One sunny morning, Stewart chose to go to the beach. He knew that a rainstorm was going to arrive on Saturday and wanted to enjoy some sun before it arrived.

Stewart laid on his belly and began reading his newspaper. As he was enjoying the sun and the newspaper, he saw a bug crawl across his blanket. At first Stewart thought it was an ant, but the bug was moving too slowly to be an ant. As Stewart leaned in for a closer look, the bug cried out, "Excuse me, sir! Can you help me?" Stewart was surprised and jumped to his feet. "You can talk!" he shouted. "Yes," said the bug. "Please help me! As you might know, there is a rainstorm coming into town. Unfortunately, I do not have a place to call home. I need to find somewhere to sleep before the rain washes me away!" Stewart felt sad. "Gee," he cried. "That sounds terrible!"

Stewart thought about the problem. "Perhaps you can stay at my house," he said. The bug jumped for joy and said, "Oh, that would be wonderful!" The two traveled back to Stewart's house and the bug found a soft spot to sleep.

The next day, the sky had darkened and rain clouds appeared all over town. Just as the news had said, a rainstorm had arrived. When Stewart woke up, he looked for the bug but could not find him. Then, he saw something flying around his house. "Thank you for letting me sleep here last night," said the butterfly. It was the bug! "I knew I could not change into a butterfly if I was out in the rain. I won't forget your kindness." After speaking, the butterfly flew away. Stewart stood in his doorway and shouted, "Goodbye!" What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where did Stewart choose to go?
2. What was going to arrive on Saturday?
3. What did he want to enjoy before rain arrived?
4. What did Stewart lay on?
5. What did he then read?
6. What then crawled across his blanket?
7. What did he think the bug was at first?
8. Was the bug moving slowly?
9. Did the bug talk to Stewart?
10. What did the bug say?
11. What did the bug say was coming to town?
12. What did the bug need to do before the rainstorm?
Answer: 1. the beach
2. a rainstorm
3. some sun
4. his belly
5. his newspaper.
6. a bug
7. an ant
8. Yes
9. Yes.
10. "Excuse me, sir! Can you help me?"
11. a rainstorm
12. find somewhere to sleep

CHAPTER VI

THE HALL OF THE ATLAS

From the moment when the tailor had bowed his farewell to the moment when Graham found himself in the lift, was altogether barely five minutes. As yet the haze of his vast interval of sleep hung about him, as yet the initial strangeness of his being alive at all in this remote age touched everything with wonder, with a sense of the irrational, with something of the quality of a realistic dream. He was still detached, an astonished spectator, still but half involved in life. What he had seen, and especially the last crowded tumult, framed in the setting of the balcony, had a spectacular turn, like a thing witnessed from the box of a theatre. "I don't understand," he said. "What was the trouble? My mind is in a whirl. Why were they shouting? What is the danger?"

"We have our troubles," said Howard. His eyes avoided Graham's enquiry. "This is a time of unrest. And, in fact, your appearance, your waking just now, has a sort of connexion--"

He spoke jerkily, like a man not quite sure of his breathing. He stopped abruptly.

"I don't understand," said Graham.

"It will be clearer later," said Howard.

He glanced uneasily upward, as though he found the progress of the lift slow.

"I shall understand better, no doubt, when I have seen my way about a little," said Graham puzzled. "It will be--it is bound to be perplexing. At present it is all so strange. Anything seems possible. Anything. In the details even. Your counting, I understand, is different." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. was the lift fast?
2. who was in the lift?
3. Who bowed?
4. how long was he in the lift?
5. who did he avoid looking at?
6. who has troubles?
7. was this like a dream?
8. whose mind was in a whirl?
9. who caused unrest?
10. when will it be clearer?
11. according to who?
12. was everything impossible?
13. was his breath slow and calm?
14. was graham mentally alert?
15. was he confused?
16. was his appearance disconcerting?
17. who left graham?
18. did sleep alude graham?
19. dd he believe he was in danger?
20. who was shouting?
Answer: 1. no
2. Graham
3. the tailor
4. unknown
5. Graham
6. Howard and Graham
7. yes
8. Graham's
9. Graham
10. later
11. Howard
12. no
13. no
14. no
15. yes
16. yes
17. the tailor
18. it hung about him
19. yes
20. 'they' were

Different people have different hobbies. For example, some people like reading, some people like swimming and some people like collecting something and so on. I have many hobbies, such as reading, skating, and traveling. I used to read books in my free time. I like reading because I could learn much by reading. At that time, reading was part of my life. Every day, I spent most of my free time reading books, newspapers and magazines. At night, I could hardly get to sleep without a novel in my hand. But later I found I could only learn from books by reading. I couldn't get knowledge from others. I needed a _ . Traveling is my hobby now. I can visit many different places by traveling. I can learn a lot about people, geography and history. It's very interesting. I have many good friends. They all have their hobbies. Ann studies very hard. So her hobby is reading all kinds of books. Tony loves working with her hands, and his hobby is gardening. He usually plants flowers and trees in his yard. Judy is a quiet girl. She likes knitting . She always knits sweaters for her dolls. We have different hobbies, but we are all good friends. (5) What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who is a quiet girl?
2. Does Tony like to read?
3. What does he like?
4. And what does Judy like?
5. What does she knit?
6. Does anyone like to read?
7. Who likes to travel?
8. What other types of things do people enjoy?
9. What does Tony plant?
10. Does he study hard?
11. Who does?
12. What is her hobby?
Answer:
1. Judy
2. No
3. gardening
4. knitting
5. sweaters for her dolls
6. Ann
7. I
8. some people like reading, some people like swimming and some people like collecting something and so on.
9. flowers and trees
10. unknown
11. Ann studies very hard
12. reading