question: Giglio, Italy (CNN) -- Francesco Schettino, the captain of the ill-fated Costa Concordia cruise liner, wants to get back on the ship. His lawyers Monday formally asked a panel of three judges for permission to tour the ship's bridge and engine room as part of a defense strategy that he says will prove that was not the only person responsible for the disaster.

The liner, which crashed on the rocks off Giglio Island in January 2012, killing 32 people, was rotated back to vertical last Monday. The unprecedented maneuver, called parbuckling, exposed a twisted mass of metal, dotted with mattresses, passenger luggage and deck chairs on the ship's previously submerged starboard side. Now that the Concordia is upright, there can be further investigation of the captain's alleged mishandling of the ship.

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Defense lawyers for Schettino agreed with lawyers representing more than 200 civil parties against the captain, including Giglio Island and several passenger and environmental advocacy groups, in asking for a new examination of the ship now that it is upright. Such an examination could include divers going deep into the belly of the vessel to examine whether watertight doors sealed properly, and whether automatic generators functioned. He also wants to walk the judges through the command bridge in a re-creation of the night of the crash. Half of the command bridge was submerged for 20 months.

The trial began with preliminary hearings last March, but Monday was the first time the court heard any substantial evidence in the case. A panel of maritime experts addressed the role of the Indonesian helmsman Jacob Rusli Bin in the accident. Rusli Bin and four others were convicted in a plea deal in July for their role in the disaster. A Florence court is considering the validity of those plea bargain agreements.
1. In what month did initial steps of the court case begin?
2. What did the hardcore proof start being shown?
3. What day did the hardcore proof start being shown?
4. Who is being accused?
5. What happened to the boat?
6. Into what?
7. When?
8. Did anyone die?
9. How many?
10. What's it called when they turn a boat right side up?
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answer: 1. March
2. unknown
3. Monday
4. Francesco Schettino, the captain
5. rashed
6. the rocks off Giglio Island
7. January 2012,
8. yes
9. 32 people
10. parbuckling

question: CHAPTER III

They had dinner in the open-air, tree-walled dining-room, and Saxon noted that it was Billy who paid the reckoning for the four. They knew many of the young men and women at the other tables, and greetings and fun flew back and forth. Bert was very possessive with Mary, almost roughly so, resting his hand on hers, catching and holding it, and, once, forcibly slipping off her two rings and refusing to return them for a long while. At times, when he put his arm around her waist, Mary promptly disengaged it; and at other times, with elaborate obliviousness that deceived no one, she allowed it to remain.

And Saxon, talking little but studying Billy Roberts very intently, was satisfied that there would be an utter difference in the way he would do such things... if ever he would do them. Anyway, he'd never paw a girl as Bert and lots of the other fellows did. She measured the breadth of Billy's heavy shoulders.

"Why do they call you 'Big' Bill?" she asked. "You're not so very tall."

"Nope," he agreed. "I'm only five feet eight an' three-quarters. I guess it must be my weight."

"He fights at a hundred an' eighty," Bert interjected.

"Oh, out it," Billy said quickly, a cloud-rift of displeasure showing in his eyes. "I ain't a fighter. I ain't fought in six months. I've quit it. It don't pay."

"Yon got two hundred the night you put the Frisco Slasher to the bad," Bert urged proudly.
1. What synonym for "bill" is used to describe what Billy paid?
2. What is Billy's surname?
3. What did Bert take off Mary's hand?
4. How many?
5. Did he give them back promptly?
6. What is Billy's nickname?
7. True or False: The nickname was given because he is tall.
8. How much does Bert say the fighter weighs?
9. True or False: Billy beat the Slasher in a fight.
10. Does Billy still fight?
11. Why not?
12. True or False: The group ate indoors.
13. How many diners were there?
14. Who is Bert controlling of?
15. What did he do with her waist?
16. Did the group know anyone else in the restaurant?
17. How many others, exactly?
18. True or False: Saxon spoke a lot.
19. What does Saxon think he wouldn't do as others did?
20. How much did Billy win for beating the Frisco Slasher?
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answer: 1. "Reckoning"
2. Roberts
3. Rings.
4. Two.
5. No.
6. 'Big' Bill
7. False.
8. One hundred and eighty
9. True.
10. No.
11. It doesn't pay.
12. False.
13. Four
14. Mary.
15. He put his arm around it.
16. Yes.
17. Unknown.
18. False.
19. Paw a girl.
20. 200

question: David is a twelve-year-old boy. He is tall and strong with short blond hair. He likes sports and reading. Every week David gets ten dollars from his parents. This money is his weekly pocket money. It's not a present. David must work for the family to get the money. On Monday, David must sweep the floor and walk the dog after he finishes his homework. On Tuesday, David must take out the rubbish bags in the morning and clean the garden after school. On Wednesday, he should wash the dishes and clean the kitchen after dinner. On Thursday, he helps his mother do some cooking. Sometimes he has to go to the supermarket to buy some food and drinks. On Friday, he should water (...... ) the flowers in the garden after school. On Saturday and Sunday, David doesn't need to do the housework, so he goes to the cinema with his classmates or does some shopping in the shopping mall. David wants to buy a new football, but he doesn't have enough money. He is looking forward to getting more pocket money.
1. How many days a week does he have to work?
2. What is the main character's name?
3. How much does he earn per week?
4. Is it a gift?
5. What does he have to do to earn it?
6. What is he saving for?
7. Is he excited to be able to buy that?
8. How old is he?
9. Does he have brown hair?
10. What color is it?
11. What does he enjoy doing?
12. Who does he work for to earn his money?
13. Does he do the same thing every day?
14. When does he walk the dog?
15. When doesn't he have to do work?
16. What is something he does then?
17. When does he take care of the garden?
18. What other day does he do something different in the garden?
19. Does he always go to the grocery store every week?
20. Is he weak or strong?
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answer:
1. five
2. David
3. ten dollars
4. no
5. work
6. a football
7. yes
8. 12
9. no
10. blond
11. sports
12. his family
13. no
14. Monday
15. Saturday and Sunday
16. goes to the cinema
17. Tuesday
18. Friday
19. no
20. yes