question: I was the typical"I can't"child-whatever my mother told or asked me to do was immediately followed by my cry,"I can't."As a result,very few tasks or goals that I set out to achieve were ever completed. One evening,my mother called me into the family room."I want you to read this article,"Mother began."It's about Marlo Thomas.She tells how a simple poem that she was forced to learn by her father changed her life*She went from saying'I can't'to'I can'*According to this article,she was able to reorganize her life and her career by learning the principles in the poem." I took the small magazine from Mother and looked down at the pages.There was Marlo-my idol. Beside her photo was the poem my mother had spoken of,a simple poem entitled,"I Can"."I want you to memorize that poem,"Mother said firmly."Mama," _ ."I can't learn that poem.It's too long." "It's not too long and you can learn it.1 want you to know it perfectly by this time tomorrow,"said my mother. Unwillingly,I went back to my bedroom with the magazine.With a heavy heart,I threw myself into the bed and began my task. "Can't is a word that is the enemy to ambition,"I began.I repeated the line.I repeated it again and again."An enemy ambush to shatter your will..."I continued the process until I proudly recited the poem the following evening. It has now become my principle.Marlo 1 homas did not know me,but her story forever changed my life. Saying "I can" helped me to get through the worst moments of my life: Saying "I can" encouraged me to complete things I would have otherwise seen as out of my reach. A simple poem learned at seven is a poem that will support me to seventy-seven,maybe even longer.
1. Was I always confident that I could do things?
2. Did my mom ask me to read something?
3. What was it?
4. who was the author?
5. How made Marlo learn the poem?
6. What was the name of the poem?
7. Did I think I could learn it?
8. Why not?
9. What hinders ambition?
10. What was my response when my mom asked me to do something?
11. How old was I when I learned the poem?
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answer: 1. no
2. yes
3. an article
4. Marlo Thomas
5. her fathe
6. I Can
7. no
8. too long
9. the word can't
10. I can't
11. seven

question: Once there was a turkey named Tim, who enjoyed playing house, playing football and riding his bicycle all the time. His favorite food would be corn, which he enjoys licking when it is still on the cob. But his parents spank him to try to get him to stop doing that, as he often burns his tongue when the cob is too hot. He enjoys watching football games as well, he always cheers and claps for his favorite team, the Gobblers. In a game he watched last week, the other team, a chicken team named the Clucks, were playing as well. It was a close game, but the Gobblers ended up winning with a little luck. Tim's best friend was also watching the game, Tony the lizard, and they both enjoyed watching the game together!
1. Who is the lizard?
2. Who is Tim?
3. What did he play?
4. What else?
5. Who won?
6. What helped them win?
7. What was too hot?
8. How do you know?
9. Why did he get spanked?
10. What got ridden?
11. When?
12. Who are the gobblers?
13. What does he do for them?
14. Who is their opponent?
15. What are they?
16. Who's Tim's best friend?
17. What is he?
18. What do they do together?
19. When was the match?
20. Was it close?
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answer: 1. Tony
2. turkey
3. house
4. football
5. Gobblers
6. luck
7. cob
8. burns his tongue
9. licking when it is still on the cob
10. bicycle
11. all the time
12. his favorite team
13. cheers and claps
14. Clucks
15. chicken
16. Tony
17. lizard
18. watching the game
19. last week
20. yes

question: Normandy (; , pronounced , Norman: "Normaundie", from Old French "Normanz", plural of "Normant", originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is one of the 18 regions of France, roughly corresponding to the historical Duchy of Normandy.

Administratively, Normandy is divided into five "departments": Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne, and Seine-Maritime. It covers 30,627km (11,926 sq mi), forming roughly 5% of the territory of France. Its population of 3.37million accounts for around 5% of the population of France. Normans is the name given to the inhabitants of Normandy, and the region is the homeland of the Norman language.

The historical region of Normandy comprised the present-day region of Normandy, as well as small areas now part of the "departements," or departments of Mayenne and Sarthe. The Channel Islands (referred to as "Iles Anglo-Normandes" in French) are also historically part of Normandy; they cover 194km and comprise two bailiwicks: Guernsey and Jersey, which are British Crown dependencies over which Queen Elizabeth II reigns as Duke of Normandy.

Normandy's name is derived from the settlement of the territory by mainly Danish and Norwegian Vikings ("Northmen") from the 9th century, and confirmed by treaty in the 10th century between King Charles III of France and Earl Rollo of Mre, Norway. For a century and a half following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Normandy and England were linked by Norman and Frankish rulers.
1. How many regions were there?
2. How many km does it cover?
3. what percent of france does it make up?
4. how many miles does it cover?
5. How many people live there?
6. What percent of the population is that?
7. What are the people there called?
8. What language is founded there?
9. where is the name comprised from?
10. How is Normandy and England linked?
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answer:
1. 18
2. 30,627
3. Five
4. 11,926
5. 3.37million
6. Five
7. Normans
8. Norman
9. northman
10. two bailiwicks are British Crown dependencies