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Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- The mortality rate in Moscow, Russia, has "doubled recently" because of an extended streak of heat and smog, Andrei Seltsovsky, the head of the city health department, told Russian news agencies Monday.

Seltsovsky said that the average daily mortality rate in Moscow is 360 to 380 cases, but "today the rate is around 700."

Out of 1,500 slots in city morgues, 1,300 were occupied, he added.

The death toll directly attributed to the country's recent spate of wildfires remained at 52, the Russian Health and Social Development Ministry said on its website Monday. Another 62 people across Russia were in hospitals with wildfire-related ailments, and in all, 741 people had sought wildfire-related medical assistance, it said.

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The ministry said 22 out of the country's 83 regions, mostly in central Russia, are affected by wildfires. And no relief is in sight, with temperatures forecast to remain high in central and northwestern Russia through August 20.

The Russian meteorological service Roshydromet said on its website Monday that the level of air pollution will remain high in and around Moscow in the coming days.

"The air will remain filled with products burning in forest and peat fires, and with toxic emission coming from motor vehicles and industrial enterprises," Roshydromet said.

It asked Moscow's industrial businesses to start cutting emissions by 20 to 40 percent from 3 p.m. Monday until 3 p.m. Wednesday to help reduce air pollution.

Alexander Frolov, who heads Roshydromet, appeared live on Russian state TV on Monday. He said high levels of pollutants in the Moscow air pose a serious danger to Muscovites' health.

1. In what country does the article take place?
2. What is causing health problems?
3. Is it a brief period of these?
4. What negative effects have the population felt?
5. Was is the normal number of people dying in a day in Moscow?
6. But what was it increased to?
7. Does the article mention another way people are dying in Russia?
8. What is the cause of these other deaths?
9. How many people have been killed in this way?
10. How many people needed attention from doctors due to the fires?
11. Is the entire country affected by the fires?
12. How many regions?
13. What part of the country are those regions in?
14. Are temperatures thought to drop soon?
15. What about pollution levels?
16. What is the country's weather service called?
17. What has Roshydromet asked of businesses in Moscow?
18. By what percent?
19. When?
20. Who's the leader of that agency?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Russia
2. heat and smog
3. no
4. The mortality rate has doubled
5. 360 to 380
6. 700
7. Yes
8. Wildfires
9. 52
10. 741
11. No
12. 22
13. Mostly in central Russia
14. No
15. No
16. Roshydromet
17. to start cutting emissions
18. 20 to 40 percent
19. from 3 p.m. Monday until 3 p.m. Wednesday
20. Alexander Frolov

Question: Maine () is the northernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Maine is the 39th most extensive and the 41st most populous of the U.S. states and territories. It is bordered by New Hampshire to the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest respectively. Maine is the easternmost state in the contiguous United States, and the northernmost east of the Great Lakes. It is known for its jagged, rocky coastline; low, rolling mountains; heavily forested interior, and picturesque waterways; and also its seafood cuisine, especially clams and lobster. There is a humid continental climate throughout the state, even in coastal areas such as its most populous city of Portland. The capital is Augusta.

For thousands of years, indigenous peoples were the only inhabitants of the territory that is now Maine. At the time of European arrival in what is now Maine, several Algonquian-speaking peoples inhabited the area. The first European settlement in the area was by the French in 1604 on Saint Croix Island, by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons. The first English settlement was the short-lived Popham Colony, established by the Plymouth Company in 1607. A number of English settlements were established along the coast of Maine in the 1620s, although the rugged climate, deprivations, and conflict with the local peoples caused many to fail over the years. 1. What US state is mentioned?
2. What year did the Europeans start to live there?
3. What ethnicity?
4. Where did they live?
5. What is the state capital?
6. Is the the city with the most people?
7. What is?
8. What area is that city in?
9. What US state is Maine next to?
10. Is it next to another country?
11. How many foods it it famous for?
12. And how many geographical features?
13. Who lived in the state for a very long time?
14. How long did they live there?
15. What is the weather like generally?
16. Do a lot of people live there compared to other states?
17. What part of the US is it in?
18. When did people from England settle the area?
19. Where a lot of them successful?
20. Is the state in the Western US? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Maine.
2. 1604.
3. French.
4. by the French in 1604 on Saint Croix Island.
5. Augusta.
6. No.
7. Portland.
8. Maine () is the northernmost state.
9. New Hampshire
10. Yes.
11. Two.
12. Four.
13. Indigenous peoples.
14. Thousands of years.
15. Humid.
16. No.
17. The New England region of the northeastern United States.
18. 1607
19. No.
20. No.

Q: Laura wanted to go to the park and play because she wanted to see her friends. When she got to the park Laura did not see anyone. After looking, she saw her friend George by the basketball hoop. George was playing all by himself. George was happy when he saw Laura. Laura and George played basketball they saw the ice cream man driving in his truck. George asked Laura if she wanted him to buy her an ice cream cone. Laura said she would like him to do that. Laura sat on the bench as George walked to the ice cream truck. Laura looked in the sky and saw a pretty bird flying in a large circle. The bird flew away. George came back with two ice cream cones. One of the ice cream cones had rainbow sprinkles on it. George gave the ice cream cone with sprinkles to Laura. George and Laura sat on the bench and watched a group of boys play football as they ate their ice cream cones. One of the boys broke his leg. When George and Laura were finished with their ice cream, Laura ran home before the street lights came on.

1. George
2. an ice cream cone
3. She wanted to see her friends
4. a bird
5. a boy
6. the bench
7. When they were finished with their ice creams.
8. home
9. One
10. one of the boys

Numbered questions:
1. Who did Laura see at the park?
2. What did he get her?
3. Why did she go to the park?
4. What did she see in the sky?
5. Who broke their leg?
6. Where did they sit to eat?
7. When did she leave?
8. Where did she run?
9. How many friends did she see at the park?
10. Who broke a limb?