Question:
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A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shining car. "Is this your car, sir?" he asked. Paul answered, "Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas." The boy was surprised, "You mean your brother gave it to you and it did cost you nothing? Sir, I wish..." He hesitated . Paul thought of course he knew what the boy wanted, but what the boy said surprised him greatly. "I wish, " the boy went on, "that I could be a brother like that. " Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said again, "Would you like to take a ride in my car?" "Oh yes, I'd love to." The boy answered. After a short ride, the boy turned with his eyes shining and said, "Sir, would you mind driving in front of my house?" Paul smiled a little. He thought he know what the boy wanted, He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked. He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He Was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat down on the step and pointed to the car. "There he is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent . And some day I'm going to give you one just like it... then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window- that I've been trying to tell you about." Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed elder brother climbed in beside him and the three began an unforgettable holiday ride.[:Zxxk.Com]
1. Who was crippled?
2. How much did the car cost?
3. How much did he pay for the car?
4. Why?
5. What is the name of the urchin's brother?
6. Where did Paul put him?
7. Where in the auto did he put the lame boy?
8. How many went for a ride?
9. What kind of window was it?
10. What question did he ask?
11. How many steps were there?
12. When will Buddy be given a car?

Numbered answers:
1. Paul's brother Buddy
2. A lot.
3. Nothing.
4. l received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present.
5. Buddy
6. On the steps.
7. Front seat of the car.
8. All three of them.
9. Christmas window
10. "Is this your car, sir?"
11. 2 steps
12. Someday

Question:
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Lemuel Gulliver enjoyed travelling. He was a ship's doctor. On May 4, 1699, they were going to the Far East in the ship called the Antelope. One night, his ship crashed against the rocks, Gulliver was washed to the land. He found himself a prisoner of tiny people. They were less than 6 inches tall and lived in the island country of Lilliput. After he promised to behave well, they set him free and he could visit the city. The people of Blefuscu wanted to attack Lilliput. The king of Lilliput turned to Gulliver. He stopped Blefuscu attacking Lilliput by pulling its ships to Lilliput. The king was happy. _ wanted to make the people of Blefuscu his slaves , so he asked Gulliver to bring some more ships. Gulliver did not like this plan. The king got angry. Some bad men in Lilliput wanted to kill Gulliver. Gulliver had to run away from Lilliput to Blefuscu. He was welcomed by the king of Blefuscu. They soon became good friends. Three days after that , he asked king to send him twenty of his largest ships and two thousand men to pull the boat to the shore. In this boat, he set sail for England. On the third day he saw a big ship to the southeast. He called out to the ship. The ship was moving very slowly. They raised a flag .His heart was full of happiness when he saw the English flag .
1. What was Lemuel Gulliver's profession?
2. What did he like doing?
3. What happened to his ship one evening?
4. Was he able to reach land?
5. What did the persons of Blefuscu want to attack?
6. Were the people from there small?
7. What was their height?
8. What did the leader of that country want to make the people of Blefusco?
9. Was the king ever mad at Gulliver?
10. Where did Gulliver escape to when he left Lilliput?
11. How many men did he request to aid in pushing the boat to land?
12. How many ships were requested?
13. Were they small ships?
14. What kind of flag was on the ship he encountered?

Numbered answers:
1. He's a doctor
2. He enjoyed travelling
3. his ship crashed against the rocks
4. Yes
5. Lilliput
6. yes
7. 6 inches tall
8. his slaves
9. Yes
10. to Blefuscu
11. two thousand
12. twenty
13. No
14. the English flag

Question:
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Hubert Joseph Schlafly was an electrical engineer who helped change the way actors, politicians and other people speak on television. In 1950, he and two other men developed the teleprompter. One co-worker, Fred Barton, was an actor. He had an idea for a tool that would help television actors read their lines without having to memorize them. The other co-worker was Irving Kahn. He worked as vice-president of radio and television at 20thCentury Fox.

The first teleprompter involved a person who held a long piece of paper printed with big letters. As the actor read the lines, another person would move the paper ahead on the device . The teleprompter was first used on a television program called "The First Hundred Years." Later versions used television screens to show the words that were to be read.

Hub Schlafly and his co-workers believed that many companies would want to buy the teleprompter. So, they left their jobs and created the TelePrompTer Corporation to sell their invention.

In 1952, former President Herbert Hoover became the first politician to use a teleprompter. The former president was speaking at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, USA. For a brief time, he stopped reading and began to talk about a subject not written in his speech. When Hoover wanted to continue the speech, the words on the teleprompter were not moving. He then said the machine should be restarted and viewers became aware of the new invention. Many reporters wrote about that incident, creating a new level of publicity for the teleprompter.

Soon more and more politicians started to use it to face the television camera while reading prepared statements, instead of looking down at their notes. Then the device was used for almost all live television broadcasts.
1. What did Joseph Schlafly help to create?
2. Did he do it alone?
3. How many others were there?
4. Who were they?
5. What was Fred's job?
6. What about Irving's?
7. Did they all quite their jobs?
8. why?
9. did they have a company?
10. What was it?
11. When did they create the teleprompter?
12. Who was the person in politics to use it?
13. When?
14. Where was he?
15. At what gathering?
16. Did he give away that he was using it?
17. How?
18. Did this serve as advertising for it?
19. Why did he need it?
20. What was the first show to use it?
Numbered answers:
1. the teleprompter
2. no
3. two
4. Fred Barton and Irving Kahn
5. he was an actor
6. Vice President at 20th Century Fox
7. yes
8. to sell their invention
9. yes
10. the TelePrompTer Corporation
11. In 1950
12. Herbert Hoover
13. 1952
14. in Chicago
15. the Republican National Convention
16. yes
17. he said it should be restarted
18. yes
19. to continue his speech
20. the First Hundred Years