Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
(CNN) -- A thin girl with caramel skin and a yellow silk blouse walks alone through a barren landscape of rubble.

Nway prepares for her new job, selling vegetables from her aunt's garden.

Her legs are marked by cuts. Her face is smeared with white streaks of powder. And her eyes are blank as she sifts through the debris of what used to be her home before Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar one night and swept her parents away.

Her name is Nway, and that's how she looked when aid workers found her after Nargis destroyed her isolated village. She refused to talk about the cyclone, pretending it never took place. She became, according to a CNN story, the "girl who refuses to remember."

A year later, an aid worker returned to the village to see how Nway was doing. She found Nway living in a tidy, bamboo house flanked by palm trees. The 8-year-old greeted her visitor with a big smile. Then she asked whether she could play with her visitor's hair.

Pam Sitko, the aid worker, said Nway -- like thousands of people in Myanmar -- is slowly recovering one year after Nargis demolished their country.

"After all of her pain and loss, she really is a spunky girl," said Sitko, who works with World Vision International, a humanitarian group. "She wasn't shy about reaching out to touch my blonde hair."

The night everything changed

Nway's resilience is shared by many in Myanmar, aid workers say.

Last year's cyclone was catastrophic. It killed at least 140,000 people and left at least 2 million people without homes, according to the United Nations World Food Programme.
1. What's the name of the storm that hit?
2. In which country?
3. How many individuals died?
4. And how many lost their houses?
5. Which agency made those calculations?
6. What's the girl's name?
7. Was she obese?
8. What does she do for work?
9. Who owns the vegetable patch?
10. Do they also sell fruit?

Numbered answers:
1. Cyclone Nargis
2. Myanmar
3. 140,000 people
4. 2 million people
5. United Nations World Food Programme.
6. Nway
7. No
8. selling vegetables
9. Her aunt
10. unknown

Question:
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CHAPTER XI

THE FRUIT THAT IS OF GOLD

At precisely the hour agreed upon Harcutt and Densham met in one of the ante-rooms leading into the "Milan" restaurant. They surrendered their coats and hats to an attendant, and strolled about waiting for Wolfenden. A quarter of an hour passed. The stream of people from the theatres began to grow thinner. Still, Wolfenden did not come. Harcutt took out his watch.

"I propose that we do not wait any longer for Wolfenden," he said. "I saw him this afternoon, and he answered me very oddly when I reminded him about to-night. There is such a crowd here too, that they will not keep our table much longer."

"Let us go in, by all means," Densham agreed. "Wolfenden will easily find us if he wants to!"

Harcutt returned his watch to his pocket slowly, and without removing his eyes from Densham's face.

"You're not looking very fit, old chap," he remarked. "Is anything wrong?"

Densham shook his head and turned away.

"I am a little tired," he said. "We've been keeping late hours the last few nights. There's nothing the matter with me, though. Come, let us go in!"

Harcutt linked his arm in Densham's. The two men stood in the doorway.

"I have not asked you yet," Harcutt said, in a low tone. "What fortune?"

Densham laughed a little bitterly.

"I will tell you all that I know presently," he said.

"You have found out something, then?"

"I have found out," Densham answered, "all that I care to know! I have found out so much that I am leaving England within a week!"
1. What did Harcutt return to his pocket?
2. What was he doing when he put the watch in his pocket?
3. What was Desham's reaction afterwards?
4. Did Harcutt ever touch Densham
5. Which part of him did he touch?
6. What is the name of the location at which they are in?
7. What were they doing there?
8. Were they weary?
9. Did they check the time?
10. What was his suggestion as a result of them waiting?
11. Did Denshman agree to that?
12. Why was Denshman not looking fine?
13. What got him tired?
14. Was Harcutt able to make him laugh?
15. What did he say that made him laugh

Numbered answers:
1. his watch
2. looking at Densham's face
3. shook his head and turned away.
4. yes
5. arm
6. "Milan" restaurant
7. waiting
8. one was
9. Yes
10. noit to wait any longer
11. Yes
12. tired
13. late nights
14. yes
15. What fortune?"

Question:
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TWO deer jumped out in front of 16-year-old Amanda Floyd's car. She stepped on the brakes . and stopped just in time.

But then she started texting. Distracted , Amanda turned left and right, then crashed into another car.

Luckily she wasn't in a real car. She was in a driving simulator at Roosevelt High School, Ohio, US."I never really realized you swerve that much," Amanda, a junior, said. She added that she doesn't text while driving any more. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and State Highway Patrol brought the simulator to the school. They said they wanted to help students learn about the dangers of driving drunk, while texting, or while talking on the phone.

Last year, state authorities reported 39 fatalities , 454 serious injuries and 12,410 crashes caused by distracted driving. Experts said that real numbers are probably higher.

The simulator is basically a computer game. Like many computer games, it was a hit with the students. They lined up and crowded around to watch each other take turns. The simulator has a steering wheel , brake and gas pedals . It is made up of three large computer screens on a table.

Students choose a distraction, for example driving drunk or driving while texting. They always crash, of course. Then they are pulled over by police, and learn the bad results of their driving: how much damage they've caused, what their fine is, if anyone died in the accident, and if they're going to go to prison.

"It teaches how to drive without being on the road," said Shante Thompson, 16. She had just crashed into a deer.

ODOT spokesman Justin Chesnic said hundreds of kids have gone behind the wheel so far. He said even more have benefited from watching their classmates.

"Driving is such a major responsibility, so take it seriously," he said. "Put away your cell phone. Don't put your makeup on. Don't be eating or playing with the radio.

"A lot of the accidents out there are because of distracted driving. It cannot only change your life, but it can change someone else's life forever. The results are serious."MCT
1. What jumped in front of Amanda's car?
2. What did she do when they jumped in front of her car?
3. What did she do after that?
4. What happened while she was doing that?
5. How old is she?
6. Was she in a real car?
7. What was it?
8. Where was it located?
9. What state is it located in?
10. Who brought the simulator to school?
11. Why did they bring it?
12. How many crashes are caused by distracted driving?
13. Was the simulator popular with students?
14. What does it consist of?
15. What else?
Numbered answers:
1. TWO deer
2. She stepped on the brakes
3. she started texting
4. she crashed into another car
5. 16
6. no
7. a simulator
8. at Roosevelt High School
9. Ohio
10. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and State Highway Patrol
11. they wanted students to learn about the dangers of driving drunk, while texting, or while talking on the phone
12. 12,410
13. yes
14. a steering wheel , brake and gas pedals
15. three large computer screens on a table.