would coldly tolerate me; sometimes, she would be seemingly kind to me; sometimes, she would be quite familiar with me; sometimes, she would tell me energetically that she hated me. Miss Havisham would often ask me in a whisper, or when we were alone, "Does she grow prettier and prettier, Pip?" And when I said yes, Miss Havisham would seem to enjoy it greedily. Also, when we played at cards Miss Havisham would look on Estella's moods, whatever they were. And sometimes, when her moods were so many and so contradictory of one another that I was puzzled what to say or do, Miss Havisham would hold her tightly with great fondness, saying something quietly in her ear that sounded like "Break their hearts my pride and hope, break their hearts and have no mercy!" 1. who is the narrator? 2. does he work? 3. for who? 4. is he well compensated? 5. how is he compensated? 6. who is the young woman? 7. was she around a lot? 8. was she good looking? 9. by who's standards? 10. anyone else? 11. who? 12. did someone push someone else? Numbered answers:

1. Pip 2. Yes 3. Miss Havisham 4. No 5. with daily dinner 6. Estella 7. Yes 8. Yes 9. Miss Havisham 10. Yes 11. Pip 12. Who was the pusher?

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William Shakespeare is the most famous playwright . Although he died in 1616, people still go to see his plays. Among the most popular are Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hamlet -- the story of a prince who struggles to respond to the crimes around him. Shakespeare, who was born in 1564, was an actor as well as a writer. Most of his ideas for plays were taken from history, people's conversation, ancient stories, and also from other writers. He wrote not only about kings and queens and princes, but also about friends and ordinary people. He wrote about the cruelty of war and the bravery of heroes, as well as about jealousy, joy, hate, ambition and love. His stories live on. The tragedy Romeo and Juliet was reborn as the musical West Side Story and more recently as the movie Romeo and Juliet with the wonderful performance of Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. He invented a number of great characters: powerful magicians, thrilling witches, smart women and both wise and wicked men. He also invented some great phrases. If you've ever said, "Oh, for goodness sake!" you can thank Shakespeare for that. "To be, or not to be: that is the question," Hamlet says. "Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it is morrow," says Juliet to her Romeo. Don't be surprised if you don't understand everything when reading Shakespeare or watching one of his plays because the meanings of many words have changed over the years. And Shakespeare's characters speak in poetry, so their speeches can be complicated. It does help to find out a little bit about the story before reading a Shakespeare play. It's worth the effort. As Shakespeare wrote, "All the world is a stage." And in his plays you'll find that an entire world is waiting for you. Answer this series of questions: 1. What is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays? 2. And another? 3. And another? 4. Did he do anything else besides writing? 5. What? 6. What was West Side Story based on? 7. Who played Romeo in the movie? 8. Who was Juliet? 9. What is one commonly used phrase that came from Shakespeare? 10. What's another one? 11. Has the language used in Shakespeare stayed the same? 12. When did Shakespeare die? 13. When was he born? 14. What is Hamlet about? 15. Whhere did Shakespeare get his ideas? 16. Did he always write about kings? 17. What is one thing he also wrote about? 18. Anything else? 19. Did he write about war? Numbered answers:

1. Hamlet 2. Romeo and Juliet 3. A Midsummer Night's Dream 4. yes 5. an actor 6. Romeo and Juliet 7. Leonardo DiCaprio 8. Claire Danes 9. "Oh, for goodness sake!" 10. "To be, or not to be: that is the question," 11. no 12. 1616 13. 1564 14. a prince 15. history, conversation,stories, and other writers. 16. no 17. ordinary people 18. jealousy, joy and hate 19. yes

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Logan had lots of toys. He had balls, dinosaurs, race cars, and even robots! Logan had so many toys he had a room for his toys. There he could play with whatever he wanted, when he wanted, and not even have to pick them back up. Logan had all kinds of balls. He had red ones, green ones, blue ones and even a pink one he hid from his sister. His robots were so cool they could change shape, fly, or race. Some even saved the world in his imagination. Logan loved his dinosaurs. He had one with big sharp teeth, one with little tiny arms, one with purple spots, and even one that his dad said didn't eat anything but plants and vegetables. Logan's favorite toys were his race cars. That was because when his dad came home from work he always went to the toy room with Logan to play with his race cars. Logan had so much fun he even lets his sister in his toy room so she can play dad too! The toy room was Logan's favorite room in the house. He spends all the time he can in his room with all his friends and family and he has so much fun. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where were Logan's toys? 2. Did he have race cars? 3. How many colors of balls did he have? 4. Why were his robot toys neat? 5. Did he have a dinosaur with pink spots? 6. Which toys were his favorites? 7. Why 8. Did anyone else play in the room? 9. Who? 10. When would his father play with him? Numbered answers:

1. toy room 2. yes 3. four 4. could change shape, fly, or race 5. no 6. race cars 7. dad played with those with him 8. yes 9. sister 10. home from work

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CHAPTER XIX MAUD MAKES A MEMORANDUM My mother used to say to me: "Never expect to find brains in a pretty girl." Perhaps she said it because I was not a pretty girl and she wished to encourage me. In any event, that absurd notion of the ancients that when the fairies bestow the gift of beauty on a baby they withhold all other qualities has so often been disproved that we may well disregard it. Maud Stanton was a pretty girl--indeed, a beautiful girl--but she possessed brains as well as beauty and used her intellect to advantage more often than her quiet demeanor would indicate to others than her most intimate associates. From the first she had been impressed by the notion that there was something mysterious about A. Jones and that his romantic explanation of his former life and present position was intended to hide a truth that would embarrass him, were it fully known. Therefore she had secretly observed the young man, at such times as they were together, and had treasured every careless remark he had made--every admission or assertion--and made a note of it. The boy's arrest had startled her because it was so unexpected, and her first impulse was to doubt his innocence. Later, however, she had thoroughly reviewed the notes she had made and decided he was innocent. In the quiet of her own room, when she was supposed to be asleep, Maud got out her notebook and read therein again the review of all she had learned concerning A. Jones of Sangoa. Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions: 1. Who was good looking? 2. Was she very good looking? 3. What did she have along with her looks? 4. Was the narrator also good looking? 5. Who did Maud think was keeping a secret? 6. What did she think it would to, if revealed? 7. What did she do to try to uncover this secret? 8. What surprised her? 9. Did she initially think he might be guilty? 10. What did she decide subsequently? 11. Where was the man from? Numbered answers:

1. Maud Stanton 2. yes 3. brains 4. no 5. A. Jones 6. embarrass him, 7. secretly observed him 8. The boy's arrest 9. yes 10. .he was innocent. 11. Sangoa.

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CHAPTER XIV. HARRY'S GRAND SCHEME. This wholesale appropriation of horses caused, of course, a great commotion in the vicinity of Akeville, and half the male population turned out the next day in search of George Mason and the five horses. Even Harry was infected with the general excitement, and, mounted on old Selim, he rode away after dinner (there was no school that afternoon) to see if he could find any one who had heard anything. There ought to be news, for the men had been away all the morning. About two miles from the village, the road on which Harry was riding forked, and not knowing that the party which had started off in that direction had taken the road which ran to the northeast, as being the direction in which a man would probably go, if he wanted to get away safely with five stolen horses, Harry kept straight on. The road was lonely and uninteresting. On one side was a wood of "old-field pines"--pines of recent growth and little value, that spring up on the old abandoned tobacco fields--and on the other a stretch of underbrush, with here and there a tree of tolerable size, but from which almost all the valuable timber had been cut. Selim was inclined to take things leisurely, and Harry gradually allowed him to slacken his pace into a walk, and even occasionally to stop and lower his head to take a bite from some particularly tempting bunch of grass by the side of the road. 1. Which horse did Harry ride? 2. What he excited? 3. When he begin to ride? 4. Was there school that afternoon? 5. What caused a big stir? 6. Near what town? 7. How many people showed up? 8. What were they looking for? 9. How far was Harry from the village before the road split? 10. Did he know which way the others went? 11. Which way did he go? 12. Was the road interesting? 13. What was on one side of him? 14. What was on the other? 15. Were the pines on the one side valuable? 16. Where did they tend to grow? 17. Was Selim in a hurry? 18. What did Harry eventually let him do? 19. Did he let him stop and eat? 20. What did he eat? Numbered answers:

1. old Selim 2. yes 3. after dinner 4. no 5. wholesale appropriation of horses 6. Akeville 7. half the male population 8. George Mason and the five horses 9. About two miles 10. no 11. straight on 12. no 13. a wood of "old-field pines" 14. a stretch of underbrush 15. no 16. on the old abandoned tobacco fields 17. no 18. allowed him to slacken his pace into a walk 19. yes 20. grass

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Fax (short for facsimile), sometimes called telecopying or telefax (the latter short for telefacsimile), is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material (both text and images), normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device. The original document is scanned with a fax machine (or a telecopier), which processes the contents (text or images) as a single fixed graphic image, converting it into a bitmap, and then transmitting it through the telephone system in the form of audio-frequency tones. The receiving fax machine interprets the tones and reconstructs the image, printing a paper copy. Early systems used direct conversions of image darkness to audio tone in a continuous or analog manner. Since the 1980s, most machines modulate the transmitted audio frequencies using a digital representation of the page which is compressed to quickly transmit areas which are all-white or all-black. Scottish inventor Alexander Bain worked on chemical mechanical fax type devices and in 1846 was able to reproduce graphic signs in laboratory experiments. He received British patent 9745 on May 27, 1843 for his "Electric Printing Telegraph." Frederick Bakewell made several improvements on Bain's design and demonstrated a telefax machine. The Pantelegraph was invented by the Italian physicist Giovanni Caselli. He introduced the first commercial telefax service between Paris and Lyon in 1865, some 11 years before the invention of the telephone. 1. What word is "fax" an abbreviation of? 2. Can a fax send images? 3. What else? 4. After scanning, what is the original document converted to? 5. How is it the sent over the telephone? 6. What does a fax machine do with these tones? 7. To do what? 8. Who tweaked Bain's design? 9. What did Bain patent? 10. When? 11. Which was invented first, telefax or the telephone? 12. Where did the first service run? 13. When? 14. What can post-1980s fax machines transmit quickly? 15. What do they use to do this? 16. What is fax sometimes called instead? 17. Or what? 18. Which is an abbreviation for what? 19. Who was Caselli? Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. facsimile 2. Yes 3. text 4. a bitmap 5. audio-frequency tones 6. interprets them 7. reconstructs the image 8. Frederick Bakewell 9. the Electric Printing Telegraph 10. May 27, 1843 11. telefax 12. between Paris and Lyon 13. 1865 14. areas which are all-white or all-black. 15. a digital representation of the page 16. telecopying 17. telefax 18. telefacsimile 19. an Italian physicist

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Make use of the article to answer the questions. The word pharmacy is derived from its root word pharma which was a term used since the 15th–17th centuries. However, the original Greek roots from pharmakos imply sorcery or even poison. In addition to pharma responsibilities, the pharma offered general medical advice and a range of services that are now performed solely by other specialist practitioners, such as surgery and midwifery. The pharma (as it was referred to) often operated through a retail shop which, in addition to ingredients for medicines, sold tobacco and patent medicines. Often the place that did this was called an apothecary and several languages have this as the dominant term, though their practices are more akin to a modern pharmacy, in English the term apothecary would today be seen as outdated or only approproriate if herbal remedies were on offer to a large extent. The pharmas also used many other herbs not listed. The Greek word Pharmakeia (Greek: φαρμακεία) derives from pharmakon (φάρμακον), meaning "drug", "medicine" (or "poison").[n 1] 1. What does the term pharmakos come from? 2. Does it have positive connotations? 3. What does it mean? 4. What would be the Greek word for drug or medicine? 5. And what came from that word? 6. When was the term pharma first used? 7. Is that where the term pharmacy came from? 8. Did pharmas only distribute medicines? 9. What is something else they did? 10. What about for pregnant women? 11. Could you get tobacco at a pharma? 12. Were they stand alone enterprises? 13. What is a common name for these stores? 14. Is that only used in English? 15. What would you compare an apothecary to nowadays? 16. Is that still a descriptive definition? 17. What would make it so? 18. Did pharmas list all herbs they used? 19. Could I get a patent medicine at a pharma? 20. What about ingredients for other medicines? Numbered answers:

1. Greek 2. no 3. sorcery or even poison 4. pharmakon 5. Pharmakeia 6. 15th century 7. yes 8. no 9. offered general medical advice 10. midwifery 11. yes 12. yes 13. an apothecary 14. no 15. pharmacy 16. no 17. if they sold herbal remedies 18. no 19. yes 20. yes

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We're unleashing the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending November 15, 2014. We don't get any new songs this week...but things do get shaken up a bit. It all starts in fifth place, where Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj dip a notch with "Bang Bang." Jessie says she wanted to assemble this lineup for a long time - she says she only met the other two after the song went to number one on iTunes. Jessie also says she wanted to use Nicki five years ago on her debut single, "Do It Like A Dude." Taking over fourth place is Maroon 5 with "Animals." This band has been around for 20 years...but not always under this name. The Los Angeles group formed in 1994 as Kara's Flowers, and released one album under that name in 1997. Four years later the members re-grouped as Maroon 5, and the rest is chart history. Holding in third place is Tove Lo with "Habits (Stay High)." Where did that name come from? This Swedish artist's real name is Ebba Tove Elsa Nillson. "Lo" is Swedish for lynx - a species of wildcat that Tove says she fell in love with as a little girl. After eight weeks, Meghan Trainor falls off the Hot 100 pedestal: "All About That Bass" falls to second place. Last week, she and Miranda Lambert sang this song at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, and Meghan kicks off a headlining North American tour next February in Vancouver, Canada. Taylor Swift re-takes the Hot 100 title, with "Shake It Off" - giving her three total weeks at the top - but that's only the beginning of her phenomenal week. Taylor's 1989 album just opened at number one by selling 1.2 million domestic copies. That's the largest sales week since The Eminem Show sold 1.3 million copies, way back in 2002. That's a wrap for this week, but as you know, the chart is always changing. Come back in seven days for an all-new lineup. Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions. 1. five 2. no 3. no 4. down 5. Three 6. no 7. Jessie J 8. "Do It Like A Dude" 9. 1994 10. no 11. One 12. up 13. lynx 14. Tove Lo 15. Meghan Trainor 16. no 17. yes 18. the Country Music Association Awards 19. no 20. "Shake It Off" Numbered questions:

1. How many songs are being discussed? 2. Is this the Billboard Country singles chart? 3. Is the week in question before Christmas? 4. Did "Bang Bang" go up or down this week? 5. How many musicians contributed to that single? 6. Is Beyonce one of them? 7. Who put together the group? 8. What song made her want to join forces with Nicki Minaj? 9. When did Maroon 5 form? 10. Have they always gone by that title? 11. How many records did they put out under an alternate name? 12. Did their song move up or down this week? 13. What does the word "Lo" mean? 14. Who is Ebba Tove Elsa Nillson? 15. Who was number one the week prior to this chart? 16. Was she number one more than eight weeks? 17. Has she performed anywhere in the last week? 18. Where at? 19. Is Taylor Swift's "Reputation" number one this week? 20. Which song is?

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Sen. Harry Reid, 75, is recovering at home after he broke "a number of ribs and bones in his face" when he was exercising, his office said Friday in a statement. The Nevada Democrat was using a piece of equipment to exercise on Thursday when it broke, causing him to fall. His doctors expect a full recovery, and he's set to return to Washington over the weekend before the Senate reconvenes next week. According to the statement, the Senate Democratic Leader was treated and admitted overnight as a precaution at University Medical Center in Las Vegas after first being transported to St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson by his security detail. President Barack Obama called Reid on Friday, White House spokesman Eric Schultz told reporters, "to wish him a full and speedy recovery." Reid's office later announced Friday that Reid had been discharged from the hospital. "He spent the day with his wife, Landra, talking to fellow senators, friends and staff and preparing for the Senate's return," Reid's Deputy Communications Director said in an emailed statement Friday. "He sends his thanks to all those who sent warm wishes and is ready to get back to work." RELATED: Harry Reid Fast Facts Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, was quick to make a joke and wish his colleague well. It's not the first time Reid has hurt his ribs in recent years. In October 2012, his motorcade was involved in a multi-car accident in Nevada that left him with rib and hip contusions. He went to the hospital but was released shortly afterward. Answer the following questions: 1. Who is the article about? 2. What happened? 3. When? 4. How? 5. Has this happened before? 6. How many hospitals did he go to? 7. Where first? 8. Then? 9. How long did he stay? 10. What party is Sen. Reid? 11. What state? 12. Did anyone call him? 13. Why? 14. Did anyone else make the same wish? 15. Who is he? 16. What party? 17. State? 18. Has Reid been injured before? Numbered answers:

1. Sen. Harry Reid, 2. he broke "a number of ribs and bones in his face" 3. Thursday 4. piece of equipment broke, causing him to fall 5. No 6. Two 7. St. Rose Dominican Hospital 8. University Medical Center i 9. overnight 10. Democrat 11. Nevada 12. Obama 13. to wish him a full and speedy recovery 14. Jeff Flake 15. Sen 16. R 17. Arizona 18. yes

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Read the text and answer the questions. Alex was happy when he woke up. He was really happy he didn't have to go to a dumb sit down school like his cousins. He was a home school kid. There was lots to do today. He woke Tigerrr, his kitty. They were going to look at the apple trees. He was seeing if he could grow more fruit by feeding them different kinds of food. He fed one chips and he fed one chocolate. He hoped the fruit would taste like apple chocolate! He fed one root beer and he fed another one salad. He fed one of them seaweed. He wrote down how many fruits each tree had, and this is what he found. The root beer tree had five fruits. The tree that was fed chocolate had three. The chip tree had ten. The salad tree had fifteen. The seaweed tree had fifty apples! They were everywhere. "The winner!", said Tigerrr, his paw in the air. 1. Who was happy? 2. Why? 3. Was there lots to do today? 4. What's his kitty's name? 5. What kind of trees were they going to look at? 6. What did he feed the fruit? 7. Why? 8. Did he feed one root beer? 9. What about salad? 10. What did he write down? Numbered answers:

1. Alex. 2. Because he didn't have to go to school. 3. Yes. 4. Tigerrr. 5. Apple. 6. He fed one chips and he fed one chocolate. 7. Because he hoped the fruit would taste like apple chocolate. 8. He fed one root beer 9. Yes. 10. How many fruits each tree had.

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Answer the questions at the end based on the text. Goa is a state in India within the coastal region known as the Konkan in India. It is bounded by Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the east and south, with the Arabian Sea forming its Western coast. It is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Goa has the highest GDP per capita among all Indian states, that is two and a half times that of the country. It was ranked the best placed state by the "Eleventh Finance Commission" for its infrastructure and ranked on top for the best quality of life in India by the National Commission on Population based on the 12 Indicators. Panaji is the state's capital, while Vasco da Gama is its largest city. The historic city of Margao still exhibits the cultural influence of the Portuguese, who first landed in the early 16th century as merchants and conquered it soon thereafter. Goa is a former Portuguese province; the Portuguese overseas territory of Portuguese India existed for about 450 years until it was annexed by India in 1961. Goa is visited by large numbers of international and domestic tourists each year for its beaches, places of worship and world heritage architecture. It has rich flora and fauna, owing to its location on the Western Ghats range, a biodiversity hotspot. 1. Is Goa near the sea? 2. Which one? 3. What is its capital? 4. Is it the largest city? 5. Does it have any historic city? 6. Which one? 7. Which culture's history it represents? 8. When they came there? 9. Why they came there? 10. Did they eventually conquer it? 11. Was it a province of a country? 12. How long it existed as Portuguese overseas territory? 13. Then who got it? 14. When? 15. What is it famous for? 16. How about flora and fauna? 17. Where it stands among Indian states in GDP? 18. How large is it compared to others? 19. How large its population compared to other states? 20. How about by area? Numbered answers:

1. yes 2. Arabian Sea 3. Panaji 4. Vasco da Gama 5. yes 6. Margao 7. Portuguese 8. 16th century 9. merchant things 10. yes 11. Goa 12. 450 years 13. India 14. 1961 15. beaches 16. that too 17. the highest 18. two and a half times larger 19. fourth smallest 20. the smallest

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Napoléon Bonaparte (/nəˈpoʊliən, -ˈpoʊljən/; French: [napɔleɔ̃ bɔnapaʁt], born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. He won most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles, building a large empire that ruled over continental Europe before its final collapse in 1815. Often considered one of the greatest commanders in history, his wars and campaigns are studied at military schools worldwide. He also remains one of the most celebrated and controversial political figures in Western history. In civil affairs, Napoleon had a major long-term impact by bringing liberal reforms to the territories that he conquered, especially the Low Countries, Switzerland, and large parts of modern Italy and Germany. He implemented fundamental liberal policies in France and throughout Western Europe.[note 1] His lasting legal achievement, the Napoleonic Code, has been adopted in various forms by a quarter of the world's legal systems, from Japan to Quebec. Answer this series of questions: 1. What was Napoleon's lasting achievement? 2. when was he born? 3. When did he die? 4. When was he Emperor? 5. Did he lose a lot of battles? 6. When did Europe collapse? 7. What do military schools study? Numbered answers:

1. the Napoleonic Code, 2. 15 August 1769 3. 5 May 182 4. from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815 5. yes 6. 1815. 7. his wars and campaigns

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Anti-Americanism, anti-American sentiment, or sometimes Americanophobia is dislike of or opposition to the United States governmental policies of the United States, especially regarding the foreign policy, or the American people in general. Political scientist Brendon O'Connor of the United States Studies Centre suggests that "anti-Americanism" cannot be isolated as a consistent phenomenon and that the term originated as a rough composite of stereotypes, prejudices and criticisms evolving to more politically based criticism. French scholar Marie-France Toinet says use of the term "anti-Americanism" "is only fully justified if it implies systematic opposition – a sort of allergic reaction – to America as a whole". Discussions on anti-Americanism have in most cases lacked a precise explanation of what the sentiment entails (other than a general disfavor), which has led to the term being used broadly and in an impressionistic manner, resulting in the inexact impressions of the many expressions described as anti-American. William Russell Melton argues that criticism largely originates from the perception that the U.S. wants to act as a "world policeman". Negative views of the United States are generally strongest in the Arab world, China, former Soviet countries, certain European nations, and North Korea, and weakest in Sub-Saharan Africa and most parts of Southeast Asia. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What do people with Americanphobia not like? 2. What can they dislike about the United States? 3. What specific policies might they dislike? 4. Is there other names for Americanphobia/ 5. How many? 6. What are they? 7. What did the term start as? 8. What did it change into? 9. Who is Brendon O'Connor? 10. Where is he employed? 11. Does he this this is a consistent thing? 12. Who is Marie-France Toinet? 13. Does she feel the term is justified if it does not imply systematic opposition? 14. How much of America does she say it needs to include? 15. Where are the strongest negative opinions of the U.S.? 16. How many other areas? 17. Is it strong in part of Europe? 18. What about China 19. Where is it the weakest? 20. How does the U.S. try to act? Numbered answers:

1. the United States 2. the people 3. foreign policy 4. yes 5. two 6. Anti-Americanism and anti-American sentiment 7. a composite of stereotypes, prejudices and criticisms 8. a politically based criticism 9. A political scientist 10. the United States Studies Centre 11. no 12. a French scholar 13. no 14. all of it 15. in the Arab world 16. four 17. yes 18. yes 19. Sub-Saharan Africa and most parts of Southeast Asia 20. like a world policeman

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Chapter 11: Cortez. The expedition, whose arrival had caused such excitement in Mexico, was commanded by Hernando Cortez, a man who united in his person all the gifts requisite for a great leader of men. He possessed a handsome person, great strength and skill at arms, extraordinary courage and daring, singular powers of conciliation and of bringing others to his way of thinking, pleasing and courteous demeanor, a careless and easy manner which concealed great sagacity and wisdom, an inexhaustible flow of spirits, and an iron determination. Born in Estremadura in 1485, of an ancient and respectable family, he was--like many others who have distinguished themselves as great soldiers--while at school and college remarkable rather for mischievous freaks, and disregard of authority, than for love of learning. At the age of seventeen he had exhausted his parents' patience, and was on the point of starting with the expedition of Ovando, the successor to Columbus, when he so injured himself by a fall, incurred in one of his wild escapades, that he was unable to sail with it. Two years later, however, he went out in a merchant vessel to the Indies. On reaching Hispaniola Ovando, who was governor of the island, received him kindly, and gave him a grant of land and a number of Indians to till it. The quiet life of the planter, however, little suited the restless young fellow; and after taking part in several military expeditions against insurgent natives, under the command of Diego Velasquez, he sailed in 1511, with that officer, to undertake the conquest of Cuba. Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions: 1. Who was the leader of the expedition? 2. What made him such a good leader? 3. What type of gifts? 4. Did he have a strong effect on others? 5. Was he known for his love of learning? 6. What expedition happened after Columbus's? 7. Did Cortez partake in that expedition? 8. What stopped him? 9. Did he ever make it to Hispaniola Ovando? 10. How did the governor react to him? 11. Did he come from a newer family? Numbered answers:

1. Hernando Cortez 2. all the gifts requisite 3. great strength and skill at arms, 4. yes 5. no 6. the expedition of Ovando 7. no 8. he injured himself 9. yes 10. kindly, 11. no

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CHAPTER XIII. On the next morning Michel Voss and his son met in the kitchen, and found Marie already there. 'Well, my girl,' said Michel, as he patted Marie's shoulder, and kissed her forehead, 'you've been up getting a rare breakfast for these fellows, I see.' Marie smiled, and made some good-humoured reply. No one could have told by her face that there was anything amiss with her. 'It's the last favour of the kind he'll ever have at your hands,' continued Michel, 'and yet he doesn't seem to be half grateful.' George stood with his back to the kitchen fire, and did not say a word. It was impossible for him even to appear to be pleasant when such things were being said. Marie was a better hypocrite, and, though she said little, was able to look as though she could sympathise with her uncle's pleasant mirth. The two men had soon eaten their breakfast and were gone, and then Marie was left alone with her thoughts. Would George say anything to his father of what had passed up-stairs on the previous evening? The two men started, and when they were alone together, and as long as Michel abstained from talking about Marie and her prospects, George was able to converse freely with his father. When they left the house the morning was just dawning, and the air was fresh and sharp. 'We shall soon have the frost here now,' said Michel, 'and then there will be no more grass for the cattle.' 1. Where did Michel meet someone? 2. Who was already there? 3. Who did he plan on meeting? 4. What was his name? 5. Did he seem thankful for breakfast? 6. Was he talkative? 7. What subject did Michel avoid talking about with George? 8. When did an event happen with Marie and George? 9. How was Michel related to Marie? 10. Who was described as a hypocrite? 11. When did the men leave home? 12. How was the weather? 13. What would the cattle soon lose? 14. Due to what? Numbered answers:

1. in the kitchen 2. Marie 3. his son 4. George 5. no 6. no 7. Marie and her prospects 8. the previous evening 9. he's her uncle 10. Marie 11. after breakfast 12. cool 13. grass 14. frost

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CHAPTER IX. A RACE ON THE ICE, AND WHAT FOLLOWED. After the events just narrated several days passed quietly enough at Putnam Hall. In the meantime the weather continued clear, and the boys took it upon themselves to clear off a part of the lake for skating. Then, one night came a strong wind, and the next morning they found a space of cleared ice nearly half a mile long. "Now for some fine skating!" exclaimed Tom, as he rushed back to the Hall after an inspection of the lake's smooth surface. "We can have all the racing we wish." "It's a pity Sam can't go out yet," returned Dick. Sam was back to the school, but his cold had not entirely left him. "Never mind; here are several new magazines he can read," returned Tom, who had been to town with Snuggers on an errand and had purchased them at the stationery store. "I would just as soon read now," said Sam. "The magazines look mighty interesting." Just then Fred Garrison came in, accompanied by George Granbury. They had been down to Cedarville to purchase some skates and a new pair of shoes for George. "Hullo, what do you think we saw in Cedarville!" cried Fred, as soon as he caught sight of the Rovers. "Lots of snow," suggested Tom dryly. "Yes--and more." "A mighty dull town," suggested Sam. "We saw Dan Baxter." "What was he doing?" "He was walking down the street. And who do you suppose was with him? Mr. Grinder!" 1. What did the boys do to the lake? 2. For what purpose? 3. What is the number of this chapter? 4. And the title? 5. Why can't Sam go skating? 6. What could Sam do instead? 7. Where had Tom gotten the magazines? 8. True of False: The top of the lake was rough. 9. Where had Fred and George been? 10. Did they buy something for George? 11. What? 12. Did they buy something for Tom? 13. How far was the ice cleared off the lake? 14. With whom had Tom gone to town? 15. True or False: Sam thought the reading material looked boring. 16. Who is the first person Fred mentioned seeing? 17. And the second? 18. Were the two mentioned seen together? 19. What were they doing? 20. Did Fred and George buy skates? Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. They cleared off a part of it. 2. For skating. 3. IX. 4. A RACE ON THE ICE, AND WHAT FOLLOWED. 5. his cold had not entirely left him. 6. Read Tom's magazines. 7. At the stationery store. 8. False 9. To Cedarville 10. Yes. 11. a new pair of shoes 12. Unknown. 13. Nearly half a mile 14. Snuggers 15. False. 16. Dan Baxter 17. Mr. Grinder 18. Yes. 19. Walking down the street. 20. Yes.

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Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER XII. LUCREZIA'S THIRD MARRIAGE At about the same time that Burchard was making in his Diarium those entries which reflect so grossly upon the Pope and Lucrezia, Gianluca Pozzi, the ambassador of Ferrara at the Vatican, was writing the following letter to his master, Duke Ercole, Lucrezia's father-in-law elect: "This evening, after supper, I accompanied Messer Gerardo Saraceni to visit the Most Illustrious Madonna Lucrezia in your Excellency's name and that of the Most Illustrious Don Alfonso. We entered into a long discussion touching various matters. In truth she showed herself a prudent, discreet, and good-natured lady."(1) 1 See Gregorovius's Lucrezia Borgia. The handsome, athletic Cardinal Ippolito d'Este, with his brothers Sigismondo and Fernando, had arrived in Rome on December 23 with the imposing escort that was to accompany their brother Alfonso's bride back to Ferrara. Cesare was prominent in the welcome given them. Never, perhaps, had he made greater display than on the occasion of his riding out to meet the Ferrarese, accompanied by no fewer than 4,000 men-at-arms, and mounted on a great war-horse whose trappings of cloth of gold and jewels were estimated at 10,000 ducats. The days and nights that followed, until Lucrezia's departure a fortnight later, were days and nights of gaiety and merry-making at the Vatican; in banquets, dancing, the performance of comedies, masques, etc., was the time made to pass as agreeably as might be for the guests from Ferrara, and in all Cesare was conspicuous, either for the grace and zest with which he nightly danced, or for the skill and daring which he displayed in the daily joustings and entertainments, and more particularly in the bull-fight that was included in them. 1. Who rode out to meet someone? 2. With how many people? 3. And on what? 4. With things worth how much? 5. How long was the party? 6. Was there dancing? 7. Did Cesare dance? 8. What ended the celebration? 9. Who was she to marry? 10. What character traits did she have? 11. What was her title? 12. Which of the brothers was getting married? 13. How many brothers did he have? 14. Where did they go? 15. When did they arrive? 16. Who wrote the letter? 17. What was his name? 18. To who did he write? 19. Named? 20. What was the future groom's title? Numbered answers:

1. Cesare 2. no fewer than 4,000 men- 3. a horse 4. 10,000 ducats 5. days and nights 6. yes 7. Yes 8. Lucrezia's departure 9. Duke Ercole's son 10. she was a prudent, discreet, and good-natured 11. the Most Illustrious Madonna 12. Alfonso 13. Two 14. Rome 15. December 23 16. the ambassador of Ferrara 17. Gianluca Pozzi 18. his master 19. Duke Ercole 20. Cardinal Ippolito d'Este

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John was an old man who lived in New York City. John used to work at the Post Office before he quit. John has a grandson named Timmy. Timmy came to visit John and brought his friends David, Roger, and Bill. John gave them each a glass of lemonade to drink. Timmy wanted his friends to try his grandfather's meat soup. John was known to be a good cook. He enjoyed cooking burgers, fish, pizza, and soup. John's meat soup was his favorite recipe. John asked his grandson to go to the store to buy the food. He wanted Timmy to buy some meat. Timmy took some money from John and went to Kroger. Timmy thought of buying ground beef, chicken, turkey, and sausage. He bought three pounds of ground beef. He took it back to John, who had started making the soup in his kitchen. John cooked the ground beef and added it to the soup. They let the soup cook for two hours and then John tested it to see if it was ready to eat. The soup tasted delicious. Timmy and his friends loved it and told John they would be back for more. Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions. 1. unknown Numbered questions:

1. What grocery store did Timmy go to?

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Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania extending from New Guinea island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji. The region includes the four countries of Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea. Besides these independent countries, Melanesia also includes: The name "Melanesia" (in French "Mélanésie" from the Greek , "black", and , "islands") was first used by Jules Dumont d'Urville in 1832 to denote an ethnic and geographical grouping of islands whose inhabitants he thought were distinct from those of Micronesia and Polynesia. The name "Melanesia" ("islands of dark [people]") is one of several toponyms sharing similar etymologies, ultimately meaning "land of the blacks" or similar meanings, in reference to the dark skin of the inhabitants. The concept among Europeans of Melanesia as a distinct region evolved gradually over time as their expeditions mapped and explored the Pacific. Early European explorers noted the physical differences among groups of Pacific Islanders. In 1756 Charles de Brosses theorized that there was an 'old black race' in the Pacific who were conquered or defeated by the peoples of what is now called Polynesia, whom he distinguished as having lighter skin. In the first half of the nineteenth century Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent and Jules Dumont d'Urville identified Melanesians as a distinct racial group. Answer the following questions: 1. What area of the world is Melanesia in? 2. Which island starts it? 3. Which place ends it? 4. How many countries are in it? 5. Is Vanuatu one of them? 6. Which language is the name from? 7. What does the name mean? 8. Who created the term? 9. When? 10. To label what? 11. Did he think they were different from other groups? 12. How many other groups? 13. What were their names? 14. Who described these people as different from others? 15. Who else? 16. When did de Brosses make his theory? 17. What did he think had existed? 18. What happened to them? 19. By whom? 20. What was different about the Polynesians? Numbered answers:

1. Oceania 2. New Guinea 3. Fiji 4. four 5. yes 6. French 7. islands of dark [people] 8. Jules Dumont d'Urville 9. in 1832 10. an ethnic and geographical grouping of islands 11. yes 12. two 13. Micronesia and Polynesia 14. Jules Dumont d'Urville 15. Charles de Brosses 16. In 1756 17. an 'old black race' 18. they were conquered or defeated 19. the peoples of what is now called Polynesia 20. they had lighter skin

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Read the text and answer the questions. Much has been said and written recently about heroes, mainly because many people think we have too few of them. There are many different kinds of heroes, but they all seem to have two things in common. First, heroes, by their actions, show the great possibilities of human nature. Second, heroes can also stand the test of time, and their achievements will not be easily forgotten. Because of these good points, we need to choose our heroes carefully. Olympic sports star Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who is believed to be a hero, warns young people to be careful of making athletes heroes. She hopes that if someone tries to copy her, it will be because she has achieved her goals by working hard. Joyner-Kersee says that a hero should be someone who has an influence on another person's life. Poet Maya Angelou believes that a hero encourages people to treat others well and to be concerned about the greater good. A hero should show politeness, courage, patience, and strength all the time. A hero should encourage others to follow him with actions that improve the world, even if only in small ways. Author Daniel Boorstin suggests that, " _ are people who make news, but heroes are people who make history." Thus, if a person is truly worthy to be called a hero, he or she will not be soon forgotten. We all need heroes. We need to be able to respect people who have been there, done that, and succeeded. Many times the greatest heroes are the people we deal with every day -- relatives , friends, and neighbors -- who will keep going when it is easier to give up. The parent who puts her or his family ahead of herself or himself, the teacher who will make more money at another job but chooses to help others -- all these people can be considered as heroes. A hero quietly and continuously sets a good example, an example that inspires others to follow. 1. what Olympic star is mentioned? 2. what does she say that a hero is? 3. how does Maya Angelou believe that heroes should treat people? 4. what is her profession? 5. how many things does the story say all heroes have in common? 6. has a lot been written about heroes? 7. what is one thing that all heroes have in common? 8. what Daniel Boorstin's profession? 9. what does he say heroes make? 10. who are some of the greatest heroes? 11. like who? 12. can parents be heroes? 13. what about teachers? 14. what do some teachers give up in order to help others? Numbered answers:

1. Jackie Joyner-Kersee 2. Someone who has an influence on another person's life. 3. Well 4. Poet 5. Two 6. Yes 7. They show the possibilities of human nature 8. Author 9. History 10. People we deal with every day 11. Relatives, friends and neighbors 12. Yes 13. Yes 14. A job where they can make more money

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Answer the questions at the end based on the text. In 1059, the right of electing the pope was reserved to the principal clergy of Rome and the bishops of the seven suburbicarian sees. In the 12th century the practice of appointing ecclesiastics from outside Rome as cardinals began, with each of them assigned a church in Rome as his titular church or linked with one of the suburbicarian dioceses, while still being incardinated in a diocese other than that of Rome.[citation needed] The term cardinal at one time applied to any priest permanently assigned or incardinated to a church, or specifically to the senior priest of an important church, based on the Latin cardo (hinge), meaning "principal" or "chief". The term was applied in this sense as early as the ninth century to the priests of the tituli (parishes) of the diocese of Rome. The Church of England retains an instance of this origin of the title, which is held by the two senior members of the College of Minor Canons of St Paul's Cathedral. 1. WHo is the leader of this religion? 2. How does he get the job? 3. WHat are some of the other titles in the religion? 4. Like the bird? 5. WHy the name then? 6. WHen this this term come into use? 7. Are only Roman residents allowed to be one? 8. Was that always true? 9. WHen did the rule change? 10. Did they get any added responsibilities then? 11. Were they all assigned only one church or more? Numbered answers:

1. pope 2. Elected 3. cardinal 4. No 5. based on the Latin cardo (hinge), meaning "principal" or "chief" 6. the ninth century 7. No 8. No 9. the 12th century 10. unknown 11. One

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Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan and one of its 47 prefectures. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world. It is the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government. Tokyo is in the Kantō region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Formerly known as Edo, it has been the de facto seat of government since 1603 when Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters. It officially became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from the old capital of Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. Tokyo Metropolis was formed in 1943 from the merger of the former and the . Tokyo is often referred to as a city, but is officially known and governed as a "metropolitan prefecture", which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture, a characteristic unique to Tokyo. The Tokyo metropolitan government administers the 23 Special Wards of Tokyo (each governed as an individual city), which cover the area that was the City of Tokyo before it merged and became the metropolitan prefecture in 1943. The metropolitan government also administers 39 municipalities in the western part of the prefecture and the two outlying island chains. The population of the special wards is over 9 million people, with the total population of the prefecture exceeding 13 million. The prefecture is part of the world's most populous metropolitan area with upwards of 37.8 million people and the world's largest urban agglomeration economy. The city hosts 51 of the Fortune Global 500 companies, the highest number of any city in the world. Tokyo ranked third (twice) in the International Financial Centres Development IndexEdit. The city is also home to various television networks such as Fuji TV, Tokyo MX, TV Tokyo, TV Asahi, Nippon Television, NHK and the Tokyo Broadcasting System. Answer this series of questions: 1. what's the captial of japan 2. Is it the most poplous area in the world? 3. What was it formally known as? 4. when did it become a metropolitian city 5. how many fortune 500 companies does it have? 6. like what? 7. what tv networks is there? 8. what's southeast of toyko? 9. Was Edo is the previous name of Toyko? 10. what happened in 1868 Numbered answers:

1. Tokyo 2. yes 3. Tokyo Metropolis 4. 1943 5. 51 6. unknown 7. Fuji TV, Tokyo MX, TV Tokyo, TV Asahi, Nippon Television, NHK and the Tokyo Broadcasting System. 8. Kantō region 9. yes 10. It officially became the capital

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Eve was waiting in the corridor outside her class.She was feeling sick.She had two exams that day and physics was first.She really hated physics.It was her worst subject.Lisa looked back at her, and then looked away quickly.Eve thought she looked guilty.She didn't have a problem with physics.She didn't have a problem with anything...Miss Perfect! "Hi, Eve! So what's wrong with you and Lisa?"asked Tina,"I thought you were friends.""Yes, so did I," said Eve."But she hasn't spoken to me for two weeks now.She promised to help me review for the physics exam too, but then she's ignored all my calls and texts." While in the exam, Eve found Lisa was holding her phone on her knee under the table and reading from it.Eve couldn't believe it! Is that how Lisa always got such good grades? She thought about telling the teacher, but she hesitated.The next exam was history.That was Eve's favorite subject but she couldn't concentrate.She didn't know what to do about Lisa.Just then, Mr.Reed, their teacher, walked past."Mr.Reed..." Lisa was called to the teachers' office and there waited Mr.Reed... The history test was over.Eve was walking towards the school gate when she heard footsteps behind her.It was Lisa.Eve could see that she had been crying."Listen," said Lisa."I'm really sorry I haven't answered your calls, but my dad had a heart attack two weeks ago and he's in hospital.He had a big heart operation today and I was very worried about him.So I was reading texts from my mum, but Mr.Reed caught me.He thought I was cheating.He believes me now, but I have to take the exam again.I'm sorry I didn't tell you what was happening.Will you forgive me?" What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who was waiting? 2. Why was she upset? 3. What were they? 4. what happened during the second one? 5. what is her favorite course? 6. What did their teacher do? 7. Who was she upset with? 8. Why? 9. Who did the Mr. Reed talk to? 10. Why? 11. Was she? 12. Did she talk to Eve? 13. Did she explain? 14. What was she doing when Mr. Reed saw her? 15. From whom? 16. Why? 17. Why? 18. For what? 19. When did it start? 20. What was Lisa suppose to do the last two weeks that she did not do? Numbered answers:

1. Eve 2. She had two exams 3. physics and history 4. Eve couldn't concentrate. 5. history 6. walked past 7. Lisa 8. she's ignoring her 9. Lisa 10. He thought she was cheating 11. no 12. yes 13. yes 14. reading texts 15. her mum 16. she was worried about her dad 17. he had an operation 18. his heart 19. two weeks ago 20. help Eve review

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An airport is an aerodrome with facilities for flights to take off and land. Airports often have facilities to store and maintain aircraft, and a control tower. An airport consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals. Larger airports may have fixed base operator services, airport aprons, air traffic control centres, passenger facilities such as restaurants and lounges, and emergency services. The majority of the world's airports are non-towered, with no air traffic control presence. Busy airports have air traffic control (ATC) system. All airports use a traffic pattern to assure smooth traffic flow between departing and arriving aircraft. There are a number of aids available to pilots, though not all airports are equipped with them. Many airports have lighting that help guide planes using the runways and taxiways at night or in rain, snow, or fog. In the U.S. and Canada, the vast majority of airports, large and small, will either have some form of automated airport weather station, a human observer or a combination of the two. Air safety is an important concern in the operation of an airport, and airports often have their own safety services. Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions: 1. What is an airport? 2. with what? 3. Do most have towers? 4. what does that mean? 5. What is something they all use? 6. for what? 7. between what? 8. What are some of the facilities they have? 9. What do airports consist of? 10. anything else? 11. what? 12. what are landing areas for? 13. What do some of the larger airports have? 14. What can help guide planes? 15. during what type of weather? 16. How do the airports know the weather? 17. What is an important concern? 18. What do airports usually have there own of? 19. What is the abbreviation for air traffic control? 20. What are available to pilots? Numbered answers:

1. an aerodrome 2. with facilities for flights to take off and land. 3. no 4. no air traffic control presence. 5. a traffic pattern 6. to assure smooth traffic flow 7. departing and arriving aircraft. 8. facilities to store and maintain aircraft, and a control tower. 9. a landing area 10. yes 11. utility buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals. 12. comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off or a helipad 13. passenger facilities such as restaurants and lounges, and emergency services 14. lighting 15. rain, snow, or fog. 16. an automated airport weather station, a human observer or a combination of the two. 17. Air safety 18. safety services. 19. ATC 20. aids

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Mrs Elise was my teacher in the fourth grade. One day at lunch time, I was getting ready to eat my tuna fish sandwich and suddenly Mrs Elise asked me if she could buy my sandwich from me. She explained that I could use the money to buy a hot hunch from the cafeteria . I was excited. I never bought my lunch at the cafeteria. It was too expensive for my family, and I always carried my lunch and took the bag back home to use it again the next day. So you could understand my happiness when I had the chance to buy a hot lunch. When we finished lunch that day, Mrs Elise took me aside and said she wanted to explain why she had bought my sandwich. I really didn't care why, but it gave me a few minutes of her special attention, so I was quiet as she explained. She told me that she was a Catholic and Catholics didn't eat red meat on Fridays, they ate fish on Fridays. Oh, I couldn't wait to get home and tell my mother that from then on I wanted a tuna fish sandwich on Fridays. After my mother understood why, she gladly made tuna fish sandwiches for me on Fridays. She even made it with brown bread because she knew Mrs Elise liked brown bread. From then on, every Friday I could get in line with other kids for a hot lunch. I didn't care how many of the kids complained about cafeteria food. It tasted _ to me! I realize now that Mrs Elise could have made herself tuna fish sandwiches on Fridays. But she bought mine because she saw a little girl who was excited at the simple act of having a hot lunch. I will never forget Mrs Elise for her pity for me and generosity and what I should do is to follow her example. 1. who was the instructor? 2. what level did she teach? 3. what religion did the instructor practice? 4. On what day could she not consume beef? 5. what did the consume instead? 6. was the young in the story wealthy? 7. did the young woman purchase something? 8. what? 9. from where? 10. did someone make something? 11. who? 12. what she make? 13. was she happy doing so? 14. did the young woman like eating warm food? Numbered answers:

1. Mrs Elise 2. the fourth grade 3. Catholicism 4. Friday 5. fish 6. No 7. yes 8. a hot hunch 9. the cafeteria 10. Yes 11. the young woman's mother 12. tuna fish sandwiches 13. Yes 14. Yes

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Kazakhstan (, ; , "Qazaqstan", ; , "Kazakhstan"), officially the Republic of Kazakhstan (, "Qazaqstan Respwblïkası"; , "Respublika Kazakhstan"), is the world's largest landlocked country, and the ninth largest in the world, with an area of . Kazakhstan is the dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil/gas industry. It also has vast mineral resources. Kazakhstan is officially a democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic with a diverse cultural heritage. Kazakhstan shares borders with Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, and also adjoins a large part of the Caspian Sea. The terrain of Kazakhstan includes flatlands, steppe, taiga, rock canyons, hills, deltas, snow-capped mountains, and deserts. Kazakhstan has an estimated 18 million people . Given its large land area, its population density is among the lowest, at less than 6 people per square kilometre (15 people per sq. mi.). The capital is Astana, where it was moved in 1997 from Almaty, the country's largest city. The territory of Kazakhstan has historically been inhabited by Turkic nomads who trace their ancestry to many Turkic states such as Turkic Khaganate and etc. In the 13th century, the territory joined the Mongolian Empire under Genghis Khan. By the 16th century, the Kazakh emerged as a distinct group, divided into three "jüz" (ancestor branches occupying specific territories). The Russians began advancing into the Kazakh steppe in the 18th century, and by the mid-19th century, they nominally ruled all of Kazakhstan as part of the Russian Empire. Following the 1917 Russian Revolution, and subsequent civil war, the territory of Kazakhstan was reorganised several times. In 1936, it was made the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, part of the Soviet Union. 1. Does Kazakhstan border an ocean? 2. Is it the biggest country in the world? 3. How many are bigger? 4. How many landlocked countries are bigger? 5. Does the country border any water at all? 6. What body of water? 7. What kind of nomads used to live in Kazakhstan? 8. What states did they descend from? 9. Who ruled the Mongolian Empire? 10. Did Kazakhstan join it? 11. When? 12. True or False: The area was once part of the USSR. 13. When did this begin? 14. What was it called then? 15. Is the terrain of the country varied? 16. What is one type of terrain included? 17. And another? 18. Is rainforest included? 19. What about desert? 20. How many people live in the country? Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. no 2. no 3. eight 4. none 5. yes 6. Caspian Sea. 7. Turkic 8. Turkic 9. Genghis Khan 10. yes 11. 13th century, 12. True 13. 1936 14. Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic 15. yes 16. flatlands 17. steppe 18. no 19. yes 20. estimated 18 million

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Make use of the article to answer the questions. arXiv (pronounced "archive") is a repository of electronic preprints, known as e-prints, of scientific papers in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, and quantitative finance, which can be accessed online. In many fields of mathematics and physics, almost all scientific papers are self-archived on the arXiv repository. Begun on August 14, 1991, arXiv.org passed the half-million article milestone on October 3, 2008, and hit a million by the end of 2014. By 2014 the submission rate had grown to more than 8,000 per month. The arXiv was made possible by the low-bandwidth TeX file format, which allowed scientific papers to be easily transmitted over the Internet and rendered client-side. Around 1990, Joanne Cohn began emailing physics preprints to colleagues as TeX files, but the number of papers being sent soon filled mailboxes to capacity. Paul Ginsparg recognized the need for central storage, and in August 1991 he created a central repository mailbox stored at the Los Alamos National Laboratory which could be accessed from any computer. Additional modes of access were soon added: FTP in 1991, Gopher in 1992, and the World Wide Web in 1993. The term e-print was quickly adopted to describe the articles. 1. What's the main topic? 2. When did it begin? 3. In what month? 4. And day? 5. What was the rate of submission by 2014? 6. When did they clear half-million articles? 7. Who emailed TeX files around 1990? 8. What did those email cause? 9. What did Paul Ginsparg see? 10. And what did he do about it? 11. Where would they be stored? 12. What could access that? 13. Are there other access ways? 14. How many? 15. Which one came out first? 16. In what year? 17. How many years til the next come out? 18. What was its name? 19. When was the WWW added? Numbered answers:

1. arXiv 2. 1991 3. August 4. 14th 5. 8,000 per month 6. October 3, 2008 7. Joanne Cohn 8. they filled mailboxes to capacity 9. He recognized the need for central storage. 10. He created a central repository mailbox. 11. Los Alamos National Laboratory 12. Any computer. 13. Yes. 14. Three 15. FTP 16. 1991 17. One 18. Gopher 19. 1993

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MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican authorities were searching Wednesday for two politicians accused of belonging to the Familia Michoacana drug cartel, which is blamed for killing more than 30 federal police officers in a series of attacks since Saturday. Drug violence is up in Michoacan state, shown by recent attacks on police in at least a half-dozen cities. Julio Cesar Godoy Toscano, elected July 5 to the lower house of Congress, is accused of being in charge of protection for the cartel, said Monte Alejandro Rubido Garcia, head of the National Public Security Council. Godoy Toscano is half-brother to Michoacan's governor, Leonel Godoy Rangel, who Wednesday urged his relative to surrender. Authorities also said they are searching for Saul Solis Solis, alias "El Lince," who lost his bid for a congressional seat this month. He is accused of being in charge of the cartel's activities in the Huacana area. Solis is a cousin of Enrique Plancarte Solis, a Familia Michoacana leader, Rubido said. Both suspects report to Servando Gomez Martinez, known as "La Tuta," Rubido said. Godoy Toscano was elected as a member of the opposition Democratic Revolutionary Party, known as the PRD. The party said Wednesday it would not protect Godoy Toscano or any member who has broken the law. Godoy Rangel, the Michoacan governor, told a radio station there's nothing he could do to help his fugitive brother. "I cannot protect anyone, not even my children," the government-run news agency Notimex quoted him as saying. He said Wednesday that he has no intention of resigning, because he has done nothing wrong, Notimex said. Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions. 1. Leonel Godoy Rangel 2. half-brother 3. Godoy Toscano 4. the opposition Democratic Revolutionary Party 5. elected July 5 to the lower house of Congress 6. yes 7. Mexican authorities 8. Saul Solis Solis 9. no 10. the Familia Michoacana drug cartel 11. yes 12. killing more than 30 federal police officers 13. since Saturday 14. Toscano 15. El Lince 16. Servando Gomez Martinez 17. yes 18. La Tuta 19. surrender 20. no Numbered questions:

1. Who is the Michoacan governor? 2. What kind of brother does he have? 3. What is his name? 4. What office was he put in? 5. How did he join Congress? 6. Is he a wanted man? 7. Who is looking for him? 8. Who else are they looking for? 9. Is he also a congressman? 10. What do these guys belong to? 11. Is this a violent group? 12. What do authorities say they did? 13. When did this happen? 14. Who runs the cartel's protection? 15. Who takes care of things in the Huacana area? 16. Who do they both answer to? 17. Does he have a nickname? 18. What is it? 19. What does Rangel want his brother to do? 20. Is he going to quit his job?

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London (CNN) -- Pierre Omidyar, founder of online auction site eBay, said Wednesday he is teaming up with journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has led reporting on secret U.S. surveillance programs, to create a new online mass media venture. Greenwald announced late Tuesday that he was quitting The Guardian for "a once-in-a-career dream journalistic opportunity" but said he was not ready to give more details. Now Omidyar has confirmed to CNN's Christiane Amanpour that he is behind the new media venture, which includes Greenwald and others -- and that he will personally fund it. Greenwald has been at the forefront of a series of high-profile reports based on leaks from former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. Journalist Jeremy Scahill and documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras will also be joining the venture, Omidyar said. Greenwald has been working with Poitras, based in Berlin, on NSA-related stories. Scahill is the author of the New York Times best-seller "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army." NSA leaker Snowden deserves a Nobel Prize, his father says Greenwald, who lives in Brazil, said Tuesday that it had not been easy to leave The Guardian, but that he could not turn down the "momentous new venture." "My partnership with the Guardian has been extremely fruitful and fulfilling: I have high regard for the editors and journalists with whom I worked and am incredibly proud of what we achieved," he said. "The decision to leave was not an easy one, but I was presented with a once-in-a-career dream journalistic opportunity that no journalist could possibly decline. " Answer the following questions: 1. Where does Greenwald live? 2. Which organization is he leaving? 3. Was he pleased with his work there? 4. What will be his new opportunity? 5. Who is he partnering with? 6. What business did he create? 7. Who will be funding this new project? 8. Has this information been confirmed? 9. To whom? 10. At what company? 11. Which journalist is also involved in the project? 12. Which of his works became a best-seller? 13. Where is Laura Poitras based out of? 14. What is her profession? 15. Is she a part of the new team? 16. Who has she already had some experience working with? 17. On what? 18. Who was the former NSA contractor who exposed several leaks? 19. Who thinks he deserves a Nobel Prize? 20. Who has already reported on secret surveillance programs in the past? Numbered answers:

1. Brazil 2. The Guardian 3. Yes 4. a new online mass media venture 5. Pierre Omidyar 6. eBay 7. Omidyar 8. yes 9. Christiane Amanpour 10. CNN 11. Jeremy Scahill 12. "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army." 13. Berlin 14. documentary filmmaker 15. Yes 16. Greenwald 17. NSA-related stories 18. Edward Snowden 19. his father 20. Glenn Greenwald

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Read the text and answer the questions. By the 1890s the profound effect of adrenal extracts on many different tissue types had been discovered, setting off a search both for the mechanism of chemical signalling and efforts to exploit these observations for the development of new drugs. The blood pressure raising and vasoconstrictive effects of adrenal extracts were of particular interest to surgeons as hemostatic agents and as treatment for shock, and a number of companies developed products based on adrenal extracts containing varying purities of the active substance. In 1897 John Abel of Johns Hopkins University identified the active principle as epinephrine, which he isolated in an impure state as the sulfate salt. Industrial chemist Jokichi Takamine later developed a method for obtaining epinephrine in a pure state, and licensed the technology to Parke Davis. Parke Davis marketed epinephrine under the trade name Adrenalin. Injected epinephrine proved to be especially efficacious for the acute treatment of asthma attacks, and an inhaled version was sold in the United States until 2011 (Primatene Mist). By 1929 epinephrine had been formulated into an inhaler for use in the treatment of nasal congestion. 1. Who isolated epinephrine? 2. Was it pure? 3. What form was it 4. Did someone produce it in a pure state? 5. Who? 6. What was it used for? 7. How was it used? 8. Was there another way it was administered? 9. How? 10. What was the brand name? 11. When could someone buy it in the US? 12. Who else offered the drug? 13. What was it called? 14. What else was epinephrine used to treat? 15. Starting when? 16. What did people want to learn more about? 17. Of what chemicals? 18. Why? 19. What did they want to make? 20. What was an early usage of the chemicals? Numbered answers:

1. John Abel 2. no 3. in an impure state 4. yes 5. Jokichi Takamine 6. for the acute treatment of asthma attacks 7. it was injected 8. yes 9. inhaled 10. Primatene Mis 11. until 2011 12. Parke Davis 13. Adrenalin 14. nasal congestion 15. 1929 16. the mechanism of chemical signalling 17. adrenal extracts 18. they had a profound effect on many different tissue types 19. new drugs 20. blood pressure raising and vasoconstrictive effects

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Answer the questions at the end based on the text. (CNN) -- Winston Churchill, glaring, resolute, combative, left hand on hip, stares straight off the page -- a moment, and an image, like no other. (How did the photographer, Yousuf Karsh, get that iconic pose from Churchill, Britain's prime minister, in 1941? Churchill told Karsh that he had very little time for the session. Karsh reached over and took Churchill's cigar from him -- then, as Churchill reacted, snapped the photo.) Marilyn Monroe, at her most beautiful in 1953, leans back, wearing white slacks and a black sweater, and gazes off dreamily to her right. Somehow, even though being photographed for a national magazine, she appears supremely relaxed and right at home. Why? She was at home -- she knew that the photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt, and the magazine, Life, would do right by her, and she had invited them in. Prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945, their faces haunted, their bodies gaunt, their eyes showing nothing and everything, look out from behind the wire fence that imprisons them, just before they are liberated. How did Margaret Bourke-White happen to be there to shoot that photo? Gen. George Patton wanted the world to see why his soldiers were fighting. Patton understood that Bourke-White and her magazine -- Life -- were the best way for the world to witness and understand. All these photos and hundreds more are in a book called "75 Years: The Very Best of Life." It was published just before the holidays; I bought copies for friends around the country, and all of them have told me the same thing: They are spending hours with it, looking for long minutes at individual photos, treasuring the talent of the photographers, many long dead. 1. What color pants was Marilyn Monroe wearing? 2. Which concentration camp were the prisoners at? 3. Who was photographing them? 4. What magazine was she shooting for? 5. Which photographer took the 1941 photo of Churchill? 6. How did he get the pose that he wanted? 7. What year was Monroe being photographed in? 8. Was she in a red sweater? 9. What color was her top? 10. What did George Patton want the world to see? 11. Did Churchill have his right hand on his hip? 12. Where can you find all these photos? 13. Are all of the photographers still alive? 14. When was the book published? 15. In the Buchenwald photo, the prisoners were looking from behind a fence just before what? 16. Who photographed Marilyn Monroe? 17. Did he take the photos in a park? 18. Where was she? 19. Who was Churchill? 20. How long did friend say they spent with the book? Numbered answers:

1. white 2. Buchenwald 3. Margaret Bourke-White 4. Life 5. Yousuf Karsh 6. he took the cigar from him 7. 1953 8. no 9. black 10. he wanted the world to see why his soldiers were fighting. 11. no 12. in a book called "75 Years: The Very Best of Life." 13. no 14. just before the holidays; 15. before they are liberated 16. Alfred Eisenstaedt 17. sno 18. at home 19. Britain's prime minister 20. hours

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Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful. This practice is considered exploitative by many international organisations. Legislation across the world prohibit child labour. These laws do not consider all work by children as child labour; exceptions include work by child artists, family duties, supervised training, certain categories of work such as those by Amish children, some forms of child work common among indigenous American children, and others. In developing countries, with high poverty and poor schooling opportunities, child labour is still prevalent. In 2010, sub-saharan Africa had the highest incidence rates of child labour, with several African nations witnessing over 50 percent of children aged 5–14 working. Worldwide agriculture is the largest employer of child labour. Vast majority of child labour is found in rural settings and informal urban economy; children are predominantly employed by their parents, rather than factories. Poverty and lack of schools are considered as the primary cause of child labour. Answer this series of questions: 1. What industry is responsible for a larger portion of child labor? 2. Where are the highest rates found? 3. In some African countries how many children work? 4. What ages? 5. Is this illegal in most places? 6. What do organizations consider it? 7. What does it take from kids? 8. Can they still go to school? 9. Is all work by kids child labor 10. is being an artist? 11. is working for your family? 12. Can Amish children work legally? 13. is child labo still widespread in some areas? 14. What kind of countries is it found in? 15. What kind of school choices do these countries have? 16. Are these rich countries? 17. Is it mostly strangers hiring children? 18. Who is then? 19. What about factories? 20. What are the main causes of child labor? Numbered answers:

1. agriculture 2. sub-saharan Africa 3. over 50 percent 4. 5–14 5. yes 6. explotative 7. childhood 8. no 9. no 10. no 11. no 12. yes 13. yes 14. developing countries 15. poor 16. no 17. no 18. their parents 19. no 20. Poverty and lack of schools

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Leah Catches a Fish Leah loved to eat fish as a young girl. She saw fish as good food. But she asked, "Where do fish come from?" "People have to catch them," Daddy said." Leah wanted to know how to catch a fish. "People have caught fish from a pole, line, and hook for a long time," Daddy said." "I am about to show you how to that." "Let's take a lunch with us," Daddy said. Leah chose some fries with ketchup and a bean sandwich. Leah also like sweets. She brought some candy bears. Leah has strange tastes. Daddy drove to a nearby lake. It was early. Leah was yawning in daddy's car. The people at the lake had special times for young people learning to fish. They talked with Leah about them. Leah was excited. Daddy took Leah to a small spot on the lake. Daddy showed Leah how to put a worm on the hook as something to get the fish. Daddy said other like things like grasshoppers, corn, or tiny fish could also get the fish. Leah lifted her pole and dropped her line in the water. The small red and white float was there on the water. It was easy to see that from the blue water and sunny sky. Leah said, "Daddy I'm bored." Daddy told her that sometimes you need to wait. After a short wait, the float went under! "Leah, you have a fish!" Daddy yelled. Leah lifted up her line and took the small fish out of the water. "Daddy, I can catch fish", she happily said. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Did Leah like to eat fish when she was young? 2. What did she want to know about fish? 3. and what did her dad anwser? 4. What did Leah want to know after that? 5. What did her dad anwser to that? 6. Was he going to show her how to catch a fish? 7. What did he want to take with them? 8. What did Leah pick for lunch? 9. Did she bring any other food? 10. Where did they drive to? 11. What time of day was it? 12. What did her dad show her how to put on the hook? 13. What else did he say fish like? 14. Whas it sunny out? 15. Did she get bored? 16. What happends after a short wait? 17. What did leah do next? 18. Was she happy to catch a fish? Numbered answers:

1. yes 2. Where fish come from 3. People have to catch them 4. how to catch a fish 5. People have caught fish from a pole, line, and hook for a long time 6. yes 7. Lunch 8. fries with ketchup and a bean sandwich 9. candy bears 10. a nearby lake 11. early 12. a worm 13. grasshoppers, corn, or tiny fish 14. yes 15. yes 16. the float went under 17. lifted up her line and took the small fish out of the water. 18. yes

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Paper is a thin material produced by pressing together moist fibres of cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets. It is a versatile material with many uses, including writing, printing, packaging, cleaning, and a number of industrial and construction processes. The pulp papermaking process is said to have been developed in China during the early 2nd century AD, possibly as early as the year 105 A.D., by the Han court eunuch Cai Lun, although the earliest archaeological fragments of paper derive from the 2nd century BC in China. The modern pulp and paper industry is global, with China leading its production and the United States right behind it. The oldest known archaeological fragments of the immediate precursor to modern paper, date to the 2nd century BC in China. The pulp papermaking process is ascribed to Cai Lun, a 2nd-century AD Han court eunuch. With paper as an effective substitute for silk in many applications, China could export silk in greater quantity, contributing to a Golden Age. Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions: 1. Is paper a thick material? 2. When did the pulp process develop? 3. Where? 4. How is it made? 5. What is something it can be used for? 6. What is another thing it can be used for? 7. Is the industry local? 8. Who is the main maker? 9. Then who? 10. Where were the oldest pieces found? 11. What did it replace? 12. What did it cause? Numbered answers:

1. No. 2. The early 2nd century AD. 3. China. 4. By pressing together moist cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them. 5. Writing. 6. Cleaning. 7. No. 8. China. 9. The United States. 10. China. 11. Silk. 12. A Golden Age.

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Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- The message the brother and sister read aloud is one addressed to a missing father: 9-year-old Najwa and 8-year-old Tirad reciting the words in unison, "Our mother's starting to worry about you." Their mom, Ensaf Haidar, is indeed worried, but she's also pained. She knows how much her children yearn to see their dad, but she just doesn't know what to tell them. How can she begin to explain that their dad has languished in a Saudi prison for almost a year? How can she expose her kids to a brutal reality she feels they're not ready to face? "They're always asking me, 'When is Dad coming home?' " Haidar said. "Telling me, 'Mom, I miss Dad so much.' " Haidar struggles with the dilemma every day. "It often feels like the world is against me," she said. "When I see how the children are deprived of their father, this is what bothers me the most." Her three children, including 5-year-old Myriam, think their father's just delayed by work. But Raif Badawi, 30, has been imprisoned since being arrested in June. He is accused of, among other things, breaking Sharia law and starting a website that infringed on religious values. According to Haidar, her husband just wanted to encourage discussion about religion in his homeland. But starting a liberal Internet forum in conservative Saudi Arabia can be a dangerous pursuit. "No one wanted to take his case," said Waleed Abualkhair, Badawi's attorney. "Because they believed that anyone who'd take this kind of case, that means he destroys his (own) reputation. But I don't believe in that. I believe that everyone has his right to have a lawyer. And I believe that Raif is innocent." 1. Who is Badawi's lawyer? 2. Were there a lot of lawyers hoping to get this case? 3. Why not? 4. How many things does his attorney believe? 5. What is one? 6. Does he think his client is guilty? 7. How many children does he have? 8. Where do they think their dad is? 9. How many of the children are less than nine years old? 10. What's the middle child's name? 11. Where is their dad really? 12. Where? 13. For over a year? 14. For how long then? 15. Who is keeping this a secret from the kids? 16. What is her name? 17. What was the father arrested for? 18. What was his purpose of doing that? 19. What law did that break? 20. Is Saudi Arabia known as a liberal country? Numbered answers:

1. Waleed Abualkhair 2. No 3. it would destroy his (own) reputation 4. Two 5. everyone has his right to have a lawyer. 6. no 7. Three 8. delayed by work 9. Two 10. Tirad 11. in prison 12. Saudi 13. no 14. almost a year 15. Their mom 16. Ensaf Haidar 17. starting a liberal Internet forum 18. encourage discussion about religion in his homeland. 19. Sharia 20. no

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Peking Opera (Beijing Opera), is one of the oldest forms of dramas in the world. The roles in it were Sheng, Dan, Jing, Mo, Chou, Wuhang, and Longtao during its early age. But with the change of Peking Opera, there are four main roles in it today: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. Sheng----Men Roles Sheng are the men roles in Peking Opera, which can be divided into Laosheng, Wusheng, Xiaosheng and Wawasheng. Laosheng are middle-aged or older men who are honest. Hongsheng,a type of Laosheng, have a red face. There are only two roles famous as Hongsheng. One is Guan Gong and the other is Zhao Kuangyin. Wusheng are young generals who are good at martial arts . Xiaosheng are clean-shaven and handsome. Wawasheng are children's parts. Dan----women Roles Dan are women roles that can be divided into different types----Laodan, Qingyi, Huadan, Wudan and Caidan. Laodan play old and clever women. Qingyi are the main women roles. Huashan, a type of Qingyi, was created by Mei Lanfang, who played an important role in shaping Peking Opera. Huadan are lively and unmarried women roles. Wudan characters are women, good at martial arts. Caidan are clowns in funny plays. Jing----Painted Face Men Roles A Jing role is an important man character with striking looks and high social position. The main types of Jing are Tongchui, good at singing and usually a general; Jiazi, good at acting with less singing; and Wujing, a martial arts and acrobatics role. Chou----Comedy Roles Chou are comedy roles in Peking Opera. There are Wenchou who speak, act and sing, and Wuchou who both speak and fight. What makes this type of role special is a small patch of white chalk around the nose. One of the famous roles is the Monkey King, who has a special position in the hearts of all who are interested in Chinese opera. 1. today, how many main roles are in Peking Opera? 2. what is the name of the men roles? 3. what is one of the oldest forms of drama? 4. what is the name of the comdey roles? 5. what facial marks this role as special? 6. what role has a special position in the hearts of Chinese Opera fans? 7. what age are Laosheng usually? 8. are they liars? 9. what color is the face of Hongsheng? 10. what rank are Wusheng? 11. what are they good at? Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. Five 2. -Men Roles Sheng are the men roles in Peking Opera 3. Peking Opera (Beijing Opera) 4. Comedy Roles Chou 5. What makes this type of role special is a small patch of white chalk around the nose. 6. Monkey King, 7. Laosheng are middle-aged or older men 8. no 9. red face 10. young generals 11. martial arts .

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Make use of the article to answer the questions. Uttar Pradesh (), abbreviated as UP, is the most populous state in the Republic of India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. The densely populated state, located in the northern region of the Indian subcontinent, has over 200 million inhabitants. It was created on 1 April 1937 as the United Provinces during British rule, and was renamed "Uttar Pradesh" in 1950. Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh. The main ethnic group is the Hindi people, forming the demographic plurality. On 9 November 2000, a new state, Uttarakhand, was carved out from the Himalayan hill region of Uttar Pradesh. The state is bordered by Rajasthan to the west, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi to the northwest, Uttarakhand and Nepal to the north, Bihar to the east, Madhya Pradesh to the south, and touches the states of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh to the southeast. It covers , equal to 7.33% of the total area of India, and is the fourth largest Indian state by area. Hindi is the official and most widely spoken language in its 75 districts along with English. It is the second largest Indian state by economy, with a GDP of . Agriculture and service industries are the largest parts of the state's economy. The service sector comprises travel and tourism, hotel industry, real estate, insurance and financial consultancies. 1. How many people live in Uttar Pradesh? 2. How much of India's land does it include? 3. Where does it rank in India as far as area? 4. Where is it located? 5. When did it get it's current name? 6. What was it before? 7. Who ruled it? 8. When did it begin? 9. What is the ethnicity of most of the people? 10. What is the capital? 11. Did they lose part of a region? 12. Which one? 13. When? 14. What was created? 15. Is that a city? 16. What is it? 17. Where does it place in Indian economies? 18. What makes up most of the economy? 19. What languages do they speak? 20. Which one is official? Numbered answers:

1. over 200 million 2. 7.33% 3. it is the fourth largest Indian state 4. the northern region of the Indian subcontinent 5. 1950 6. the United Provinces 7. the British 8. 1 April 1937 9. Hindi 10. Lucknow 11. yes 12. a new state, Uttarakhand, was carved out from the Himalayan hill region 13. 9 November 2000 14. Uttarakhand 15. no 16. a state 17. It is the second largest Indian state 18. Agriculture and service industries 19. Hindi and English 20. Hindi

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Antarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents. Antarctica is considered a desert, with annual precipitation of only 200 mm (8 in) along the coast and far less inland. The temperature in Antarctica has reached −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F), though the average for the third quarter (the coldest part of the year) is −63 °C (−81 °F). There are no permanent human residents, but anywhere from 1,000 to 5,000 people reside throughout the year at the research stations scattered across the continent. Organisms native to Antarctica include many types of algae, bacteria, fungi, plants, protista, and certain animals, such as mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades. Vegetation, where it occurs, is tundra. Geologically, West Antarctica closely resembles the Andes mountain range of South America. The Antarctic Peninsula was formed by uplift and metamorphism of sea bed sediments during the late Paleozoic and the early Mesozoic eras. This sediment uplift was accompanied by igneous intrusions and volcanism. The most common rocks in West Antarctica are andesite and rhyolite volcanics formed during the Jurassic period. There is also evidence of volcanic activity, even after the ice sheet had formed, in Marie Byrd Land and Alexander Island. The only anomalous area of West Antarctica is the Ellsworth Mountains region, where the stratigraphy is more similar to East Antarctica. Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions. 1. Antarctica 2. Antarctica 3. unknown 4. No 5. The coast 6. No 7. Mites 8. Yes 9. nematodes, penguins, and seals 10. Anywhere from 1,000 to 5,000 people 11. At the research stations Numbered questions:

1. Which continent is the coldest? 2. The driest and windiest? 3. Which continent is generally more above sea level than Antarctica? 4. Does Antarctica get lots of snow? 5. Which is wetter, the coast or inland? 6. Are polar bears native to Antarctica? 7. What animals are? 8. Any others? 9. Can you name three others? 10. How many people live there? 11. Where do they live?

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CHAPTER XV Now that Gordon was gone, at any rate, gone for good, and not to return, he felt a sudden and singular sense of freedom. It was a feeling of unbounded expansion, quite out of proportion, as he said to himself, to any assignable cause. Everything suddenly appeared to have become very optional; but he was quite at a loss what to do with his liberty. It seemed a harmless use to make of it, in the afternoon, to go and pay another visit to the ladies who lived at the confectioner's. Here, however, he met a reception which introduced a fresh element of perplexity into the situation that Gordon had left behind him. The door was opened to him by Mrs. Vivian's maid-servant, a sturdy daughter of the Schwartzwald, who informed him that the ladies--with much regret--were unable to receive any one. "They are very busy--and they are ill," said the young woman, by way of explanation. Bernard was disappointed, and he felt like arguing the case. "Surely," he said, "they are not both ill and busy! When you make excuses, you should make them agree with each other." The Teutonic soubrette fixed her round blue eyes a minute upon the patch of blue sky revealed to her by her open door. "I say what I can, lieber Herr. It 's not my fault if I 'm not so clever as a French mamsell. One of the ladies is busy, the other is ill. There you have it." "Not quite," said Bernard. "You must remember that there are three of them." Answer the following questions: 1. Who will not see Bernard? 2. How does that make him feel? 3. Does he just leave? 4. What does he do? 5. With who? 6. Why can't they see him? 7. Does he believe that? 8. What does he say her reasons should do? 9. Whose intelligence does she compare her own to? 10. Does he think the reason she gave are conflicting? Numbered answers:

1. the ladies 2. disappointed 3. No 4. arguing the case 5. Mrs. Vivian's maid-servant 6. One is busy, the other is ill. 7. No 8. there are three of them 9. a French mamsel 10. yes

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Read the text and answer the questions. CHAPTER V. A NIGHT OF TERROR. Amos and Jim were early astir on Monday morning, the fifth of March, but before noon came both were convinced that the threatened trouble would blow over without the slightest semblance of a conflict between the soldiers and the citizens. During the forenoon they had not so much as heard of Hardy Baker, or that faction to which he had allied himself, and Jim said, with a quiet chuckle of satisfaction: "I reckon the barber got as much of a lesson as he needed Saturday afternoon, and has given over trying to set right the wrongs of the people." "He must be at work, or we should have heard something regarding him," Amos replied, and then ceased even to think of the apprentice. Shortly after noon those assembled under the Liberty Tree,--and there were quite as many as had gathered on Friday and Saturday,--were told that the Council had discussed with Governor Hutchinson the question of removing the troops from the city, and assured him the people would be satisfied with nothing else. It was also said the Governor had refused to do anything regarding the matter; but that Samuel Adams had publicly declared the troops should be sent away, and that without loss of time. At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Amos and Jim heard once more from Master Piemont's assistant. It was told under the Liberty Tree that he had been seen in company with Attucks, the mulatto, and half a dozen others, near Wentworth's Wharf, and that Hardy had distinguished himself by taunting with cowardice, a squad of soldiers, until the redcoats avenged the insults with blows; but nothing more serious than a street brawl was the result. 1. Which tree did people assemble under? 2. What was the name of the Governor? 3. Did the council discuss something with him? 4. What? 5. Did the council assure him of anything> 6. What did the Governor do about it? 7. Who was Attucks? 8. Where was he seen? 9. Who taunted soldiers? 10. What didthe redcoats do about it? 11. Was the result serious? 12. What day of the week were Amos and Jim up early? 13. What was the date? 14. Did they expect conflict that day? 15. What was Hardy's last name? 16. When Jim mentions "the barber" who is he talking about? 17. What's his name? 18. Where does Amos think Hardy is? 19. That was at noon. What time was it when they found out about Hardy? 20. Who had Hardy been seen with besides Attucks? Numbered answers:

1. Liberty Tree 2. Governor Hutchinson 3. Yes 4. removing the troops 5. the people would be satisfied with nothing else 6. Nothing 7. the mulatto 8. near Wentworth's Wharf 9. Hardy 10. avenged the insults with blows 11. No 12. Monday 13. the fifth of March 14. No 15. Baker 16. the apprentice 17. Hardy Baker 18. at work 19. about three o'clock 20. half a dozen others

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Answer the questions at the end based on the text. CHAPTER THIRTY TWO. BRANWEN VISITS GUNRIG. Before going off on his mission the Hebrew paid a visit to his own residence, where he found Branwen busy with culinary operations. Sitting down on a stool, he looked at her with an expression of mingled amusement and perplexity. "Come hither, my girl," he said, "and sit beside me while I reveal the straits to which you have brought me. Verily, a short time ago I had deemed it impossible for any one to thrust me so near to the verge of falsehood as you have done!" "I, Beniah?" exclaimed the maiden, with a look of surprise on her pretty face so ineffably innocent that it was obviously hypocritical--insomuch that Beniah laughed, and Branwen was constrained to join him. "Yes--you and your father together, for the puzzling man has commissioned me to set out for the Hot Swamp, to tell Bladud that he is urgently wanted at home. And he would not even allow me to open my lips, when I was about to broach the subject of your disguises, although he almost certainly knows all about them--" "What! my father knows?" interrupted Branwen, with raised eyebrows. "Yes, and you know that he knows, and he knows that I know, and we all know that each other knows, and why there should be any objection that every one should know is more than I can--" "Never mind, Beniah," interrupted the girl, with the slightest possible smile. "You are a dear, good old creature, and I know you won't betray me. Remember your solemn promise." 1. who was Beniah speaking to? 2. where did her father want Beniah to go? 3. who was he supposed to see? 4. what message was he to give him? 5. what did Branwen's father know about? 6. what did she ask Beniah to remember? 7. what was she doing when he came to visit? 8. did Beniah accuse Branwen of something? 9. of what? 10. was she surprised? 11. what ethnicity is Beniah? 12. where did he go before he left? 13. what did he sit on? Numbered answers:

1. Branwen 2. the Hot Swamp 3. Bladud 4. he is wanted at home. 5. their disguises 6. his solemn promise 7. culinary operations 8. yes 9. thrusting him to the verge of falsehood 10. yes 11. Hebrew 12. his own residence 13. a stool,

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"Oh,you must have been a spoiled kid.You must be really bossy.I wonder what you're going to be like to deal with?" That's often the response Angela Hult gets when people find out she's an only child,she told ABC News.Despite such negative remarks,Hult has decided to have only one child herself.And she's not alone. According to the US' Office for National Statistics,women approaching the end of their childbearing years had an average of 1.9 children in 2004,compared with 3.1 for their counterparts in 1976.The percentage of onechild families in Britain had risen from 18 percent in 1972 to 26 percent in 2007. But even though only children are becoming increasingly common,the traditional view that they're selfish,spoiled and lack social skills holds strong.Even parents of only children,like Hult,are made to feel guilty about having only one child.Worried that they're being selfish and endangering their child's future,they flock to online discussion forums seeking advice.Soon,however,they ask themselves:is this social prejudice really reasonable? "There have been hundreds and hundreds of research studies that show that only children are no different from their peers ," Susan Newman,a social psychologist at Rutgers University in the US,told ABC News. This raises another question:why are only children still viewed with such suspicion? "There is a belief that's been around probably since humans first existed that to have just one child is somehow dangerous,both for you and for the continuation of your race," Toni Falbo,a professor of educational psychology,told the Guardian."In the past a lot of children died.You'd have had to be crazy to only have one." Times,of course,have changed and infant mortality has largely reduced.So what do only children themselves say? Kayley Kravitz,a blogger for The Huffington Post,grew up as an only child and highly recommends the experience."Being an only child taught me the most valuable skill of all:the ability to be alone," she said. Answer this series of questions: 1. What office presented statistics on women? 2. Is Angela Hult an only child? 3. Do people tell her that she is spoiled? 4. How many children is she having? 5. Does she feel guilty about it? 6. Why? 7. How many families in Britain have only one child? 8. Is that an increase or decrease from the 70s? 9. From what? 10. From what percent? Numbered answers:

1. US' Office for National Statistics 2. yes 3. yes 4. one 5. yes 6. of being selfish and endangering their child's future 7. 26 percent 8. increase 9. onechild families 10. 18 percent

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It was movie night at Tom's house. He was looking forward to watching a movie. He wondered what sort of movie it would be. Would it be a cartoon? Would there be knights? He really likes to watch movies about spaceships. His sister likes to watch movies about animals. Tonight they would watch his father's favorite type of movie. His mother came home and put it on the table. After dinner Tom cleared away the plates from the table. It was his sister's turn to wash the dishes. His father went to read the newspaper. His mother began to make popcorn. She made a big bowl of popcorn. There was plenty for everyone. She put lots of butter on it. Tom was excited he went to sit on the striped rug in front of the television. His sister came and sat next to him. His parents sat on the couch. The dog climbed on to the blue chair. The movie was about cars. Tom had a great movie night. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who was supposed to wash dishes? 2. Was it a special night? 3. What night? 4. Did Tom make popcorn? 5. who did? 6. Did she make a lot? 7. Did Tom sit on the couch? 8. Who sat with him? 9. Where was the dog? 10. What kind of movie did Tom think they would watch? 11. What kinds of movies does his sister like? 12. What was it about? 13. Did he do any chores? 14. Did his parents sit on the floor? 15. Where did they sit? 16. What kind of movies does he like? 17. Who's favorite type did they watch? 18. Who came home with the movie? 19. Where did she put it? 20. Was the popcorn buttered? Numbered answers:

1. Tom's sister 2. yes 3. It was movie night 4. no 5. His mother 6. yes 7. No, the striped rug. 8. His sister. 9. the blue chair. 10. He wondered about it. 11. movies about animals. 12. cars. 13. he cleared away the plates 14. no 15. on the couch. 16. movies about spaceships 17. his father's 18. His mother 19. on the table. 20. yes

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Olympic torch relay planned route Beijing, April 27--The Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay will cover the greatest area and include the largest number of people. The plans were announced on Thursday night. The planned route would last 130 days and travel 137 000 km. First Nobel Prize winner to donate to Hope School Chinanews, Beijing, May 10--Professor Dannel Chee Tsui, in the USA, signed the agreement to donate 350 000yuan to his home town to build a Hope Primary School in China. Bill Gates receives Tsinghua honorary doctorate Beijing,April 20--Bill Gates, chairman of global IT giant Microsoft, received an honorary doctorate when he visited China's famous Tsinghua University on Thursday. Big Shaolin kung fu center to be built in Russia Chinanews, Beijing, April 27--China and Russia have signed a letter of intent ( )on the building of a Shaolin kung fu center in Russia. It will be the first of its kind in Russia,and also the biggest overseas kung fu center when it is completed. Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions: 1. What did bill gate recieve 2. Was the plan announced on a weekend? 3. What did China and Russia agreed on to create? 4. How much does the first nobel prize winner donated? 5. For whom did he donate it? 6. Where was the hope school located? Numbered answers:

1. Tsinghua honorary doctorate. 2. No. 3. A Shaolin kung fu center in Russia 4. 350 000yuan 5. to Hope School 6. China

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CHAPTER SEVEN. Twelve months passed away, and Christmas came again, with its frost and snow and sunshine--its blazing fires, its good cheer, and its merry greetings. Many a Christmastide had now passed over the head of our blacksmith, John Thorogood, and his excellent wife Mary, but Time had touched them lightly in its flight. They both looked young and hale, and full of vigour. The only difference in them was a wrinkle or two at the corners of the eyes, and a few grey hairs mingling with the brown. Perhaps John was a little more corpulent than when he was a youth; but he could wield the fore-hammer as easily and powerfully as ever. A cloud, however, had been gathering over their happy home during the past year. Molly--the sweet active girl who had never known a day's illness from her childhood--had fallen into bad health. Her step had lost its spring, but her cheerful spirit was unsubdued. "You're better to-day, Molly darling?" asked the smith, in a tone which showed he was not sure of the answer. "Yes, father, much better." Molly did not use endearing terms, but the sweetness of her looks and voice rendered such needless. She was pale and thin, and could not check the touch of sadness in her tones. "Fred is sure to come, darling," said Mrs Thorogood, stopping in her preparations for supper to smooth her daughter's fair head. "Oh yes, mother, I know that Fred is sure to come," returned Molly, with a laugh and a little blush. "No fear of _him_. I was not thinking of him, but of Jim. It is the first Christmas we shall have spent without him. Dear Jim! I wonder what company he will have to spend it with him in the backwoods." 1. What is John's profession? 2. Who is his wife? 3. And his daughter? 4. True or False: This is the first Christmas the family has to spend without Jim. 5. Do John and Mary look much different since last holiday? 6. Is John as strong as he once was? 7. Does Molly have an upbeat personality? 8. Is she in good health currently? 9. True or False: It was unusual for the daughter to be sick. 10. In what country does the passage take place? 11. How is John different from in his youth? 12. Has John put on a bit of weight since his youth? 13. Does Molly think Fred will return? 14. How about Mrs. Thorogood? 15. What was Mrs. Thorogood getting ready for the family? 16. Who asks if Molly's health has improved? 17. True or False: Molly could hide her sadness. 18. How is Molly's skin color described? 19. What does Molly wonder about Jim? 20. What chapter is the passage from? Numbered answers:

1. blacksmith 2. Mary 3. Molly 4. true 5. no 6. yes 7. yes 8. no 9. true 10. unknown 11. a wrinkle or two at the corners of the eyes, and a few grey hairs mingling with the brown. 12. yes if that's what corpulent means 13. yes 14. yes 15. supper 16. the smith 17. false 18. pale 19. what company he will have to spend it with him in the backwoods." 20. SEVEN

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Political corruption in Zimbabwe threatens efforts to save millions of people from malaria in the southern African country, according to aid agency officials. HIV-positive 13-year-old orphan Evans Mahlangu, left, and his brother Edmond, 8, had to jump Zimbabwe's border with Mozambique to get anti-retroviral drugs. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has demanded that Zimbabwe's government return $7.3 million placed in the country's reserve bank to pay for the distribution medicine that can cure malaria, according to the group's spokesman. A senior western diplomat in Zimbabwe told CNN he believes the money was taken by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's government to fund political activities. He accused reserve bank governor Gideon Gono of involvement. "This could put millions of people in Zimbabwe at risk of malaria in the current malaria season," said John Linden, spokesman for the group which is a leading international financing institution for those diseases. Linden said his group has given Zimbabwe until Thursday to repay the money or else no more aid will be sent to the country. "At this stage we do not have confidence in the reserve bank's ability to release the money when needed, so we have demanded that all the money be released immediately," Linden said. The money was intended to train thousands of health workers to distribute the malaria cure, medicine that is already available but sits on shelves. CNN's Kim Norgaard in Johannesburg, South Africa contributed to this report. 1. Who is the President of Zimbabwe? 2. How much money is he accused of misusing? 3. Who does he claim is responsible, instead? 4. What illness, in particular, could be cured by those funds? 5. How long does the country have to repay the funds? 6. Or what will be witheld? 7. According to whom? 8. What was the money intended for? 9. How many workers are in need of training? 10. Is the medicine readily available? 11. How many people are at risk of Malaria in Zimbabwe? Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. Robert Mugabe 2. $7.3 million 3. Gideon Gono 4. malaria 5. until Thursday 6. aide 7. Linden 8. to pay for distribution medicine 9. thousands 10. Yes 11. millions

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Make use of the article to answer the questions. Megan Tarzynski, 17, knows she lives in a world where looks are important, especially for teenage girls, but she is not ashamed of (...) her looks. At Notre Dame High School for girls, Tarzynski takes an active part in many activities. "I am involved with drama club and another club called Polish club," said Megan. Eighty-five percent of Megan's body is covered with what are called "port wine stains "caused by a serious illness. She also has glaucoma . Megan has been going to Children's Memorial Hospital for laser treatment since she was a child. When she was growing up, her mom, Karen Miller, had a hard time dealing with the public. "I'd be accused of beating her and burning her. I mean, it was very difficult, very difficult, and I was a young mom and just to hear those things from people was hurtful," said Karen. Support from her family and persons of her age have helped Megan accept herself. "I only wear make-up if I'm going out in public or some place where I would feel more uncomfortable," she said. "And, if I'm at school, I usually don't wear make-up. I feel pretty comfortable with the girls around me," said Megan. One of those girls is Megan's new friend Tanan Nicpon. She said, "I don't judge Megan by her looks. She is a really cool person." "Megan is amazing. There is nothing that she can't do. She doesn't let anybody put her down. She does not let anyone help her in any way; she doesn't want any special treatment. She just does everything. She's amazing," said Karen. In the autumn, Megan will be a senior at Notre Dame High School. 1. What skin condition does Megan have? 2. How much of her skin is affected? Numbered answers:

1. It doesn't say the name of the condition but they are described as port wine stains. 2. Eighty-five percent

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Within hours of becoming a national hero, a viral video star and the top topic on Twitter, Charles Ramsey talked about having trouble getting sleep. It wasn't because of all the excitement that followed his knocking down a Cleveland neighbor's door, freeing three women and a girl who police say were held hostage for years. Instead, Ramsey told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Tuesday, it was about knowing he had lived for a year near the captive women on the city's West Side. "Up until yesterday the only thing that kept me from losing sleep was the lack of money," the restaurant dishwasher said on "Anderson Cooper 360." "I could have done this last year, not this hero stuff," said Ramsey. "Just do the right thing." Ramsey recounted Monday night's drama, when he heard a girl scream "like a car had hit a kid." He ran from his living room, clutching a half-eaten McDonald's Big Mac, to the house and helped free a woman identified as Amanda Berry. "Amanda said, 'I've been trapped in here. He won't let me out. It's me and my baby." Who are the three women freed in Cleveland? Ramsey and a man named Angel Cordero broke down the door, CNN affiliate WEWS reported in an earlier interview heard around the world. Ramsey told CNN he had never seen Berry before Monday, and at first, he could not place the name. "Berry didn't register with me until I was on the phone, like wait a minute, I thought this girl was dead." Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions. 1. Ramsey and Angel Cordero 2. Ramsey 3. he heard a girl scream 4. yes 5. he became a national hero 6. Amanda Berry 7. a Big Mac 8. Monday night 9. two 10. yes 11. Anderson Cooper 12. CNN 13. Tuesday 14. a year Numbered questions:

1. Who knocked down a door? 2. Who heard something? 3. What did he hear? 4. Did he become famous? 5. Why? 6. Who did he rescue? 7. What was he eating? 8. When did he do this? 9. How many more people did he rescue? 10. Did he also rescue a child? 11. What reporter did he talk to? 12. With which news company? 13. When? 14. How long had he been near the women?

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It has more than 845 million users worldwide. If it were a country, _ would have the third largest population in the world, behind China and India. This is Facebook, a popular website from the US. It is similar to Renren in China. Mark Zuckerber was born on May 14, 1984. As a little kid, he loved creating little fun computer programs. He set up the network in February of 2004. He was then a second-year student at Harvard University. One day, he had the idea of building a website for Harvard students to get to know each other. He set up the Facebook website. Harvard students could share photos and their personal information there. Soon, the website became very famous. Zuckerberg decided to leave Harvard to run Facebook full time. It was the biggest adventure in his life and later brought him great success. Now, the service is popular around the world. Greetings such as "Have you checked your Facebook page today?" became a part of young people's everyday language in the US. People can exchange message and get the latest information about their friends on Facebook. Zuckerberg's dream is to connect people through the Internet. "Facebook is to make the world more open and connected," he said. What's the young man's secret to success? Zuckerberg believes it's important to have an open mind and be ready to try new things. "The riskiest thing is to take no risks," he once said in an open letter. Sometimes the simplest ideas go furthest. We hope Mar Zuckerberg can go much further, maybe even further than Bill Gates. Answer the following questions: 1. When was Facebook launched? 2. By who? 3. How many years had he been in college? 4. At which college? 5. Did he stay in school? 6. What did he drop out to do? 7. What is Zuckerberg's goat for the site? 8. What did Zuckerberg say the riskiest thing is? 9. What was the largest adventure he'd ever had? 10. What's his secret to success? 11. How many users are on his site? 12. What site in China is similar? 13. When was Zuckerberg born? 14. What things did he enjoy making when he was a kid? 15. Who did he originally create Facebook for? 16. To do what? 17. What could they share? 18. Is his site popular all over the globe? 19. Where would it fall in order of population if it were a country? 20. Who does the author hope Zuckerberg will go further than, in terms of success? Numbered answers:

1. February of 2004 2. Mark Zuckerberg 3. he was in his second-year 4. Harvard University 5. no 6. run Facebook 7. unknown 8. to take no risks 9. leaving Harvard to run Facebook 10. to have an open mind and try new things 11. more than 845 million users 12. Renren 13. May 14, 1984 14. computer programs 15. Harvard students 16. get to know each other 17. photos and personal information 18. yes 19. behind China and India 20. Bill Gates

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Read the text and answer the questions. The Iranian languages or Iranic languages form a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, which in turn are a branch of the Indo-European language family. The speakers of Iranian languages are known as Iranian peoples. Historical Iranian languages are grouped in three stages: Old Iranian (until 400 BCE), Middle Iranian (400 BCE – 900 CE), and New Iranian (since 900 CE). Of the Old Iranian languages, the better understood and recorded ones are Old Persian (a language of Achaemenid Iran) and Avestan (the language of the Avesta). Middle Iranian languages included Middle Persian (a language of Sassanid Iran), Parthian, and Bactrian. As of 2008, there were an estimated 150–200 million native speakers of Iranian languages. Ethnologue estimates there are 86 Iranian languages, the largest amongst them being Persian, Pashto, Kurdish, and Balochi. The term Iranian is applied to any language which descends from the ancestral Proto-Iranian language. Iranian derives from the Persian and Sanskrit origin word Arya. 1. What branch are Iranian languages considered? 2. How many people speak the language? 3. How many types of languages are there? 4. How many groups are there? 5. What are they? 6. Of the old languages which ones are the ones that were recorded more. 7. How many old ones were there? 8. What all types of languages is the term applied to? 9. Where does the word Iranian come from? 10. What year did they say how many people speak the languages? Numbered answers:

1. Indo-Iranian 2. 150–200 million 3. 86 4. Four 5. Persian, Pashto, Kurdish, and Balochi. 6. Old Persian and Avestan 7. Two 8. Old Iranian (until 400 BCE), Middle Iranian (400 BCE – 900 CE), and New Iranian (since 900 CE) 9. Proto-Iranian l 10. 2008

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Answer the questions at the end based on the text. CHAPTER 10. Containing the Sequel of the Midshipman's Disaster Major Bagstock, after long and frequent observation of Paul, across Princess's Place, through his double-barrelled opera-glass; and after receiving many minute reports, daily, weekly, and monthly, on that subject, from the native who kept himself in constant communication with Miss Tox's maid for that purpose; came to the conclusion that Dombey, Sir, was a man to be known, and that J. B. was the boy to make his acquaintance. Miss Tox, however, maintaining her reserved behaviour, and frigidly declining to understand the Major whenever he called (which he often did) on any little fishing excursion connected with this project, the Major, in spite of his constitutional toughness and slyness, was fain to leave the accomplishment of his desire in some measure to chance, 'which,' as he was used to observe with chuckles at his club, 'has been fifty to one in favour of Joey B., Sir, ever since his elder brother died of Yellow Jack in the West Indies.' It was some time coming to his aid in the present instance, but it befriended him at last. When the dark servant, with full particulars, reported Miss Tox absent on Brighton service, the Major was suddenly touched with affectionate reminiscences of his friend Bill Bitherstone of Bengal, who had written to ask him, if he ever went that way, to bestow a call upon his only son. But when the same dark servant reported Paul at Mrs Pipchin's, and the Major, referring to the letter favoured by Master Bitherstone on his arrival in England--to which he had never had the least idea of paying any attention--saw the opening that presented itself, he was made so rabid by the gout, with which he happened to be then laid up, that he threw a footstool at the dark servant in return for his intelligence, and swore he would be the death of the rascal before he had done with him: which the dark servant was more than half disposed to believe. 1. Where are they? 2. What was to be known? 3. who was to know him? 4. who is reserved? 5. who was tough? 6. who was JB? 7. Who was major's friend? 8. What was his last name? 9. where was he from? 10. who was absent? Numbered answers:

1. Princess's Place 2. Dombey 3. J. B. 4. Miss Tox, 5. Major 6. Joey B 7. Bill 8. Bitherstone 9. Bengal 10. Miss Tox

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prefix = st1 /PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7 -- At 26, many people haven't even decided on a career. Luke Ravenstahl, cashing in on his family's political tradition, is already the mayor of Pittsburgh, the youngest mayor of any major city in the country. Although mayors elsewhere have been younger, Jeff Dunkel was 18 in 2001 when he was elected mayor of Mount Carbon, small towns inNew York, and elsewhere have also elected teenagers as mayors. But,Tallahassee, is the only other city with a population over 100,000 that has had a mayor as young as Mr. Ravenstahl. A supporter of Mr. Ravenstahl said concerns about Mr. Ravenstahl's age would _ once the city saw his work ethic. But now comes the hard part. As he strives to be taken seriously and take charge of a city only recently back from the brink of bankruptcy, the baby-faced mayor said that even the smallest decisions felt weighty, even what to wear in the Steelers game matters. And another pressing issue is to strengthen the city's economy. Pittsburghhas lost all its mills, nearly half its population and much of its downtown commercial district in the last several decades. "ButPittsburghhas 50,000 college students, and our challenge is to figure out how to retain them and to increase downtown development." He said. But one of the biggest uncertainties is how long he will remain in office. According to the city charter, Mayor Ravenstahl's term will not expire until November 2009. Some city lawyers, however, have argued that he must face the electorate next year. And residents in Pittsburghare still withholding judgment on him. Deli, Jimmy Cvetic, a sandwich shop owner, said "I call him Cool Hand Luke. He'll be all right, but he's going to need a cool hand to get through this." Mayor Ravenstahl said he was still coming to terms with the challenge he faced. Answer this series of questions: 1. Who was the mayor of Pittsburgh? 2. How old was he? 3. Was he the youngest with that title? 4. Who was? 5. How young was he? 6. Did the 26 year old find the job easy? 7. How many university pupils in the city? 8. What was he trying to do with them? 9. Did the town lose any business? 10. What kind? 11. When does his job end? 12. Was he given a nick name? 13. What was he called? 14. Who gave it to him? 15. What was his name? Numbered answers:

1. cashing in on his family's political tradition, is already the mayor of Pittsburgh 2. 26 3. No 4. Jeff Dunkel 5. 18 6. No 7. 50,000 8. to increase downtown development. 9. Yes 10. Mills 11. November 2009 12. Yes 13. Cool Hand Luke 14. a sandwich shop owner 15. Jimmy Cvetic

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- George Harrison's closest friends and family gathered in Hollywood on Tuesday to dedicate the late Beatle's star on the Walk of Fame. From left, musicians Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Paul McCartney join Harrison's relatives for dedication of his star. "There's someone here from every important stage of George's life and career," Harrison's widow, Olivia, said. Harrison, who was 58 when he died of cancer in 2001, becomes the second Beatle with a Hollywood star. John Lennon was the first. The new star is next to the iconic Hollywood headquarters of Capitol Records, the distributor of much of Harrison's music for the past five decades. Tuesday's ceremony coincided with the Capitol/EMI announcement that it will release Harrison's first solo greatest hits collection -- "Let it Roll: Songs by George Harrison" -- on June 16. Actor Tom Hanks said the world changed for him in January 1964 when he heard his first Beatles song. "That's when we escaped the doldrums and moved on to a brighter, better, more joyful future," Hanks said. Superstar musicians Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh and Jeff Lynne attended the star's dedication, but they did not address the crowd. Scores of Harrison fans showed up for the event, with some traveling from as far as Liverpool, England. "We all have deep feelings for George, because he was such a deep-feeling person," Olivia Harrison said. "He was a beautiful, mystical man, living in a material world," she said. "He was funny as the day is long and just as perplexing." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. who was honored? 2. was he alive when it was presented? 3. how old was he when he passed away? 4. was he killed in an accident? 5. what killed him? 6. in what year? 7. was he married? 8. what was his wife's name? 9. what was his profession? 10. was he in a band? 11. called? 12. what was the honor given? 13. where? 14. on what day? 15. was something announced on that day? 16. what is that? 17. who is putting it out? 18. when? Numbered answers:

1. George Harrison 2. No 3. 58 4. No 5. cancer 6. 2001 7. Yes 8. Olivia 9. musician 10. Yes 11. The Beatle's 12. A star on the Walk of Fame. 13. Hollywood 14. Tuesday 15. "Let it Roll: Songs by George Harrison" 16. His greatest hits collection 17. Capitol/EMI 18. June 16.

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CHAPTER II A VISIT TO THE NAVY-YARD There was a rush of business at the news-stand between twelve and one o'clock, but shortly after one this died away, and inside of half an hour Phil Newell told Walter that they might be on their way--"If you are bound to enlist in Uncle Sam's service," he added. Walter made sure that the paper containing Job Dowling's permission for him to enter the navy was safe in his coat pocket, and then announced his readiness to depart. The owner of the stand called up Dan Brown and gave him a few directions, and in another minute Newell and Walter had boarded a Charlestown car and were off. "I haven't been over to the navy-yard for several years," remarked Phil Newell, as they rode along. "I used to know several of the boys that were there, but they've grown too old for the service. I reckon the yard is a busy place these days." And a busy place it proved to be as they turned into Chelsea Street, and moved along the solid granite wall which separates the yard from the public thoroughfare. From beyond came the creaking of hoists, and the ringing of countless hammers and anvils, for the government employees were hard at work, fitting out a warship or two and converting several private vessels into naval craft. "I don't know if I'm just right about this," went on Phil Newell, as they headed for one of the numerous buildings near the wall, after being passed by a guard. "It may be that they want to keep strangers out, now the war is on, and you'll have to go elsewhere to sign articles. But I know old Caleb Walton is here, and he'll tell me all he can, and set us straight." Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions: 1. Was the newsstand busy all day? 2. When was the busiest time? 3. What service was Walter joining? 4. Which branch? 5. Who gave him permission? 6. Where did he put his slip? 7. How did he travel? 8. With whom? 9. What street was their destination on? 10. Had Phil been there recently? 11. How did he estimate it functioned? 12. Was he correct? 13. What sounds could be heard? 14. What were they working on? 15. How were private vessels reused? 16. Did Phil have doubts upon arrival? 17. What would this mean for Walter? 18. Did Phil know someone to consult? 19. Who? 20. What divided the shipyard from the public? Numbered answers:

1. no 2. between twelve and one o'clock 3. Uncle Sam's 4. the navy 5. Job Dowling 6. his coat pocket 7. in a Charlestown car 8. Phil Newell 9. Chelsea Street 10. no 11. busily 12. yes 13. creaking and ringing 14. a warship 15. as naval craft 16. yes 17. he'l have to go elsewhere to sign 18. yes 19. Caleb Walton 20. a wall

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The mystery stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are famous all over the world. The detective in his stories is called Sherlock Holmes. He solves mysteries in a most surprising way. His assistant, Dr Watson, watches with admiration and then writes up the story of the mystery afterwards. This is a useful story writing skill. Because Watson is not very clever, the story remains a mystery until the end. The readers can sometimes pick up some clues before he does! Then, to make Watson understand the mystery, Holmes has to explain it all, step by step. So we, the readers, get to see it step by step too. Watson is almost as good a character in the story as Sherlock Holmes! The very first time they meet, Holmes greatly surprises Watson. When they are first introduced, Holmes says to Watson, 'How do you do? I see you have been to Afghanistan .' Watson is too amazed by this to ask Holmes how he knows this. Watson has, indeed, been to Afghanistan. Later, he asks Holmes about it. Holmes explains that there is nothing magical about what he does. He gets to know it all by very, very careful observation . Observation One Watson was introduced to Holmes as a doctor. Yet Holmes thought that the way he stood and walked made him seem like a soldier. So, this meant he was probably an army doctor. Observation Two Watson's face was quite dark skinned. But his wrists were pale. So his dark face was probably sun burnt. This meant that he had been to a hot, sunny country. Observation Three At the time, the British army had soldiers at bases in many parts of the world. So there were still a lot of places to choose from. However, Holmes saw that Watson looked very tired and he was always holding his left arm, as if it was painful. So, he had probably been with the army to a place where they were fighting. There was only one place where the British army was fighting at that time: Afghanistan. 1. who is the writer? 2. is he well known? 3. who is the main player in his books? 4. does someone help him? 5. who? 6. does the main character have a job? 7. what? 8. how did he surprise his helper when they first met? 9. was his helpers skin milky and white? Numbered answers:

1. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 2. Yes 3. Sherlock Holmes 4. Yes 5. Dr Watson 6. Yes 7. detective 8. Knowing he went to Afghanistan 9. No

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Jane Austen was born in the English countryside more than 200 years ago. She lived a simple life. She seldom travelled. She never married and she died from illness when she was only 41. However, people all over the world remember her. Why? It is because Jane Austen is the author of some of the best-loved novels in the English language. These novels include Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion. Jane completed her last novel Persuasion in 1816, but it was not published until after her death. Persuasion is partly based on Jane's naval brother. Anne, the daughter of Sir Walter Elliot, falls in love with Captain Wentworth, a person of a lower social position. But she breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. Eight years later, Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain. He finds Anne's family on the edge of financial ruin. Anne and the captain rediscover their love and get married. Jane Austen once compared her writing to painting on a little bit of ivory , two inches square. Readers of Persuasion will see that neither her skill of delicate, ironic observations on social custom, love, and marriage nor her ability to apply a sharp focus to English manners and morals has abandoned her in her final finished work. Persuasion has produced three film adaptations: a 1995 version starring Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds, a 2007 TV miniseries with Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry-Jones, and a 1971 miniseries with Ann Firbank and Bryan Marshall. People who are interested in Jane Austen can still visit many of the places she visited and lived. These places include the village of Steventon, although her family house is now gone. Many of the places Jane visited in Bath are still there. You can visit Jane Austen's home in Chawton, where she did her best writing, and Winchester, where she died. 1. When did Jane Austen live? 2. Why is her life memorable? 3. like what? 4. which was her last? 5. Did she have real inspiration? 6. who? 7. was it only a book? 8. what else? 9. where they made the same year? 10. Where did Jane live? Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. more than 200 years ago 2. she is the author of many books 3. Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion 4. Persuasion 5. yes 6. her brother 7. no 8. three film adaptations 9. no 10. Steventon

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Make use of the article to answer the questions. Educators across the U.S. are calling for major changes to the admission process in higher education. The National Center for Educational Statistics (or NCES) reported that U.S. colleges and universities received more than 9 million applications between 2013 and 2014 and admitted more than 5 million students. But the problem is not in the number of students, a new report says. The report is called "Turning the Tide -- Making Caring Common." The report argues that the process schools use to choose students causes major problems. David Hawkins is the Executive Director for Educational Content and Policy. He says that most colleges and universities require many things from students when they apply. Schools usually require an essay describing a student's interests or why they want to study at that school. The schools also ask for letters from teachers describing why a student is a good candidate. But, Hawkins says, schools are most concerned with a student's high school grades and standardized test results. The Education Conservancy is an organization that fights to make higher education equal and available. Lloyd Thacker is the Executive Director of the Education Conservancy, saying that the college admission process has changed a lot. "Over the past 30 years, college admissions have become more complex." He says that ranking systems for colleges and universities are a big part of the problem. U.S. News and World Report is a media company that creates a list of what it calls "America's Best Colleges." The company bases the list on information collected from colleges and universities across the country. This information includes results of standardized tests like the SAT from all of a school's students. Higher average test results help put schools higher on the list. Thacker claims, "Too many students are learning to do whatever it takes in order to get ahead, even if that means sacrificing their own individuality, their health, their happiness and behavior..." "The impact on students and on parents is that college is all about where you go. The rank has nothing to do with the quality of education that goes on at the college." The Harvard report states that the best way to change the admission process is by changing college applications. 1. Who is calling for major changes? 2. To what? 3. What is the NCES? 4. What do they report on? 5. What is the problem? 6. What causes major problems? 7. Who is David Hawkins? 8. What do schools require? 9. What are schools most concerned with? 10. What is the education conservancy? 11. Who is Lloyd Thacker? 12. What does he say? 13. Have admissions become more complex? 14. What does he say? 15. What is the U.S. News and World Report 16. What is an example of a standardized test? 17. What does the Harvard report state? Numbered answers:

1. unknown 2. to the admission process in higher education. 3. The National Center for Educational Statistics (or NCES) 4. reported that U.S. colleges and universities received more than 9 million applications between 2013 and 2014 and admitted more than 5 million students. 5. the problem is not in the number of students 6. The report argues that the process schools use to choose students causes major problems 7. David Hawkins is the Executive Director for Educational Content and Policy. 8. require an essay describing a student's interests or why they want to study at that school. 9. schools are most concerned with a student's high school grades and standardized test results. 10. The Education Conservancy is an organization that fights to make higher education equal and available 11. Executive Director of the Education 12. saying that the college admission process has changed a lot. 13. Yes, over the past 30 years, college admissions have become more complex 14. He says that ranking systems for colleges and universities are a big part of the problem. 15. U.S. News and World Report is a media company that creates a list of what it calls "America's Best Colleges. 16. SAT 17. The Harvard report states that the best way to change the admission process is by changing college applications.

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(CNN) -- Manny Pacquiao returned home to a hero's welcome in his native Philippines on Friday after wresting the WBO welterweight title from Miguel Cotto on a 12th round technical knockout in Las Vegas. 'Pacman' has a fanatical following in the Philippines which has been further enhanced by his record breaking victory as he claimed his sixth world title at a different weight by beating Cotto on Saturday night. "Welcome home, the world's bext boxer of all time," read a banner as thousands of fans greeted the 30-year-old. Following his hard-fought victory over Puerto Rican Cotto, all the talk is of a cash-rich superfight with American Floyd Mayweather Jr. next year. Leading promoter Bob Arum said he is ready to put the pay-per-view extravaganza at the 147-pound welterweight class, with Las Vegas the preferred venue. Pacquiao played down the possibility as he talked to reporters on his return. "We are not forcing a fight with him. It is right that he is the one challenging me, because my fights score more on pay-per-view," he said. Pacquiao has greatly enhanced his reputation with successive wins over Oscar de la Hoya, Britain's Ricky Hatton and Cotto. Mayweather returned to the ring with a comfortable win over Juan Manuel Marquez and has the reputation for grossing massive receipts from his pay-per-view appearances. For the moment, Pacquiao will spend time at home with his wife, Jinkee, and three children and is also set to pursue his ambition to enter Filippino politics, standing for a congressional seat in his home island of Mindanao. Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions. 1. Manny Pacquiao 2. Pacman 3. the Philippines 4. yes 5. WBO welterweight title match 6. Miguel Cotto 7. in Las Vegas 8. Saturday night 9. yes 10. winning the title 11. Puerto Rico Numbered questions:

1. who has a nickname? 2. what is it? 3. what is his country of origin? 4. was he the victor in a competition? 5. what competition? 6. who did he defeat? 7. where? 8. when? 9. is he well regarded? 10. what made him well regarded? 11. where was his opponent from?

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Detroit (/dᵻˈtrɔɪt/) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the fourth-largest city in the Midwest and the largest city on the United States–Canada border. It is the seat of Wayne County, the most populous county in the state. Detroit's metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 5.3 million people, making it the fourteenth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the second-largest in the Midwestern United States (behind Chicago). It is a major port on the Detroit River, a strait that connects the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest economic region in the Midwest, behind Chicago, and the thirteenth-largest in the United States. Detroit is the center of a three-county urban area (population 3,734,090, area of 1,337 square miles (3,460 km2), a 2010 United States Census) six-county metropolitan statistical area (2010 Census population of 4,296,250, area of 3,913 square miles [10,130 km2]), and a nine-county Combined Statistical Area (2010 Census population of 5,218,852, area of 5,814 square miles [15,060 km2]). The Detroit–Windsor area, a commercial link straddling the Canada–U.S. border, has a total population of about 5,700,000. The Detroit metropolitan region holds roughly one-half of Michigan's population. Answer the following questions: 1. What is the most populous city is Michigan? 2. What county is it in? 3. Which border is it on? 4. What is the metro are called? 5. Is it behind Chicago in Midwestern metro population? 6. Is it the fourteenth-most populous in the US? 7. How many people does the metro have? 8. What river is it on? 9. Is it the second-largest economic region in the Midwest? 10. How many counties in the urban area of the center of? 11. What is the Census used to estimate population? 12. What is the area of the metro? 13. in km? 14. Does the Detroit-Windsor area cross the border? 15. What is the population of that are? 16. What percent of Michigan's population lives in the area? 17. Is it the seat of Wayne County? 18. Does it connect to the Great Lakes system? 19. What Seaway does it connect to? 20. Which country is Detroit located in? Numbered answers:

1. Detroit 2. Wayne County 3. United States-Canada 4. Metro Detroit, 5. yes 6. yes 7. 4,296,250, 8. the Detroit River 9. yes 10. three 11. the 2010 United States census 12. 3,913 13. 10,130 km2 14. yes 15. 5,700,000 16. roughly one-half 17. yes 18. yes 19. the Saint Lawrence Seaway. 20. the U.S.

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Read the text and answer the questions. London (CNN) -- Jurre Hermans, the 11-year-old Dutch boy who entered the £250,000 ($400,000) Wolfson Economics Prize with a pizza-based plan for saving the eurozone, did so because he had an idea and the winnings sounded "very attractive," he told CNN. Jurre received a €100 ($131) gift voucher and special mention when the prize shortlist was announced Tuesday for his detailed entry -- including a picture, below -- showing how debt can be exchanged for slices of pizza. Exiting the euro: As easy as pizza? The competition was launched in October by Simon Wolfson, the man behind British retail chain Next, to try and find ways to deal with a collapse of the euro -- the currency tying together 17 European countries. The euro has been under intense pressure since Greece was forced to take a bail-out from its eurozone peers and the International Monetary Fund almost two years ago. Through his father Julius, Jurre told CNN he had an idea to solve the euro crisis and also thought the prize money sounded "attractive." Jurre, the youngest entrant to the prize, proposed Greece should leave the euro, with the Greek people slotting their funds into a bank "exchange machine" and getting drachma -- the Greek currency before the country joined the euro in 2001 -- back. As Jurre explains in his application, the bank then gives the euros to the Greek government and "all these euros together form a pancake or a pizza. Now the Greek government can start to pay back all their debts, everyone who has a debt gets a slice of the pizza." 1. How old was the Dutch boy mentioned in this article? 2. How much was the prize in the contest he entered? 3. How did he describe the prize? 4. How much was the gift card he got worth? 5. What was as easy as pizza to him? 6. Who started the contest? 7. Which store was he working with? 8. What was the contest trying to do? 9. Who is Julius? 10. Who was he talking to? 11. Was Jurre the youngest person to enter the contest? 12. He proposed that Greece should do what? 13. So where should the Greek people put their money? 14. And then what would they get back? 15. When had they stopped using the drachma? 16. Would the bank give all the euros they got to someone else? 17. To who? 18. When all the euros are put together what do they make? 19. Then the Greek government can give each of its debholders what? 20. Did Jurre actually win the contest? Numbered answers:

1. 11 2. £250,000 ($400,000) 3. Attractive 4. €100 ($131) 5. Exiting the euro 6. Simon Wolfson, 7. Next, 8. Deal with a collapse of the euro 9. Jurre's father. 10. CNN 11. Yes. 12. Should leave the euro with the Greek 13. A bank "exchange machine" 14. Drachma. 15. 2001 16. Yes 17. The Greek government 18. A pancake or a pizza. 19. A slice of the pizza. 20. No.

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Answer the questions at the end based on the text. More "Breaking Bad" yo? The series star Bryan Cranston seemed to drop a major hint in an interview with CNN's Ashleigh Banfield Thursday. Asked by Banfield if his character, Walter White, died or not, Cranston said, "Hey, you never saw bags zip up or anything. Or say ... you know." He left the rest up to viewers' imaginations. In response to questions about whether the character could show up in a movie or anywhere else ever again, Cranston said: "Never say never." Whoa. He may have been teasing, but that remark revived hopes for countless fans who still are mourning the loss of the character and the acclaimed series. The show literally went out with a bang in September 2013 and there was even a mock funeral held for the character in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where the series was set and filmed. Cranston has remained busy since the series ended, most recently starring in the summer film "Godzilla." And AMC has announced that "Breaking Bad" fans can look forward to a new series, "Better Call Saul," which will be a spinoff featuring criminal lawyer Saul Goodman. What say you diehard fans? Do you think Cranston was kidding or not? 1. Who is the star of the series? Numbered answers:

1. Bryan Cranston

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When the board has no embedded components it is more correctly called a printed wiring board (PWB) or etched wiring board. However, the term printed wiring board has fallen into disuse. A PCB populated with electronic components is called a printed circuit assembly (PCA), printed circuit board assembly or PCB assembly (PCBA). The IPC preferred term for assembled boards is circuit card assembly (CCA), and for assembled backplanes it is backplane assemblies. The term PCB is used informally both for bare and assembled boards. Initially PCBs were designed manually by creating a photomask on a clear mylar sheet, usually at two or four times the true size. Starting from the schematic diagram the component pin pads were laid out on the mylar and then traces were routed to connect the pads. Rub-on dry transfers of common component footprints increased efficiency. Traces were made with self-adhesive tape. Pre-printed non-reproducing grids on the mylar assisted in layout. To fabricate the board, the finished photomask was photolithographically reproduced onto a photoresist coating on the blank copper-clad boards. Answer this series of questions: 1. How were PCB's first designed? 2. What is it called if a board has no embedded parts? 3. What is the acronym for that? 4. Is there another name for it? 5. What is it called when there are electronic parts? 6. Are there other names for it? 7. What is the IPC preferred term? 8. What is the term preferred for backplanes? 9. How are PCBs manually created? 10. How much bigger than it's real size? 11. What is used to make traces? 12. What helps in the layout? 13. How is a board fabricated? 14. Is the term used formally for assembled boards? 15. How are component pin pads laid out? 16. What routes it to connect the pads? 17. What term isn't used much anymore? 18. What is the term used informally for? 19. Is the mylar used opaque? 20. What kinds of transfers are used? Numbered answers:

1. manually 2. printed wiring board 3. PWB 4. etched wiring board 5. printed circuit assembly 6. printed circuit board assembly or PCB assembly (PCBA 7. circuit card assembly 8. backplane assemblies 9. creating a photomask on a clear mylar sheet 10. two or four times 11. component pin pads 12. Pre-printed non-reproducing grids on the mylar 13. finished photomask was photolithographically reproduced onto a photoresist coating on the blank copper-clad boards. 14. No 15. on the mylar 16. traces 17. printed wiring board 18. bare and assembled boards. 19. No 20. Rub-on dry transfers

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CHAPTER ELEVEN EXPERIMENTS "The first of June! The Kings are off to the seashore tomorrow, and I'm free. Three months' vacation--how I shall enjoy it!" exclaimed Meg, coming home one warm day to find Jo laid upon the sofa in an unusual state of exhaustion, while Beth took off her dusty boots, and Amy made lemonade for the refreshment of the whole party. "Aunt March went today, for which, oh, be joyful!" said Jo. "I was mortally afraid she'd ask me to go with her. If she had, I should have felt as if I ought to do it, but Plumfield is about as gay as a churchyard, you know, and I'd rather be excused. We had a flurry getting the old lady off, and I had a fright every time she spoke to me, for I was in such a hurry to be through that I was uncommonly helpful and sweet, and feared she'd find it impossible to part from me. I quaked till she was fairly in the carriage, and had a final fright, for as it drove of, she popped out her head, saying, 'Josyphine, won't you--?' I didn't hear any more, for I basely turned and fled. I did actually run, and whisked round the corner where I felt safe." "Poor old Jo! She came in looking as if bears were after her," said Beth, as she cuddled her sister's feet with a motherly air. "Aunt March is a regular samphire, is she not?" observed Amy, tasting her mixture critically. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. When will the Kings depart? 2. what date? 3. Is Meg happy about it? 4. Who was home when she arrived? 5. Did Jo greet her at the door? 6. what was she doing? 7. Was Beth making lemonade? 8. who did? 9. What was Beth doing? 10. were they clean? 11. Why was Amy making lemonade? 12. What was Jo afraid of? 13. to where? 14. why didn't she want to go? 15. What did Beth say Jo looked like? 16. Are Jo and beth cousins? 17. are they related? 18. how? 19. what did she do to Jo's feet? 20. with what? Numbered answers:

1. tomorrow 2. "The first of June 3. yes 4. Jo, Beth and Amy 5. no 6. laying upon the sofa 7. no 8. Amy 9. taking her boots off 10. no 11. for the refreshment of the whole party 12. that Aunt March would ask her to go with her 13. Plumfield 14. because she says it's as gay as a churchyard 15. as if bears were after her, 16. no 17. yes 18. they're sisters 19. cuddled them 20. a motherly air

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As the forceful king of Macedonia , Alexander the Great overthrew the Persian Empire, becoming a hero that would survive centuries after his death. Born in 356 B.C., Alexander III was the son of Philip II and Olympias. Alexander's parents wanted him to receive the finest education, and arranged for him to study under Aristotle, regarded as one of the greatest scholars. Alexander's father was a strong leader. Philip II built an impressive army and established the Macedonian kingdom; he was even planning to attack Persia shortly before his death. In 336, Philip was murdered by one of his guards. Although it was obvious that the guard had a personal hatred, there are clues that other people were related to it. After Alexander was cleared as a suspect, he succeeded his father without opposition, and killed those said to be responsible for his father's murder, as well as all rivals. He was then just 20 years old. He then prepared to attack Persia. In the spring of 334, Alexander led the army made up of nearly 50,000 soldiers into Asia, which is called "the most powerful military expedition ever to leave Greece", He soundly defeated the Persian army at the Granicus River, sending a strong message to Darius III, leader of the Persian Empire. In 333, Alexander faced Darius at Issus, a mountain pass. The Macedonian army was greatly outnumbered but able to work the narrow mountain passageway to their advantage. Darius managed to escape. Continuing down the Mediterranean Coast, Alexander took every city in his path. In 332 Alexander declared Egypt to be part of the Greek Empire and was crowned Pharaoh . When Alexander left Egypt in 331, he defeated the Persians again and was crowned leader of Asia. In 323, however, Alexander developed a fever on the way back home and died 10 days later at Babylon. He was just 33 years old. Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions: 1. What nation did Alexander rule? Numbered answers:

1. Evidence: As the forceful king of Macedonia

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"Ceci, wake up. It's an earthquake!" That's what Cecilia Wallace heard her mother shouting on the early morning of February 27th. Cecilia is a 7th-grader. She, her parents and her brother, Sam, were in Chile's capital city, Santiago, the day a big earthquake hit Chile. And like just about everyone else, they were shaken out of their sleep. "It was so frightening," Sam wrote. "The shaking was so huge that I will never go on a ride again." Cecilia and Sam wrote about their earthquake experiences. Their reports were later posted on the website. Cecilia, Sam and their parents were staying in an apartment on the 15th floor of a building. They were lucky. Their building stayed standing, because it was built to withstand earthquakes. Not everyone was as lucky as the Wallace family. More than 800 people died. Many older buildings fell down during the earthquake. The damage in Santiago wasn't as bad as in other parts of Chile. So the supermarkets were open for business on the morning of the quake. But it wasn't business as usual. "The supermarkets have been crazy with people rushing to buy their food for the next while," Sam wrote. Not everyone was able to get money to buy food that morning. So Cecilia and Sam made food bags to _ to people who were begging outside the supermarket. "We gave some to a kid of my age. I made sure he got cookies and bread." Sam and Cecilia's mother wrote that the kids also collected money for the Red Cross. It's certainly an experience Cecilia, Sam and their parents will never forget. Thankfully, they lived to tell their stories. 1. What happened on Feb 27? 2. Where? 3. Who experienced this? 4. Did everyone survive? 5. How many perished? 6. Was the family able to help others? 7. How? 8. Where did the family live in Chile? 9. Did they have a house? 10. What dwelling did they live in? 11. Was there anything special about the building? Numbered answers:

1. an earthquake 2. in Chile 3. Cecilia, her parents and her brother, Sam 4. No 5. More than 800 people 6. Yes 7. They made food bags to _ to people who were begging outside the supermarket 8. in Chile's capital city, Santiago 9. No 10. an apartment 11. it was built to withstand earthquakes

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For decades, prosecutors say, Johann (John) Breyer had successfully eluded a dark past. In his twilight years, the 89-year-old Philadelphia man was forced to defend himself against accusations that he was more than a mere perimeter guard at the notorious Auschwitz camp, where more than 1 million people, most of them Jews, were killed during World War II. He maintained that he never persecuted anyone. In 2003, a U.S. court ruled that he was not responsible for joining a Nazi unit because he was only 17 years old at the time. But new evidence has emerged, U.S. and German prosecutors say, that shows Breyer had to have been involved in the crimes that occurred in that place. Breyer, who has lived in the United States since the 1950s, is facing possible extradition to Germany following his arrest Tuesday in Philadelphia, authorities said. Federal Magistrate Judge Timothy R. Rice on Wednesday ordered him held without bail, pending an extradition hearing in late August. "Extradition is traditionally a very long and complicated process," CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said. "It's always possible to fight extradition. It just often takes a long time." German authorities alleged that Breyer served in the Nazi "Death's Head Guard Battalion" from 1943 to 1945 at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp and at another location, according to court papers. German authorities have charged Breyer with complicity in the murder of more than 216,000 European Jews from Hungary, Germany, and Czechoslovakia, who were forcibly deported to Auschwitz, in southern Poland, on 158 trains between May and October 1944, according to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 1. Who is the subject of this article? 2. How old is he? 3. Where did he live? 4. What was he defending himself from? 5. How many people died there? 6. When? 7. What does he say about it? 8. How old was he when he joined? 9. What did the court rule regarding this? 10. When? 11. What shows that he had to have been part of it? 12. According to who? 13. Could he be sent out of the country? 14. To where? 15. What do they say he served in? 16. During what time period? 17. Where? 18. How many people is he being charged with being involved in the deaths of? 19. Where were they from? 20. Where did they go? Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. Johann (John) Breyer 2. 89 3. Philadelphia 4. accusations that he was more than just a guard at Auschwitz 5. more than 1 million 6. during World War II 7. that he never persecuted anyone. 8. 17 9. that he was not responsible for joining a Nazi unit because he was only 17 years old at the time 10. In 2003 11. new evidence 12. U.S. and German prosecutors 13. Yes 14. to Germany 15. the Nazi "Death's Head Guard Battalion" 16. from 1943 to 1945 17. at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp and at another location 18. more than 216,000 19. Hungary, Germany, and Czechoslovakia 20. Auschwitz, in southern Poland

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Make use of the article to answer the questions. London (CNN) -- I remember well the shock when in 2000 Alex Rodriquez signed a 10 year, a quarter of a billion dollar deal ($252 million) to play baseball with the Texas Rangers. It was beyond reality, and it didn't work out for the Rangers. He was later traded to the Yankees who happily increased the deal. Good for Rodriguez. But at least he was being paid to work. Rory McIlroy has now become Nike's poster boy -- certainly there will be a lot of strings attached; but he's not being paid by Nike to swing a club. He'll get millions more to do that. Read more: Nike unveils Rory McIlroy: Tiger's heir apparent Good for McIlroy. It's a better deal from Nike than Woods got. His baseball cap now switches from Titleist to the Nike tick. TV ads have already been shot. Now, I wonder which stable of Nike's sports stallions will he join? Will he join Roger Federer and Michael Jordan at causing little or no offenses on or off the field of play? Will he join Lance Armstrong and one day cause a massive scandal putting his Nike contract in jeopardy? Or will he join the middle rank of bad boy athletes who's off the field scandals don't cost them their Nike deal; think Kobe Bryant or of course, Tiger Woods. What's the difference? Lance Armstrong is accused of cheating his fans and his beloved sport and cashed in on that cheating. But remember, Nike actually stood by Armstrong for months in 2012, when all others headed for the exit. 1. Who signed something? Numbered answers:

1. The Texas Rangers signed Alex Rodriquez

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CHAPTER 71 The terrace of the Villa Catalano, with its orange and palm trees, looked upon a sea of lapiz lazuli, and rose from a shelving shore of aloes and arbutus. The waters reflected the color of the sky, and all the foliage wag bedewed with the same violet light of morn which bathed the softness of the distant mountains, and the undulating beauty of the ever-varying coast. Lothair was walking on the terrace, his favorite walk, for it was the duly occasion on which he ever found himself alone. Not that he had any reason to complain of his companions. More complete ones could scarcely be selected. Travel, which, they say, tries all tempers, had only proved the engaging equanimity of Catesby, and had never disturbed the amiable repose of his brother priest: and then they were so entertaining and so instructive, as well as handy and experienced in all common things. The monsignore had so much taste and feeling, and various knowledge; and as for the reverend father, all the antiquaries they daily encountered were mere children in his hands, who, without effort, could explain and illustrate every scene and object, and spoke as if he had never given a thought to any other theme than Sicily and Syracuse, the expedition of Nicias, and the adventures of Agathocles. And yet, during all their travels, Lothair felt that he never was alone. This was remarkable at the great cities, such as Messina and Palermo, but it was a prevalent habit in less-frequented places. There was a petty town near them, which he had never visited alone, although he had made more than one attempt with that view; and it was only on the terrace in the early morn, a spot whence he could be observed from the villa, and which did not easily communicate with the precipitous and surrounding scenery, that Lothair would indulge that habit of introspection which he had pursued through many a long ride, and which to him was a never-failing source of interest and even excitement. Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions. 1. the terrace 2. unknown 3. yes 4. Yes 5. No 6. No 7. Villa Catalano 8. Yes 9. Yes 10. Yes Numbered questions:

1. where was Lothair walking? 2. what did it overlook? 3. did he enjoy the walk? 4. did he have pleasant travelling companions? 5. Did Catesby have a short temper? 6. Did Lothair feel lonely? 7. what was the name of the Villa they were staying? 8. did it have a nice view?? 9. could he see the sea? 10. how about the mountains?

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CHAPTER I THE BOYS OF OAK HALL "Hello, Dave; where are you bound?" "For the river, Phil. I am going out for a row. Want to come along?" "That suits me," answered Phil Lawrence, throwing down the astronomy he had been studying. "But I can't stay out late," he added, reaching for his cap. "Got two examples in algebra to do. Have you finished up?" "Yes," answered Dave Porter. "They are not so hard." "And your Latin?" "That's done, too." Phil Lawrence eyed the boy before him admiringly. "Dave, I don't see how you manage it. You're always on deck for fun, and yet you scarcely miss a lesson. Let me into the secret, won't you?" "That's right, Dave; pull the cover off clean and clear," came from a youth who had just entered the school dormitory. "If I can get lessons without studying----" "Oh, Roger, you know better than that," burst out Dave Porter, with a smile. "Of course I have to study--just the same as anybody. But when I study, I study, and when I play, I play. I've found out that it doesn't pay to mix the two up--it is best to buckle your mind down to the thing on hand and to nothing else." "That's the talk," came from a boy resting on one of the beds. "It puts me in mind of a story I once heard about a fellow who fell from the roof of a house to the ground----" "There goes Shadow again!" cried Roger Morr. "Shadow, will you ever get done telling chestnuts?" Answer the following questions: 1. what was Phil studying? 2. who was he talking to? 3. what was Dave's last name? 4. who was resting on one of the beds? 5. where was Dave going? 6. did he ask Phil to join him? 7. who was done with their work? 8. how many examples did Phil have left to do? 9. in what subject? 10. what other subject is mentioned? 11. who just entered the dorm? 12. what did it not pay to mix according to Dave? 13. what was Roger's last name? Numbered answers:

1. astronomy 2. Dave 3. Porter 4. Shadow 5. out for a row 6. Yes 7. Dave 8. Two 9. algebra 10. Latin 11. Roger 12. study and play 13. MOrr

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Read the text and answer the questions. CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. GOOD NEWS AND ROMANTIC SCENERY--BEAR-HUNTING AND ITS RESULTS. Jacques failed in his attempt to break off his engagement with the fur-traders. The gentleman in charge of Norway House, albeit a good-natured, estimable man, was one who could not easily brook disappointment, especially in matters that involved the interests of the Hudson's Bay Company; so Jacques was obliged to hold to his compact, and the pastor had to search for another guide. Spring came, and with it the awakening (if we may use the expression) of the country from the long, lethargic sleep of winter. The sun burst forth with irresistible power, and melted all before it. Ice and snow quickly dissolved, and set free the waters of swamp and river, lake and sea, to leap and sparkle in their new-found liberty. Birds renewed their visits to the regions of the north; frogs, at last unfrozen, opened their leathern jaws to croak and whistle in the marshes, and men began their preparations for a summer campaign. At the commencement of the season an express arrived with letters from headquarters, which, among other matters of importance, directed that Messrs. Somerville and Hamilton should be dispatched forthwith to the Saskatchewan district, where, on reaching Fort Pitt, they were to place themselves at the disposal of the gentleman in charge of the district. It need scarcely be added that the young men were overjoyed on receiving this almost unhoped-for intelligence, and that Harry expressed his satisfaction in his usual hilarious manner, asserting somewhat profanely, in the excess of his glee, that the governor-in-chief of Rupert's Land was a "regular brick." Hamilton agreed to all his friend's remarks with a quiet smile, accompanied by a slight chuckle, and a somewhat desperate attempt at a caper, which attempt, bordering as it did on a region of buffoonery into which our quiet and gentlemanly friend had never dared hitherto to venture, proved an awkward and utter failure. He felt this, and blushed deeply. 1. Who did Jacque have an appointment with that could not be broken? 2. Was the man in charge of Norway House foul tempered? 3. what arrived at the beginning of spring? 4. what did the express bring? 5. from where? 6. who was coming to Saskatchewan? 7. where were they going there? 8. What was the governor of Rupert 9. what were the men preparing for now that spring was here? 10. what were the frogs doing? 11. what did the pastor have to do since Jacque couldn't leave? 12. How did Harry show his happiness? 13. Did Hamilton agree? Numbered answers:

1. Jacques 2. no 3. the awakening of the country 4. letters 5. headquarters 6. Somerville and Hamilton 7. Fort Pitt 8. a "regular brick" 9. preparations for a summer campaign 10. croaking and whistling 11. search for another guide 12. by asserting that the governor-in-chief of Rupert's Land was a "regular brick" 13. yes

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Answer the questions at the end based on the text. (CNN) -- A woman hospitalized after spending time in a sauna-like "sweatbox" has died, bringing the total fatalities to three, authorities said late Saturday. Retreat participants spent up to two hours inside the sweatbox, the sheriff's office said. In addition to the deaths, 18 others were injured at the October 8 event at Angel Valley Retreat Center near Sedona, Arizona. The latest victim, Lizabeth Neuman, 49, was a Minnesota mother of three. She died at the Flagstaff Medical Center, the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office said. There were up to 65 visitors, ages 30 to 60, at the resort attending the "Spiritual Warrior" program by self-help expert James Arthur Ray, according to authorities. Participants spent up to two hours inside the sweatbox, a dome-like structure covered with tarps and blankets, the sheriff's office said. Hot rocks and water are used to create steam in the enclosed environment. Neuman's attorney, Lou Diesel, told CNN her family is cooperating with the investigation and once it's complete, he will "take all the appropriate actions in response to those responsible for Liz's death." Fire and rescue officials received an emergency call from the resort and transported the injured by air and land ambulances to nearby medical facilities, the sheriff's office said. Two people were pronounced dead shortly after arrival at a local medical center. A homicide investigation into the incident is under way, authorities said. The other retreat participants who were hospitalized have since been released. Ray is widely known for programs that claim to teach individuals how to create wealth from all aspects of their lives -- financially, mentally, physically and spiritually. He has appeared on various national programs, including CNN's "Larry King Live." 1. what is Ray known for? 2. what does he teach people? 3. what kind of investigation is being done? 4. how many were dead shortly after arrival? 5. who is the latest victim? 6. how old was she? 7. what was the name of the program? 8. what date was it held? 9. how many attended the event? 10. what ages? 11. was Liz a mother? 12. to how many? 13. what was the structure called? 14. what was used in it? 15. how many were injured? 16. are the ones in hospital released? 17. what show on TV did he feature on? 18. how long did they spend in the box? 19. where was the event held? 20. where did Liz die? Numbered answers:

1. Self-help 2. How to create wealth 3. Homicide 4. Two 5. Lizabeth Neuman 6. 49 7. "Spiritual Warrior" 8. October 8 9. 65 10. 30-60 11. Yes 12. Three 13. "sweatbox" 14. Hot rocks and water 15. 18 16. Yes 17. "Larry King Live" 18. Up to two hours 19. Angel Valley Retreat Center 20. Flagstaff Medical Center

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GNU is an operating system and an extensive collection of computer software. GNU is composed wholly of free software, most of which is licensed under the GNU Project's own GPL. "GNU" is a recursive acronym for ""GNU's Not Unix!"", chosen because GNU's design is Unix-like, but differs from Unix by being free software and containing no Unix code. The GNU project includes an operating system kernel, GNU HURD, which was the original focus of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). However, non-GNU kernels, most famously Linux, can also be used with GNU software; as the Hurd kernel is not yet production-ready, this is how the GNU system is usually used. The combination of GNU software and the Linux kernel is commonly known as Linux (or less frequently GNU/Linux; see GNU/Linux naming controversy). Richard Stallman, the founder of the project, views GNU as a "technical means to a social end". Relatedly Lawrence Lessig states in his introduction to the second edition of Stallman's book "Free Software, Free Society" that in it Stallman has written about "the social aspects of software and how Free Software can create community and social justice." Development of the GNU operating system was initiated by Richard Stallman while he worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. It was called the GNU Project, and was publicly announced on September 27, 1983, on the net.unix-wizards and net.usoft newsgroups by Richard Stallman. Software development began on January 5, 1984, when Stallman quit his job at the Lab so that they could not claim ownership or interfere with distributing GNU components as free software. Richard Stallman chose the name by using various plays on words, including the song "The Gnu". Answer this series of questions: 1. What is GNU? 2. What does Linux have to do with it? 3. Who was the founder? 4. How did he view GNU? 5. Did he write any books? 6. What was it called? 7. Who developed GNU? 8. Where was he working at the time? 9. When was the project announced? 10. What happened on January 5? 11. Who quit their job? Numbered answers:

1. operating system 2. non-GNU kernels 3. Richard Stallman 4. "technical means to a social end" 5. Yes 6. "Free Software, Free Society" 7. Richard Stallman 8. MIT 9. September 27, 1983 10. Software development began 11. Stallman

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(CNN) -- Jeanne Cooper, who played Katherine Chancellor, the "Dame of Genoa City," on "The Young and the Restless," has died. She was 84. Her death was confirmed by her son, actor Corbin Bernsen, on his Twitter account. "Mom passed this morning," Bernsen posted. "She was in peace and without fear." Cooper had been suffering from an undisclosed illness. The cause of death was not given. Cooper was already a well-established TV actress when she took the role of Chancellor in 1973. "The Young and the Restless" was struggling in the ratings and its creator, William J. Bell, wanted to spice things up. "Jeanne was the matriarch of the show in every sense of the word," said Lauralee Bell, Christine/Cricket on "The Young and the Restless" and William Bell's daughter. "When you did work you were proud of, you'd hope for approval or a 'good job' from Jeanne as a child would from a parent. When things got too tense, she'd break the tension with her amazing wit. She would teach the younger actors without ever talking down to them. In fact, she would raise them up," said Bell. "She always had my back and my parents (and our whole family) always had hers." Kate Linder, another member of "The Young and the Restless" cast, said Cooper was her "mentor and an amazing actress and friend." Linder, Esther Valentine on the show, said, "When Jeanne welcomed you into her life, you knew it and it was a fantastic feeling. This is truly the end of an era, not just for fans of 'The Young and the Restless' but for all of the people she touched throughout her long and distinguished career and life." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who confirmed Jeanne Coopers death? 2. Was it a painful death? 3. Was it expected? Numbered answers:

1. her son 2. No 3. unknown

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The family across the street has a cat. He is a cute black kitty named Dillon. The cat is about two years old, and the family has had him for about a year. He is an indoor cat who is not allowed to go outside. The children like to play with Dillon because he still acts like a kitten. Dillon jumps around, and chases flies, beetles and spiders. When he plays with the children, he sometimes uses his paws to attack them, but he doesn't try to hurt them with his claws. Dillon is a great cat but he has one problem: he likes to eat bread. The family only feeds him cat food, never human food like steak or potatoes. But the cat likes the smell of bread so much that he tries to find it everywhere he can. Dillon jumps up on the kitchen table when a sandwich is there, and tries to carry it away. He finds loaves of bread from the store on the floor and claws through the wrappers. The cat climbs into the bread cupboard looking for hot dog and hamburger buns. The family tries to make Dillon stop getting into the bread by spraying him with water when he goes after bread. They yell at him when he walks on the table. But Dillon does not listen. The kitty keeps trying to find bread to eat. The family thinks that the man who took care of Dillon when he was a very young kitten must have been a baker or cook, and that's why Dillon likes the smell and taste of bread so much! Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions: 1. Who has a pet? 2. What type? 3. What colour is it? 4. What is its name? 5. How old is it? 6. How long have they owned it? 7. What does he get in trouble for? 8. Does the yelling stop him? 9. What else? 10. Anything else? 11. How do they punish him? 12. What does he go after? 13. What is bad about him? 14. What sort? 15. Is that it? 16. Is bread part of his normal diet? 17. What does he get for dinner? 18. Why does he want bread? 19. Why would he like that so much? 20. Is he gentle with kids? Numbered answers:

1. The family across the street 2. Cat 3. Black 4. Dillon 5. Two 6. A year 7. Walking on the table 8. No 9. Stealing sandwiches 10. Stealing buns 11. Spraying him with water 12. Insects 13. He likes to eat bread 14. Hot dog and hamburger buns 15. Sandwich 16. No 17. Cat food 18. He likes the smell of bread 19. His previous owner was a baker 20. Yes

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Wonder is the story of a ten-year-old boy who lives with his parents and sister in New York. August, or Auggie, is an ordinary boy in many ways. He rides a bike and likes playing with his Xbox. But Auggie has deformities of the face and looks very different from other children. At the start of the book, he tells us "My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse." In the street, people look at Auggie and his appearance shocks them. Auggie has never been to school because he has spent a lot of time in hospital. His mother teaches him at home. But now he's ten, she thinks he should go to school. At first, Auggie doesn't want to go. He worries that other students will look at him and say bad things. But then he visits a school with his mum. He likes the head teacher and decides to go. Auggie's first year at school has good times and bad times. Auggie makes some good friends but other children are unfriendly to him. At the end of the year, Auggie goes on a school trip and a frightening event there changes things completely. 1. Who has never gone to school before? 2. Where does he live? 3. Why hasn't he gone to school? 4. How did he learn? 5. Does he want to go school? 6. What happens after a year? 7. Is it fun? 8. What happened? 9. What does he do for fun? 10. What else? 11. What is he afraid of? 12. What happens when he's on the street? 13. Do the kids like him? Numbered answers:

1. Auggie 2. New York 3. because he has spent a lot of time in hospital 4. His mother taught him. 5. Not at first. 6. Auggie goes on a school trip 7. no 8. a frightening event 9. plays with his Xbox 10. rides a bike 11. Other students looking at him and saying bad things. 12. People look at him. 13. Some of them do.

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Gabon, officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a sovereign state on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, Gabon is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west. It has an area of nearly and its population is estimated at 1.5 million people. Its capital and largest city is Libreville. Since its independence from France in 1960, Gabon has had three presidents. In the early 1990s, Gabon introduced a multi-party system and a new democratic constitution that allowed for a more transparent electoral process and reformed many governmental institutions. Gabon was also a temporary member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2010–2011 term. Abundant petroleum and foreign private investment have helped make Gabon one of the most prosperous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the 4th highest HDI and the third highest GDP per capita (PPP) (after Equatorial Guinea and Botswana) in the region. GDP grew by more than 6% per year from 2010 to 2012. However, because of inequality in income distribution, a significant proportion of the population remains poor. Gabon's name originates from "gabão", Portuguese for "cloak", which is roughly the shape of the estuary of the Komo River by Libreville. 1. Where is Gabon? 2. Where is it bordered by? 3. and where else? 4. What's the population? 5. When did it gain independence ? 6. What polictial affilation is that country 7. was it ever part of the UN? 8. For how long? 9. Does Gabon make money on petroleum 10. is it the 3rd highest GDP? 11. where did the name orginated from? 12. is any part of the country poor? 13. why? Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. Africa 2. Guinea 3. Cameroon 4. 1.5 million people 5. 1960 6. democrat 7. YES 8. 2010–2011 9. Yes 10. yes 11. Gabon's name originates from "gabão", Portuguese for "cloak", which is roughly the shape of the estuary of the Komo River by Libreville. 12. a significant proportion of the population remains poor 13. inequality in income distribution

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Make use of the article to answer the questions. (CNN)John Isner could not keep the United States in the Davis Cup on Sunday, so it was likely small consolation that his incredible tennis milestone remained unbeaten. While the American lost to Andy Murray in Scotland, putting Great Britain into the quarterfinals of the prestigious teams event, halfway across the world an absorbing battle was playing out between two of South America's most bitter rivals. In the end it didn't come close to matching Isner's 11-hour marathon against Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010, but the fourth rubber in the clash between Argentina and Brazil made its own piece of history. For six hour and 43 minutes, Leonardo Mayer and Joao Souza contested the second-longest singles match in tennis history -- and third longest of any format after a seven-hour doubles clash between Switzerland and the Czech Republic in 2013. Mayer eventually triumphed, after his 11th match point, winning 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5) 5-7 5-7 15-13 in front of a delirious home crowd in Buenos Aires to send the tie to a deciding rubber. It set the scene for Federico Delbonis to take on Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci in the decider -- with the winner to earn a clash with Novak Djokovic's Serbia, a 5-0 victor over Balkan rival Croatia. Delbonis had won the first set 6-3 when play was halted for the day due to bad light. The match will resume on Monday. Meanwhile, back in Glasgow, the British team celebrated after earning a home quarterfinal clash with France on July 17-19, the weekend after the completion of Wimbledon. 1. Who didn't keep the Davis cup on the Sunday of the report? 2. Who did he lose to? 3. Whee was the match? 4. And what country does Andy Murry represent? 5. Who played in the second-longest singles match in history? 6. How long was the match? 7. What coutries did those competitors represent? 8. Who had an 11 hour match at Wiblteton in 2010? 9. What did the British team celebrate in Glasgow? 10. Who won their first set 6-3 which match will resume as of this report? Numbered answers:

1. John Isner 2. Andy Murray 3. Scotland 4. Britian 5. Leonardo Mayer and Joao Souza 6. six hour and 43 minutes 7. Switzerland and the Czech Republic 8. Nicolas Mahut 9. home quarterfinal clash 10. Delbonis

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(Mental Floss) -- With Mother's Day just around the corner, this week seemed like a great time to give a tip of our caps to stay-at-home moms, including these four who used clever ideas to become business moguls. Gerber: Of course only a mother could found such a successful baby food company! In the late 1920s, Michigan mom Dorothy S. Gerber was hand-straining food for her baby daughter, Sally, when she realized there must be some way to avoid the messy task. She pointed out to her husband, Daniel, that if his family's business, the Fremont Canning Company, could puree a tomato all day long, its equipment could probably make short work of other fruits and veggies, too. Daniel Gerber realized his wife was on to something, and after a year of experimentation -- and an extensive search to find the right drawing for their label's now-iconic "Gerber baby" - the Gerbers introduced their first line of baby foods, a super-yummy menu of strained peas, carrots, prunes, and spinach. Mental Floss: 6 unforgettable movie mothers Baby Einstein: When Alpharetta, Georgia mom Julie Aigner-Clark went looking for educational materials for her newborn daughter in 1996, she found a disappointing hole in the baby market: there weren't really any educational materials to expose babies to music and the arts. Some parents would just accept whatever the market was offering. Not Aigner-Clark. She shot a video for her daughter in her basement then edited it with her husband, Bill, on the family computer. She even doodled a logo for the video at her kitchen table. Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions. 1. In the late 1920s 2. Dorothy S. Gerber 3. was hand straining food 4. Daniel 5. businessman 6. Fremont Canning Company 7. a year 8. a Georgia mom 9. Baby Einstein 10. she looking for educational materials Numbered questions:

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Miami (/maɪˈæmi/; Spanish pronunciation: [maiˈami]) is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the seat of Miami-Dade County. The 44th-most populated city proper in the United States, with a population of 430,332, it is the principal, central, and most populous city of the Miami metropolitan area, and the second most populous metropolis in the Southeastern United States after Washington, D.C. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Miami's metro area is the eighth-most populous and fourth-largest urban area in the United States, with a population of around 5.5 million. Miami is a major center, and a leader in finance, commerce, culture, media, entertainment, the arts, and international trade. In 2012, Miami was classified as an Alpha−World City in the World Cities Study Group's inventory. In 2010, Miami ranked seventh in the United States in terms of finance, commerce, culture, entertainment, fashion, education, and other sectors. It ranked 33rd among global cities. In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked Miami "America's Cleanest City", for its year-round good air quality, vast green spaces, clean drinking water, clean streets, and city-wide recycling programs. According to a 2009 UBS study of 73 world cities, Miami was ranked as the richest city in the United States, and the world's fifth-richest city in terms of purchasing power. Miami is nicknamed the "Capital of Latin America", is the second largest U.S. city with a Spanish-speaking majority, and the largest city with a Cuban-American plurality. Answer the following questions: 1. What is this article about? 2. What is the population? 3. is it a small city? 4. who named it america's cleanest city? 5. when? 6. what year was it ranked the richest city? 7. how many cities were in that list? 8. where is the capital of latin america? 9. is it the largest spanish speaking city? 10. what coast is miami located on? Numbered answers:

1. Miami 2. 430,332 3. No 4. Forbes magazine 5. 2008 6. 2009 7. 73 8. Miami's. Its nickname 9. No 10. Atlantic

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Read the text and answer the questions. Teenagers in the UK and the US get to watch some wonderful TV shows. Why not have a look at a few of them yourself and take the chance to practice your English at the same time? Modern Family Network: ABC Number of seasons: 3 The TV drama features two families, modern and traditional. The first is a typical American family with 3 adolescent children. Claire is a traditional mom, while Phil, the father, wants to be friends with his three children; he can name all the songs in the hit film High School Musical. The second family is made up of a 60- year-old man, Jay, his attractive young Latin American wife, Gloria , and her 11-year-old son, Alex. Jay is 30 years older than Gloria and everyone thinks they are father and daughter. 2 Broke Girls Network: CBS Number of seasons: 1 Max Black is a cafe waitress and babysitter in Brooklyn, New York; Caroline Channing is the daughter of a Manhattan millionaire. Neither of them ever imagined making friends with the other. But when Caroline loses all of her fortune after her father goes to prison, she applies for a job as a waitress in the same cafe and has to learn from Max. Problems are unavoidable, but luckily, kind-hearted girls can always make things work out. They turn out to be great at helping each other out in their endless struggle against strange customers and picky bosses. Gradually a friendship develops. True Blood Network: HBO Number of seasons: 4 Vampires live on in countless books, movies and television shows. If the Twilight series got you interested in vampire myths, then look no further than True Blood for another exciting adventure. Sookie Statckhouse is a small-town waitress. She is also telepathic . A meet with Bill Compton in a bar turns her life upside down. Bill is a vampire and that night Sookie saves him from a murder attempt. Sookie then becomes involved in a series of murder cases. The love between Sookie and Bill adds a touch of romance to a thrilling story. Merlin Network: BBC Number of seasons:4 King Arthur is one of the most important mythical figures in England. But the BBC tells a slightly different story from the legend. Instead of focusing on Arthur, it is Merlin, the wizard who helps Arthur all the way through his adventures, who takes the lead role. Rather than the wise old wizard who instructs Arthur in the legend, the TV dram turns him into a handsome young man. Merlin meets Arthur in the kingdom of Camelot and believes that he is an arrogant bully . Arthur, likewise, has a less than great opinion of Merlin. The series focuses on how a friendship grows between the two. 1. How many seasons are there of the show? 2. what network? 3. what genre? 4. how many families? 5. how are they different? 6. how many kids in the modern one? 7. who is the mom? 8. what kind of dad do they have? 9. what songs can he list? 10. how much older is Jay then his wife? 11. what is the other show? 12. is it on the same network? 13. which show has more seasons? 14. who are the girls in 2 broke girls? 15. do they have the same job? 16. what network is true blood on? 17. is it about normal people? 18. what is Merlin about? Numbered answers:

1. Three 2. ABC 3. drama 4. two 5. modern and traditiona 6. Three 7. Claire 8. wants to be their friend 9. all from High School Musical 10. 30 years older 11. 2 Broke Girls 12. no 13. merlin and true blood 14. max and caloine 15. yes 16. HBO 17. no 18. Merlin, the wizard

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Answer the questions at the end based on the text. Chapter XXV The Baby's Sponsors 'Is there anything wrong between you and Robert?' Hester asked this question of her husband, one morning in January, as he was sitting by the side of her sofa in their bedroom. The baby was in her arms, and at that moment there was a question as to the godfathers and godmother for the baby. The letter from Mrs. Smith had arrived on the last day of October, nearly two months before the birth of the baby, and the telegrams refusing to send the money demanded had been despatched on the 1st November,--so that, at this time, Caldigate's mind was accustomed to the burden of the idea. From that day to this he had not often spoken of the matter to Robert Bolton,--nor indeed had there been much conversation between them on other matters. Robert had asked him two or three times whether he had received any reply by the wires. No such message had come; and of course he answered his brother-in-law's questions accordingly;--but he had answered them almost with a look of offence. The attorney's manner and tone seemed to him to convey reproach; and he was determined that none of the Boltons should have the liberty to find fault with him. It had been suggested, some weeks since, before the baby was born, that an effort should be made to induce Mrs. Bolton to act as godmother. And, since that, among the names of many other relatives and friends, those of uncle Babington and Robert Bolton had been proposed. Hester had been particularly anxious that her brother should be asked, because,--as she so often said to her husband,--he had always been her firm friend in the matter of her marriage. But now, when the question was to be settled, John Caldigate shook his head. 1. Is Hester married? 2. What month is it? 3. What time is it? 4. Where were they sitting? 5. Seated on what? 6. Who was the letter from? 7. When did it show up? 8. How many months after was the baby born? 9. Had Caldigate recently talked to Robert? 10. What's the relationship between Caldigate and Robert? 11. When were the telegrams sent? 12. Did anyone respond to them? 13. Did Caldigate answer the questions? 14. What was his job? 15. Who was suggested to be the godmother? 16. When? 17. And for godfather? 18. What's the relationship between Hester and Robert? 19. What's her husband's first name? 20. Did he nod? Numbered answers:

1. yes 2. January 3. morning 4. in their bedroom 5. by the side of her sofa 6. Mrs. Smith 7. the last day of October 8. nearly two months before 9. yes 10. brothers-in-law 11. 1st November 12. no 13. yes 14. attorney 15. Mrs. Bolton 16. some weeks before 17. uncle Babington and Robert Bolton 18. Robert is her brother 19. John 20. no

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In 1790, the first federal population census was taken in the United States. Enumerators were instructed to classify free residents as white or "other." Only the heads of households were identified by name in the federal census until 1850. Native Americans were included among "Other;" in later censuses, they were included as "Free people of color" if they were not living on Indian reservations. Slaves were counted separately from free persons in all the censuses until the Civil War and end of slavery. In later censuses, people of African descent were classified by appearance as mulatto (which recognized visible European ancestry in addition to African) or black. By 1990, the Census Bureau included more than a dozen ethnic/racial categories on the census, reflecting not only changing social ideas about ethnicity, but the wide variety of immigrants who had come to reside in the United States due to changing historical forces and new immigration laws in the 1960s. With a changing society, more citizens have begun to press for acknowledging multiracial ancestry. The Census Bureau changed its data collection by allowing people to self-identify as more than one ethnicity. Some ethnic groups are concerned about the potential political and economic effects, as federal assistance to historically underserved groups has depended on Census data. According to the Census Bureau, as of 2002, over 75% of all African Americans had multiracial ancestries. Answer this series of questions: 1. How many ways were people of African Descent classified in 1790? 2. What about free residents? 3. Unitil 1850 which group had their names included? 4. Who took the count? 5. When did the US start the census? 6. At first how were Native Americans classes? 7. and later? 8. How were people with African blood classed? 9. How many ways? 10. what were they? 11. How many African Americans choose to include more than one race? 12. What does federal assistance depend on? 13. Are people worried about this? 14. Which groups depend on this aid? 15. when did it include over 12 categories? 16. Does this suggest a shift in thinking? 17. about what? 18. What kind of laws could have contributed? 19. When were these laws from? 20. What country is this census from? Numbered answers:

1. Just one 2. Also only one classification 3. Heads of households 4. Enumerators 5. In 1790 6. "Other" 7. as "Free people of color" 8. By appearance 9. Two 10. Mulatto or black 11. 75% 12. On Census data 13. Yes 14. Historically underserved ones 15. By 1990 16. Yes 17. ethnicity 18. immigration 19. the 1960s 20. The United States

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Five Al-Shabaab militants are dead after they attacked an African Union military base in Somalia on Thursday, AU officials said. The militants attacked the Halane military base in Mogadishu, Somalia's largest base for African Union troops, according to the African Union Mission in Somalia. Two militants detonated themselves inside the Halane base and three were shot dead by AU troops during the raid, AMISOM spokesman Ali Aden Houmed said. Three AU soldiers and a civilian died in the attack, AMISOM said on its website. The AMISOM statement said other personnel at Halane are "safe and secure." Some of the attackers wore Somali military uniforms during the lunchtime raid on the facility located close to Mogadishu International Airport, the AU said. A spokesman for the al Qaeda-linked terror group described the attack on the heavily fortified base -- which also houses several U.N. and international agencies -- on Radio Andalus, a pro-Al-Shabaab broadcaster. "Our Mujahedeen forces detonated a car bomb at the entrance of the Halane compound ... then managed to enter the facility," Sheikh Abdiaziz Abu Musab said. A firefight then broke out with troops, he said. Maman S. Sidikou, special representative of the AU Commission chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia and head of AMISOM, offered his condolences to the families of the victims and "applauded the quick response and bravery of the ... troops in quelling this reprehensible attack," according to AMISOM. Al-Shabaab has been waging war in Somalia in an effort to implement a stricter form of Islamic law, or sharia. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who died? 2. Anyone else? 3. Where? 4. How? 5. What did they wear? 6. What about the other people? 7. Did a fight breakout? 8. Who is starting the fight? 9. Why? 10. At what place? 11. Where there? 12. What is there? 13. Is it the biggest? Numbered answers:

1. Five Al-Shabaab militants 2. Three AU soldiers and a civilian 3. Somalia 4. detonated a car bomb at the entrance 5. Somali military uniforms 6. unknown 7. yes 8. Al-Shabaab militants 9. to implement a stricter form of Islamic law 10. Somalia 11. Mogadishu 12. the Halane military base 13. yes

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Once upon a time there was a cowgirl named Callie. Callie was the most beautiful cowgirl in all the land. She rode a beautiful horse. Her horse was brown. There are plenty of other horses. There are black horses, white horses, and red horses, but Callie's brown horse was the only horse in the world. Callie lived in a beautiful house with her husband. Her husband's name was Henry. Henry was a very good farmer. He grew tomatoes. His neighbor grew corn, potatoes, and bananas. His neighbor's name was David. David had a son named James who played in Henry's field. One day James fell and Henry almost ran him over with his horse. It was very scary. James was very careful when playing in the field. His dad told him never to play in the field again and he listened. Henry was very sorry for scaring him and sent him a basket of tomatoes. Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions: 1. Who was the most beautiful cowgirl in the world? 2. Was she married? 3. Oh. Did her husband have a job? 4. What was it? 5. Was he good at it? 6. What did he grow? 7. If Henry only grew tomatoes, did someone else grow other vegetables? 8. What was his name? 9. Did David have a family? 10. Did the two families get along? 11. Did they interact in any way? 12. How did they usually interact? 13. Who was James? 14. What was James doing that put him close enough to the horse to be run over? 15. Where? 16. Why was he there? 17. Did he keep playing after he was nearly run over? 18. Was Henry sorry? 19. Did he do anything to apologize? Numbered answers:

1. Callie was the most beautiful cowgirl Callie 2. Callie lived in a beautiful house with her husband Yes 3. yes 4. farmer 5. Yes 6. tomatoes 7. His neighbor 8. David 9. yes 10. unknown 11. yes 12. One day James fell and Henry almost ran him over with his horse. 13. David's son 14. James fell 15. in Henry's field. 16. he played 17. No 18. yes 19. a basket of tomatoes.

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George had stolen some money, but the police had caught him and he had been put in prison. Now his trial was about to begin, and he felt sure that he would be found guilty and sent to prison for a long time. Then he discovered that an old friend of his was one of the members of the jury at his trial. Of course, he did not tell anybody, but he managed to see his friend secretly one day. He said to him, "Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I cannot hope to be found not guilty of taking it ---- that would be too much to expect. But I should be grateful to you for the rest of my life if you could persuade the other members of the jury to add a strong recommendation for mercy to their statement that they consider me guilty." "Well, George,"answered Jim. "I shall certainly try to do what I can for you as an old friend, but of course I cannot promise anything. The other eleven people on the jury look terribly strong-minded to me." George said that he would quite understand if Jim was not able to do anything for him, and thanked him warmly for agreeing to help. The trial went on, and at last the time came for the jury to decide whether George was guilty or not. It took them five hours, but in the end they found George guilty, with a strong recommendation for mercy. Of course, George was very pleased, but he did not have a chance to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, however, Jim visited him in prison, and George thanked him warmly and asked him how he had managed to persuade the other members of the jury to recommend mercy. "Well, George," Jim answered, "as I thought, those eleven men were very difficult to persuade, but I managed it in the end by tiring them out. Do you know, those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!" 1. How long did it take the Jury to decide their verdict? Numbered answers:

1. five hours

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Since I was a child, I called my father my Kong, after King Kong. I believed that he was just as strong as the giant ape . As he faced death, _ . Two months after he passed away, my sister called to ask if I would like to go see Lisa Williams, a well-known witch . I was familiar with Lisa from her show on Lifetime, and since I was eager to get a sign from my father, I agreed to go. I took my father's gold watch and listened as Lisa helped audience members communicate with their loved ones. "I have a grandfather-like figure with me and he is speaking about his granddaughter Jilly," she announced. The audience was quiet; no one raised a hand. I nudged my sister and whispered to her that this was Dad ,for my third child and my father had a deep bond(,) and he called her Jilly. Although I sensed his presence, I wasn't confident enough to raise my hand. I needed something a bit more concrete, something undoubted. "This man is letting me know he had cancer," she continued. I nudged my sister harder and assured her this was our father. Lisa went on to say that this person died in June (my father had died June 8th). There was swelling of the legs. "Important information," she called out. My heart beat fast . I jumped up when she asked, "Who is holding his watch?" I waved the watch in the air. "He wishes you congratulations." My fourth child was born three weeks after my father died. I was in shock and could not believe I was getting a chance to hear from him, yet I knew our bond was strong enough that he could come to the world. She banged on her chest like an ape and apologized, saying, "I don't know why but he wants me to do this like Tarzan." It didn't resonate with me until my sister called out "King Kong!" I was convinced. No way could this woman have ever known a detail unless Dad was communicating through her. Each bit of information she gave us was just as meaningful. She ended our session by informing us that he would send us coins. The very next day I found six coins in various places; they seemed to have come out of nowhere. Even in death he is my Kong, and he remains important in my life. 1. How did I call my dad? Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. my Kong

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Make use of the article to answer the questions. Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country located in Central Africa, with an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name evokes its location near both the Equator and the Gulf of Guinea. Equatorial Guinea is the only sovereign African state in which Spanish is an official language. , the country had an estimated population of 1,222,245. Equatorial Guinea consists of two parts, an insular and a mainland region. The insular region consists of the islands of Bioko (formerly "Fernando Pó") in the Gulf of Guinea and Annobón, a small volcanic island south of the equator. Bioko Island is the northernmost part of Equatorial Guinea and is the site of the country's capital, Malabo. The island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe is located between Bioko and Annobón. The mainland region, Río Muni, is bordered by Cameroon on the north and Gabon on the south and east. It is the location of Bata, Equatorial Guinea's largest city, and Oyala, the country's planned future capital. Rio Muni also includes several small offshore islands, such as Corisco, Elobey Grande, and Elobey Chico. The country is a member of the African Union, Francophonie, OPEC and the CPLP. 1. What was the area formely called? 2. how many parts does it have? 3. which are? 4. Can you find volcanos here? 5. where exactly? 6. is there another name? 7. what is the population? 8. where is it located? 9. what is its offical name? 10. Where would you find Corisco? 11. Where would you find Bioko? 12. What is the capital? 13. what is the offical language? 14. do many countries speak Spanish there? 15. how many others do? 16. Where is Rio Muni? 17. which is bordered by? 18. where is this? 19. and how about the south? 20. what about the East? Numbered answers:

1. Spanish Guinea 2. Two 3. insular and a mainland region 4. yes 5. Bioko 6. Fernando Pó 7. 1,222,245 8. Central Africa 9. the Republic of Equatorial Guinea 10. offshore 11. northernmost 12. Malabo 13. Spanish 14. no 15. just the one 16. mainland 17. Cameroon 18. the north 19. Gabon 20. Gabon

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Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon has defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of variable length... which shocks or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing". It creates an eerie and frightening atmosphere. Horror is frequently supernatural, though it can be non-supernatural. Often the central menace of a work of horror fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for the larger fears of a society. The genre of horror has ancient origins with roots in folklore and religious traditions, focusing on death, the afterlife, evil, the demonic and the principle of the thing embodied in the person. These were manifested in stories of beings such as witchcraft, vampires, werewolves and ghosts. European horror fiction became established through works by the Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans. In Greek mythology, Prometheus was a Titan who was the inspiration for the title of "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus". Prometheus' earliest known appearance is in Hesiod's "Theogony". However, the story of Frankenstein was influenced far greater on the story of Hippolytus. Asclepius revived Hippolytus from death. Euripides wrote plays based on the story, "Hippolytos Kalyptomenos" and "Hippolytus (play)." Plutarch's "The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans: Cimon" describes the spirit of the murderer,Damon , who himself was murdered in a bathhouse in Chaeronea. Pliny the Younger describes Athenodorus Cananites who bought a haunted house in Athens. Athenodorus was cautious since the house was inexpensive. As Athenodorus writes a book a philosophy, he is visited by an aberration bound in chains. The figure disappears in the courtyard; the following day, the magistrates dig up the courtyard to find an unmarked grave. Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions. 1. the larger fears of a society. 2. folklore and religious traditions 3. Frankenstein 4. a Titan 5. yes 6. Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus 7. "Theogony". 8. Hesiod 9. Hippolytus. 10. Asclepius revived Hippolytus from death 11. Plutarch 12. he was murdered 13. in a bathhouse in Chaeronea 14. Pliny the Younger 15. bought a haunted house 16. yes 17. an aberration 18. writing a book 19. yes 20. no Numbered questions:

1. What can a horror story be a metaphor for? 2. Where does the horror genre have its roots? 3. Name one of the beings in old stories? 4. What was Prometheus? 5. Did he inspire the modern book? 6. What was the name of that book? 7. In which work did Prometheus first appear? 8. Who wrote that? 9. What story was an even greater influence on Frankenstein? 10. What happened to him? 11. Who talked about the murderer Damon? 12. What happened to Damon? 13. Where? 14. Who wrote about Atheodorus? 15. What did Athenodorus do? 16. Did someone visit him? 17. Who? 18. What was Athenodorus doing when this happened? 19. Is horror a fiction genre? 20. Does it produce joy in its readers?

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"I believe you're the right person to write an advice column for the students called Dear Amy!" Jenny, editor of the school newspaper, said to Andy, who finally agreed to accept the job if Jenny promised not to tell it to anyone else. At first it wasn't too bad. Most of the letters he received were interesting and quite easy to answer. Then came a letter from a person named Joe. "Dear Amy," it began, "I'm in real trouble. I've wanted to be a songwriter all my life, but my parents don't even let me take music lessons. I have a guitar, but they both get angry if I play. I've tried explaining, but they didn't listen. I feel sad. Should I run away from home? Maybe that will make my parents agree." The letter signed "Joe". Andy thought about this letter for a long time. Should he advise someone to run away from home? Probably not. But didn't Joe have a right to be a songwriter if he wanted to? Andy thought hard, but couldn't think out a good answer. Andy couldn't sleep. He just worried about poor Joe. At a bar a few days later, Eleanor, a girl in Andy's maths class, sat down next to him and asked, " What's wrong with you? You look a little worried." "I guess I do," said Andy. "If you get a problem, why don't you try writing to Dear Amy about it?" asked Eleanor. Andy sighed. But Eleanor continued, "In fact, I guess Dear Amy is rather busy with other problems. She still hasn't answered the _ letter I wrote her last week. You'd better read it -- it may even make the most hard-hearted person cry! It was supposed to be from a songwriter named Joe." Answer the following questions: 1. Who was asked to write the "Dear Amy" column? 2. Did he take the job? 3. Who said they wouldn't tell? 4. How was it in the beginning? 5. Were the notes mostly boring? 6. Were the replies easy? 7. Who yearned to write songs? 8. Does he have an instrument? 9. Is he happily allowed to play? 10. What was his question? 11. Does he try to talk to them? 12. Does Andy think he should go? 13. Did Andy rest soundly? 14. Why not? 15. Where did he go a few days after? 16. Who was there? 17. He knew her from somewhere? 18. Did they sit together? 19. What did suggest he do? 20. Does she think Amy's busy? Numbered answers:

1. Andy 2. Yes 3. Jenny 4. Not too bad 5. No 6. Yes 7. Joe 8. Yes 9. no 10. Should I run away from home? 11. Yes 12. No 13. No 14. He was worried about Joe. 15. To a bar 16. Eleanor 17. Yes 18. Yes 19. Write to Dear Amy 20. Yes

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Read the text and answer the questions. American sign language has an interesting history. Although there have always been deaf individuals in America, the history really begins in 1817. Before 1817 deaf people communicated by using "home signs". Gestures were individually created and used within the home for simple communication. There were no schools or formal sign language training for the deaf. So, why was 1817 an important date? Well, the story begins with Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. Gallaudet met his neighbor's daughter Alice Cogswell. Alice was the young deaf daughter of Dr. Mason Cogswell from Hartford, Connecticut. Gallaudet began teaching Alice to read and write a few simple words. Excited by the success Dr. Cogswell encouraged Gallaudet to establish a school for the deaf. Cogswell raised the money and Gallaudet traveled to Britain to learn the methods used there. However, the schools refused to share their instructional techniques and methods. While in London, there happened to be a demonstration of the French method of deaf education. Britain was using an oral method of instruction; however, the French method used signs. Gallaudet was fascinated with the method and was able to meet with the instructor, Sicard, and his two deaf pupils, Jean Massieu and Laurent Clerc. Sicard agreed to teach Gallaudet his method and Gallaudet went to Paris to learn French signs. After a while, Gallaudet wished to return home and convinced Clerc to go with him and help him establish the school. The trip home was a 52-day voyage during which Clerc taught Gallaudet French signs and Gallaudet taught Clerc English. On April 15, 1817, Laurent Clerc and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet established what is currently known as the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. The opening of the first school for the deaf can be viewed as one of the most important events in current deaf culture. 1. When did the sign language begin? 2. How did deaf people communicate before that? 3. What were those exactly? 4. Why couldn't they just take a class on it? 5. Who was Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet? 6. Was he successful? 7. What did he do after that? 8. What happened while he was over there? 9. What method did Britain use? 10. What was different about the French? 11. What did he think about it? 12. Who did he meet there? 13. Was there anyone else? 14. Who? 15. Were they instructors also? 16. Who were they? 17. Was he able to learn their method? 18. Where? 19. Did he go back to Ameria after that? 20. How long did that take? 21. Did he ever start a school? 22. When? 23. Where? Numbered answers:

1. 1817 2. by using "home signs" 3. Gestures were created and used within each home. 4. There were no schools or formal training 5. He met his neighbors daughter Alice and taught her to read and write. 6. Yes 7. He traveled to Britain to learn their methods but they refused to share. 8. There was a demonstration of the French method 9. Oral method 10. They used signs. 11. He was fascinated. 12. The instructor Sicard 13. Yes 14. Jean Massieu and Laurent Clerc 15. No 16. his two deaf pupils 17. Yes 18. Paris 19. Yes 20. 52 days 21. Yes 22. On April 15, 1817 23. in Hartford, Connecticut

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Answer the questions at the end based on the text. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, is an American company that publishes reference books, especially known for its dictionaries. In 1831, George and Charles Merriam founded the company as G & C Merriam Co. in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1843, after Noah Webster died, the company bought the rights to "An American Dictionary of the English Language" from Webster's estate. All Merriam-Webster dictionaries trace their lineage to this source. In 1964, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. acquired Merriam-Webster, Inc. as a subsidiary. The company adopted its current name in 1982. In 1806, Webster published his first dictionary, . In 1807 Webster started two decades of intensive work to expand his publication into a fully comprehensive dictionary, "An American Dictionary of the English Language". To help him trace the etymology of words, Webster learned 26 languages. Webster hoped to standardize American speech, since Americans in different parts of the country used somewhat different vocabularies and spelled, pronounced, and used words differently. Webster completed his dictionary during his year abroad in 1825 in Paris, and at the University of Cambridge. His 1820s book contained 70,000 words, of which about 12,000 had never appeared in a dictionary before. As a spelling reformer, Webster believed that English spelling rules were unnecessarily complex, so his dictionary introduced American English spellings, replacing "colour" with "color", "waggon" with "wagon", and "centre" with "center". He also added American words, including "skunk" and "squash", that did not appear in British dictionaries. At the age of 70 in 1828, Webster published his dictionary; it sold poorly, with only 2,500 copies putting him in debt. However, in 1840, he published the second edition in two volumes with much greater success. 1. Who bought Merriam Webster? 2. Who bought them in 1964? 3. What is Merriam Webster most known for? 4. What type of book is that? 5. What was Webster's first name? 6. What did he own the rights to? 7. When did he pass away? 8. Who purchased the rights to his dictionary after that? 9. When did Webster first publish a dictionary? 10. What about before that? 11. How long did it take him to expand that into something bigger? 12. Did he learn a lot of languages? 13. How many? 14. For what purpose? 15. What was his goal in creating this book? 16. Did people across the country say things differently? 17. Where did he finally finish his work? 18. Where at? 19. Where else? 20. How many words had never been in a dictionary before? Numbered answers:

1. G & C Merriam Co 2. Encyclopædia Britannica 3. Dictionaries. 4. A reference book. 5. Noah. 6. An American Dictionary of the English Language 7. 1843 8. George and Charles Merriam. 9. 1828 10. 1806 11. 2 decades. 12. Yes 13. 26 14. Help him trace the etymology of words. 15. Standardize American speech 16. Yes 17. 1825 18. Paris 19. University of Cambridge 20. 12,000

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At just six years old, Joey Kilpatrick is Australia's unofficial hide-and-seek champion after he hid in a bedroom cupboard for eight hours while playing his favorite game,causing a big rescue operation. The determined little boy's disappearing act led to a careful search, including nice police officers, five State Emergency Service volunteers, tracker dogs and almost all of the people of the town of Goombungee. His mother, Chris, says she called the police when Joey disappeared one afternoon after telling his older brother, Lachlan, 14, that he was off to play hide-and-seek. "I called the two boys for dinner," Chris says. "After about 20 minutes I started to worry, I was shouting to Joey, 'OK, we can't find you, time to come out!'" But there was no sign of her little boy. Within minutes of Chris calling the police, the policemen started one of the biggest ground searches in the town's history. "I was really frightened. I rang my husband, Kris, who works out of town, and he immediately hit the road, calling me every 10 minutes." Chris recalls."They searched the house from top to bottom; everyone was out looking for him. When a neighbor asked if I'd checked the water tank, that's when reality hit. I was afraid." After hours of searching the town, confused police decided to search the house one more time. "I just sat there waiting," Chris says, "Then a strange feeling came over me, and I rushed into the bedroom and put my hand on a pile of blankets in the cupboard. As I pulled then out,there he was---asleep and completely not realizing what was going on! I've never held him in my arms so hard." Senior officer, Chris Brameld,from Goombungee police,says he is glad that Joey's game had a happy ending: "When we realized he was safe, we agreed that it didn't get much better than that!" And young Joey promises that next time he won't be so intent on finding the best hiding place. "I want to say sorry to the policemen and to Mummy for scaring them," he says, "I promise next time I'll hide where they can find me and I won't fall asleep!" Answer this series of questions: 1. What is Joey the champion of? 2. where? 3. Who called the police? 4. Who is she? 5. Why did she call the police? 6. Why was she looking for him? 7. How long did it take her to get concerned? 8. Where did he say he would be? 9. who did he tell? 10. Who is that? Numbered answers:

1. hide-and-seek 2. Australia 3. Chris 4. His mother 5. Joey disappeared 6. it was time for dinner 7. 20 minutes 8. playing hide-and-seek. 9. Lachlan 10. his brother

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CHAPTER XX THE BULLY LEAVES PUTNAM HALL "So you wish to see me, Rover? Very well, come right in and sit down," said Captain Putnam, who sat in front of his desk, making up some of his accounts for the month just past. Tom came in and sat down. It must be confessed he was a trifle nervous, but this soon wore away. "I came to tell you something and to ask your advice," he began. "You remember what happened to me when I ran away into the woods just after arriving at the Hall?" "Very well, Thomas," and the captain smiled. "Well, when Sam and I went to Cedarville to buy our skates we saw Dan Baxter in the tavern there, in company with the man with a scar on his chin. This man gave Baxter some bank bills." "What! At the tavern?" "Yes, Sir." "Please tell your story in detail, Rover," and now Captain Putnam swung around so that he might get a full view of his pupil's face. And Tom told his story from beginning to end just as I have set it down in the foregoing pages. "I am certain this man is some relative of Baxter," he concluded. "And I am equally certain he is not an honest fellow." "Humph!" Captain Putnam arose and began to pace the heavily carpeted floor. "Rover, this is a serious charge." "I understand that, Sir. But you can't blame us boys for trying to get back Dick's watch and trying to--to--" What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What was Captain Putnam doing when he saw Rover? 2. did he speak with him? 3. How did Rover feel about speaking with him? 4. What did he want to ask? 5. Who is Tom? 6. Is Tom and Rover the same person? 7. where did Tom and Sam go? 8. for what? 9. Was the Captain interested in the story? 10. Who did the boys see in Cederville? 11. anyone else? 12. does belkieve he is a good man? 13. where did they see the men? 14. what did he see? 15. Was this serious? 16. What were the boys trying to get back? 17. Did he feel he was to blame? 18. Where was the captain when Tom first arrived in his office? 19. did he tell the whole story? 20. who was a relative of Baxter? Numbered answers:

1. making up some of his accounts for the month just past. 2. yes 3. he was a trifle nervous 4. his advice 5. his pupil 6. yes 7. Cedarville 8. to buy skates 9. yes 10. Dan Baxter 11. the man with a scar on his chin. 12. no 13. the tavern 14. This man gave Baxter some bank bills 15. yes 16. Dick's watch 17. no 18. in front of his desk 19. yes 20. the man with a scar on his chin

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Carol and Susan are very good friends. They are in the same class at school and they often go to each other's home on Sunday. Now they are both eight yeas old. Carol's mother has got a new baby. Carol is very glad to have a little sister, so she is always talking about her to Susan. At first Susan is very interested in the new baby because she does not have any brothers or sisters. But after some time she begins to get tired of Carol's keeping on talking about it. She also feels a little jealous of her friend. One morning when the two girls meet at the school gate, Carol says to Susan cheerfully , "Do you know, Susan, my baby sister has put on about half a pound in weight this week?" "That is not very much," answers Carol. "I know a baby that puts on ten pounds a day." "Oh, that can't be true!" answers Carol. "Whose baby is it?" "An elephant's," says Susan. Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions: 1. Who has a new baby? 2. Is Carol jealous? 3. Who is? 4. Why? 5. Does Susan have any siblings? 6. Are the girls good friend? 7. Where do they meet? 8. Do they go to the others home on Fridays? 9. How much weight did the baby gain? 10. Over how long? 11. What did Susan say about that? 12. What put on more weight? 13. How much weight did it put on in a day? Numbered answers:

1. Carol's mother 2. no 3. Susan 4. Carol keeps talking about the baby 5. no 6. yes 7. at school and home 8. unknown 9. about half a pound i 10. a week 11. that it's not that much 12. an elephant's 13. ten pounds

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CHAPTER XIV FUN AT THE SHOW As soon as the family were assembled and Fred had been greeted all around, Sam told of what had happened since he had started out to have his hair cut. "Well, you've had your share of happenings," declared Mrs. Rover. "It is a wonder you are alive to tell of them." "We ought to go after Lew Flapp," said Dick. "He ought to be arrested by all means." "Yes, but where are you going to look for him?" "Perhaps he will take the late train to-night from Oak Run." "That's an idea," came from Tom. "Let us watch the train." This was decided upon, and he and Dick, accompanied by their father, went to Oak Run that evening for that purpose. But Lew Flapp and Dan Baxter took the train from a station three miles away, so the quest was unsuccessful. "I guess he didn't let the grass grow under his feet," said Sam, the next morning. "No doubt he was badly scared." "What could he have been doing in this neighborhood?" asked Dick. "I give it up." During the day Sam got his hair cut and also returned the clothing loaned to him by the cemetery keeper's daughter. While in Oak Run he met the fellow who was distributing circus bills. "You want to be more careful when distributing bills," said he to the man. "What's the matter with you?" growled the circus agent. "You scared my horse yesterday and made him run away." 1. What was Sam having done? 2. When did he do that? 3. What else did he do after the hair cut? 4. Who did he give them to? 5. Who did Dick think needed to be arrested? 6. Where did he think he would go? 7. to where? 8. Who was helping Dick? 9. How did they think Lew would travel? 10. Were they right? 11. What train did they probably take? 12. So did they catch Lew? Numbered answers:

1. his hair cut 2. As soon as the family were assembled 3. returned the clothing loaned to him 4. the cemetery keeper's daughter 5. Lew Flapp 6. To take the late train 7. Oak Run 8. Tom and his father 9. the late train 10. No 11. the train from a station three miles away 12. No

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There were 2 best friends named Sam and Jenny. They were not friends with Kimmi, a girl in the same class. And they were not friends with Joe. Joe was not their friend because he didn't talk to Sam and Jenny. Joe did not talk to anyone. Kimmi talked to everyone, but she did not keep secrets she was told and she said bad things about the people around her all the time. No one liked her. Everyone thought she was mean. One day, Sam and Jenny were playing with their puppy near a big tree when they found Kimmi sitting under the tree crying. Kimmi was sad that no one wanted to be her friend. Sam and Jenny felt bad for Kimmi. Jenny told Kimmi she would have a lot of friends if she didn't say such mean things about people. Sam said that was not true, because Joe did not talk about people and he had no friends. Sam and Jenny thought about it a long time. Sam and Jenny brought Kimmi to meet Joe. Kimmi and Joe became friends soon and Kimmi learned not to say mean things about people. Everyone was happier. 1. Who were best friends? 2. Were they friends with Joe or Kimmi? 3. Why didn't they like Kimmi? 4. Did they become her friend? 5. Who else became her friend? 6. Why wasn't Joe friends with Sam and Jenny? 7. did he talk to them later? 8. Was everyone in the same class? 9. Where did Sam and Jenny find Kimmi? 10. What were they playing with when they found her? Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. Sam and Jenny 2. no 3. she did not keep secrets 4. yes 5. Joe 6. he didn't talk to Sam and Jenny 7. not that it mentions 8. Everyone was mentioned to be in the same class ecept joe which it doesn't say 9. under a tree 10. their puppy

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Make use of the article to answer the questions. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A convicted rapist seeking to prove his innocence with a new DNA test lost his appeal Thursday at the Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court case involved a crime in which post-conviction DNA testing was available. The justices ruled 5-4 that inmates cannot use a federal civil rights law to press for advanced DNA testing that was unavailable at the time of the crime. Forty-four states and the federal government have laws allowing post-conviction access to biological evidence for such testing, but that number does not include Alaska, where William Osborne was sentenced 15 years ago for a vicious attack on an Anchorage woman. "He has no constitutional right to obtain post-conviction access to the state's evidence for DNA testing," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority. He was supported by his conservative colleagues Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. In dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens said, "There is no reason to deny access to the evidence and there are many reasons to provide it, not the least of which is a fundamental concern in ensuring that justice has been done in this case." Justices David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer backed his conclusions. Osborne's trial attorney in Anchorage made a strategic decision 16 years ago to forgo more sophisticated DNA testing of the evidence in the criminal assault case, believing it might end up working against her client. Several years later, the Alaska inmate sought access to the state's biological evidence to have a state-of-the-art DNA test done. 1. Where was someone in jail? 2. He was there for what? 3. How long ago? 4. What was his name? 5. What doesn't the state allow? 6. Is that true for the whole country? 7. Where is it allowed? 8. Where was he trying to have it changed? 9. What institution was he trying to get to change it? 10. Did they? 11. By what margin? 12. Who is someone that said it shouldn't be changed? 13. What's his title? 14. Who is someone who thought it should be changed? Numbered answers:

1. Alaska 2. rape 3. 15 years ago 4. William Osborne 5. post conviction access to biological evidence 6. no 7. Forty-four states and the federal government 8. in Anchorage 9. Supreme Court. 10. no 11. 5-4 12. John Roberts 13. Chief Justice 14. Paul Stevens

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Donna Ashlock, a 14-year-old girl from California, was very sick. She had a bad heart. "Donna needs a new heart," her doctor said, "she must have a new heart, or she will die soon." Felipe Carza, 15, was worried about Donna. Felipe was Donna's friend. He liked Donna very much. He liked her freckles, and he liked her smile. Felipe didn't want Donna to die. Felipe talked to his mother about Donna. "I am going to die," Felipe told his mother, "and I am going to give my heat to Donna." Felipe's mother didn't pay much attention to Felipe. "Felipe is just kidding," she thought, "Felipe is not going to die. He's strong and healthy." But Felipe was not healthy. He had terrible headaches sometimes. "my head hurts," he often told his friends. Felipe never told his parents about his headaches. One morning Felipe woke up with a sharp pain in his head. He was dizzy , and he couldn't breathe. His parents rushed Felipe to the hospital. Doctors at the hospital had terrible news for them. "Felipe' s brain is dead," the doctors said, "we can't save him." The parents were very sad. But they remembered Felipe's words. "Felipe wanted to give his heart to Donna," they told the doctors. The doctors did several tests. Then they told the parents, "we can give Felipe's heart to Donna." The doctors took out Felipe's heart and rushed the heart to Donna. Other doctors took out Donna's heart and put Felipe's heart in her chest. In a short time the heart began to beat. The operation was a success. Felipe's heart was beating in Donna's chest, but Donna didn't know it. Her parents and doctors didn't tell her. They waited until she was stronger; then they told her about Felipe. "I feel very sad," Donna said, "but I am thankful to Felipe." Three months later the operation Donna went back to school. She has to have regular checkups, and she has to take medicine every day. But she is living a normal life. Felipe's brother John says, "Every time we see Donna, we think of Felipe. She has Felipe's heart in her. That gives us great peace." Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions. 1. Donna Ashlock 2. California 3. no 4. a new heart 5. Felipe 6. 15 7. headaches 8. brain was dead 9. his heart 10. no 11. two 12. yes 13. John 14. no 15. unknown 16. no 17. freckles 18. smile 19. no 20. mother Numbered questions:

1. Who is the girl who is sick? 2. Where is she from? 3. Does she need a new liver? 4. What does she need? 5. Who was her friend? 6. How old was he? 7. What was wrong with him? 8. What did they find out was the cause? 9. What did he gift to his sick buddy? 10. Was the surgery unsuccessful? 11. How many things does she have to do now to stay healthy? 12. Did her buddy have a sibling? 13. Was was his name? 14. Did she understand whose organ she had received at first? 15. Did her buddy have any other siblings other than the one? 16. Was her gift-giver fond of her laugh? 17. What did he like? 18. Anything else? 19. Did he talk to his father about it? 20. Who did he talk to?

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