The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of "one world, one dream". Plans for the relay were announced on April 26, 2007, in Beijing, China. The relay, also called by the organizers as the "Journey of Harmony", lasted 129 days and carried the torch 137,000 km (85,000 mi) the longest distance of any Olympic torch relay since the tradition was started ahead of the 1936 Summer Olympics.

After being lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece on March 24, the torch traveled to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, and then to Beijing, arriving on March 31. From Beijing, the torch was following a route passing through six continents. The torch has visited cities along the Silk Road, symbolizing ancient links between China and the rest of the world. The relay also included an ascent with the flame to the top of Mount Everest on the border of Nepal and Tibet, China from the Chinese side, which was closed specially for the event. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. When was the race?
2. What was it for?
3. What was the motto?
4. What was the race called?
5. How long did it take?
6. How far did it go?
7. Is that a normal length?
8. Was it longer or shorter than usual?
9. Where did it begin?
10. Where did it stop along the way?
11. How many continents did it cross?
Answer: 1. March 24 until August 8, 2008
2. Summer Olympics
3. one world, one dream
4. Journey of Harmony
5. 129 days
6. 137,000 km
7. no
8. longer
9. Olympia, Greece
10. Athens and Beijing
11. six

Problem: Greg enjoys playing with his friends. On Friday, Greg went outside to play with two of his friends, Peter and Lucy. They played with a ball for some time, but then they got bored. Lucy said that she wanted to climb a tree. Peter thought that they could see if their other friend Robert could play with them.

The three of them went to find Robert. They saw Robert in front of his house, but he said that he was busy and he could not play with them. Greg and Peter then thought that Lucy's idea was good. There was a large tree in the park. Greg, Peter, and Lucy walked to the park together.

When they got to the park, they were surprised by the size of the tree. It was much larger than they thought. At first, Greg was scared to climb the tree. But Peter and Lucy told him that it would be fun, so he began to climb. When he had climbed the first few branches, he slipped and fell down. But he was not hurt. After that, the three friends thought that it was too dangerous to climb that tree. So they all went home.

When Greg went home, his mother asked him what happened. She saw that his shirt was dirty. Greg explained about the tree. Then he changed into a different shirt, so that his mother could wash the dirty shirt.
1. Who enjoys playing?
2. with whom does he like playing?
3. named?
4. what did they do for fun first?
5. what did the girl want to do?
6. did they ask someone else to do that, too?
7. who?
8. did he go with them?
9. where did they find a tree?
10. was it little?
11. were they all brave about going up it?
12. who decided to try climbing?
13. did he get far?
14. what happend?
15. was he ok?
16. did they try to climb again?
17. what did they do instead?
18. was Greg clean?
19. was his mom mad?
Answer: 1. Greg
2. his friends
3. Peter and Lucy
4. played with a ball
5. climb a tree.
6. Yes
7. Robert
8. No
9. the park.
10. No
11. No
12. Greg
13. No
14. he fell down
15. yes
16. No
17. went home.
18. no
19. No

question: A few years ago, an Englishman called Roy Jones went on holiday to a small seaside town in the west of England. He was swimming in the sea one day when, as he opened his mouth, his false teeth fell out and floated away. The following year, Mr. Jones returned to the same town. As he was having dinner in a local cafe one evening, he mentioned the story of his lost teeth to the manager. The manager looked surprised. He explained that he had found a set of false teeth on the beach last month. Then he asked Roy Jones if he wanted to try them on. "OK", said Mr. Jones. "I suppose it won't do any harm." When the manager brought him the teeth, Mr. Jones put them into his mouth, and laughed and laughed. They were his. In 1987, an American couple called Jane and Robert Bentley went for a picnic on a beach in California. When they returned home, Mrs. Bentley realized that she had lost her wedding ring. It wasn't a lot of money but it was valuable to Jane Bentley. The Bentleys drove straight back to the beach, and searched for the ring for three hours, but could not find it. A few months later, Mr. Bentley went fishing off the same beach. As he pulled a large crab out of the sea, he noticed that there was something attached to one of its claws. It was his wife's wedding ring! At the end of the 19thcentury, a young woman called Rose Harcourt was on her honeymoon in Barmouth, North Wales, when she lost a gold bracelet her husband had given her as a wedding gift. Feeling very upset, she went straight to the police stations and asked if anyone had found her bracelet. Unfortunately, no one had. Twenty-five years later, the Harcourts returned to Barmouth _ They were sitting on the beach one day when Mrs. Harcourt noticed something gold in the sand by the edge of the sea. She walked down to see what it was, and discovered her gold bracelet that had been missing for 25 years.
1. What did Roy Jones lose?
2. Whrer?
3. Did he find it?
4. Who found it?
5. What did Jane and Robert Bentley lose?
6. In what year?
7. Was it expensive?
8. Was it recovered?
9. When?
10. Where?
11. Who else misplaced jewelry?
12. What was it?
13. Was she happy about it?
14. What did she do?
15. Any luck there?
16. Did it ever show up?
17. When?
18. Where?
19. Who recovered it?
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answer:
1. false teeth
2. in the sea
3. yes
4. manager
5. wedding ring
6. 1987
7. no
8. yes
9. A few months later
10. same beach
11. Rose Harcourt
12. gold bracelet
13. no
14. went to police
15. no
16. yes
17. Twenty-five years later
18. edge of sea
19. Mrs. Harcourt