Q: CHAPTER XXI

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE HOUSEBOAT

Never was a girl more light-hearted than was Dora when in the saddle on the Kentucky thoroughbred. And her cousin was scarcely less elated.

"Let us have a little race, Nellie," cried Dora. "It will be lots of fun."

"Oh, we don't want the horses to run away," answered Nellie.

"I don't think they will run away."

The race was started, and to give the girls a chance, Dick and Tom dropped to the rear. Soon a turn of the road hid the two girls from view.

"Wait a minute--there is something wrong with my saddle," said Tom, a moment later, and he came to a halt and slipped to the ground.

Dick would have preferred going on, but did not wish to leave his brother alone, so he also halted. A buckle had broken and it took some time to repair the damage, so Tom could continue his ride.

"The girls have disappeared," said Dick, on making the turn ahead in the road.

They came to a spot where the road divided into three forks and halted in perplexity.

"Well, this is a nuisance," declared Tom, after scratching his head. "I suppose they thought we were watching them."

"More than likely."

"Which road shall we take?"

"Bless me if I know."

"Well, we can't take all three."

They stared at the hoofprints in the road, but there were too many of them to make anything of the marks.

"Stumped!" remarked Tom, laconically.

"Let us wait a while. Perhaps, when the girls see we are not following, they will turn back."

Answer the following questions:
1. How did the road split?
2. Who is at the split?
3. Do they know each other?
4. How?
5. Who is racing?
6. Whose idea was it?
7. What is Nellie afraid will happen?
8. Does that concern Dora?
9. Who has a problem at the start of the race?
10. What's wrong?
11. on what
12. Does it get fixed?
13. How long did that take?
14. Who had waited on him?
15. Where were their opponents when it was fixed?
16. Which road do they take?
17. What do they hope will happen?
18. How does Tom feel about losing the girls?
19. What does Dora like to do/
20. How does she know Nellie?
A: 1. into three forks
2. Dick and Tom
3. yes
4. They're brothers.
5. Dick, Tom, Nellie, and Dora
6. Dora's
7. the horses will run away
8. no
9. Tom
10. A buckle broke
11. Tom's saddle
12. yes
13. some time
14. Dick
15. they disappeared
16. unknown
17. the girls will turn back
18. it's a nuisance
19. ride horses
20. they're cousins
Q: On June 26, 2000, two scientists, called Francis Collins and Craig Venter, told the world that they could read the whole "map" of the human body: DNA. DNA is something that everybody has, and it tells the body what to do. DNA is the reason that we look like our mother and father, because we get some of their DNA to make our own. People have been trying to understand the human body for a long time. In 1860, Gregor Mendel discovered a special reason why we look the same as other people in our family. It is because of small things named "genes" in our body. In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick made another discovery and found out that those small parts are real messages written in the DNA with a special language. In 1961, Marshall Nirenberg and Johann Matthaci found a message in DNA showing how DNA tells the cell to build its parts. Scientists have now found all the words in the DNA map, but we still do not understand what they all do. By understanding what just one "word" means, we can help save more people from several illnesses. Most people hope that this will help make better medicine and help sick people. Other people worry that when people begin to know more words and find out lots of other information, we might use it in a wrong way, just to make people more attractive, or stop sick people from getting jobs. Man would have to meet a lot of trouble if DNA technic wasn't limited in use.

Answer the following questions:
1. How many scientists were there?
2. What were there names?
3. Who did tey tell they could read the whole map of the human body?
4. When?
5. What is something that everybody has?
6. What did it tell our body?
7. Is it the reason we look like our mother and father?
8. Why?
9. Who discovered this?
A: 1. two
2. Francis Collins and Craig Venter
3. the world
4. June 26, 2000
5. DNA
6. what to do
7. yes
8. we get some of their DNA
9. Francis Collins and Craig Venter
Q: (CNN) -- Barcelona moved five points clear in Spain as manager Pep Guardiola celebrated his 100th match in charge with a 4-0 victory at home to Racing Santander on Saturday.

The injury-hit defending champions brushed off the pre-match loss of star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic to romp into a 3-0 halftime lead as they put pressure on Real Madrid to win Sunday's home match against Villarreal.

The Swede is in doubt for Tuesday's Champions League trip to German club Stuttgart due to a swollen ankle.

Midfielder Andres Iniesta took advantage of some slack defending to pounce for his first goal this season in the seventh minute, hooking home a left-foot effort after the ball ran loose in his 300th outing for the club.

France striker Thierry Henry, handed a rare start due to Ibrahimovic's absence, netted a free-kick in the 29th minute after driving a shot through the defensive wall for his first goal this year.

Center-back Rafael Marquez marked his return from suspension with a similar effort nine minute later as he curled a set-piece over the wall and in off the post.

Barca took their foot off the pedal in the second half, but 18-year-old Thiago scored his first senior goal in the 84th minute with a deflected shot after Lionel Messi set him up with a cutback.

Captain Carles Puyol had to go off with a facial injury but is expected to face Stuttgart in the first leg of the last-16 tie.

It was Guardiola's 71st victory since taking charge of the Catalan giants, and 14th-placed Racing never looked like inflicting his 11th defeat -- the 10th came against Atletico Madrid last weekend, Barca's first in La Liga this season.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who was celebrating?
2. What was he excited about?
3. Did he win?
4. Against who?
5. Did Barcelona have one of their star players?
6. Who scored within the first 7 minutes?
7. What position did they play?
8. Who just got back to playing after being suspended?
9. And what position does he play?
10. Who got a boo-boo on their face?
11. Is he a striker?
12. What is he to the team then?
13. Will he be back to playing?
14. Who wasn't playing this game?
15. Why isn't he?
A:
1. Pep Guardiola
2. his 100th match
3. -0 victory at home
4. Racing Santander
5. Yes.
6. Andres Iniesta
7. Midfielder
8. Rafael Marquez
9. Center-back
10. Carles Puyol
11. No.
12. Captain
13. Yes.
14. Stuttgart
15. swollen ankle