Q: CHAPTER VII. THE HOUSE IN SOHO

WHITTINGTON and his companion were walking at a good pace. Tommy started in pursuit at once, and was in time to see them turn the corner of the street. His vigorous strides soon enabled him to gain upon them, and by the time he, in his turn, reached the corner the distance between them was sensibly lessened. The small Mayfair streets were comparatively deserted, and he judged it wise to content himself with keeping them in sight.

The sport was a new one to him. Though familiar with the technicalities from a course of novel reading, he had never before attempted to "follow" anyone, and it appeared to him at once that, in actual practice, the proceeding was fraught with difficulties. Supposing, for instance, that they should suddenly hail a taxi? In books, you simply leapt into another, promised the driver a sovereign--or its modern equivalent--and there you were. In actual fact, Tommy foresaw that it was extremely likely there would be no second taxi. Therefore he would have to run. What happened in actual fact to a young man who ran incessantly and persistently through the London streets? In a main road he might hope to create the illusion that he was merely running for a bus. But in these obscure aristocratic byways he could not but feel that an officious policeman might stop him to explain matters.

At this juncture in his thoughts a taxi with flag erect turned the corner of the street ahead. Tommy held his breath. Would they hail it?

1. Tommy
2. sport
3. WHITTINGTON
4. his companion
5. Mayfair streets
6. no
7. small
8. London
9. there would be no second taxi
10. Tommy
11. leapt into another

Numbered questions:
1. who held thier breath ?
2. what was a new one to them ?
3. who was walking at a norman speed ?
4. and who else ?
5. what was deserted ?
6. were they large ?
7. what size ?
8. what streets were someone persistently running ?
9. why did he have to run ?
10. who thought this ?
11. what did they do in books ?

Q: I'm Lucy. I'm 14 years old. I come to China this year. Now I'm in Beijing International Middle School. I like animals . I think they're my good friends. When I go to school this morning, I meet a man with a cage . Five birds are in it . " How do you get these birds?" I ask . " I give them some food . When they come to eat it , I get them ." The man says . " They are too poor . Why do you get them ?" I ask the man . " It's very interesting !" The man says . " I need to do something ." I think . I want to help the birds . " Can I buy them ?" I ask . " Well ," he says , "Give me 50 yuan and your jacket ." I don't want to give my jacket to him because I like it very much . But for these birds I do it . The man gives me the cage. Then I let the birds fly out of the cage . I am happy to do that .

1. 14 years old.
2. China
3. Beijing International Middle School.
4. A man with a cage .
5. Five birds
6. Asked him how he got the birds.
7. Buy them.
8. 50 yuan and her jacket .
9. Yes.
10. Let the birds fly out of the cage
11. No.
12. No.

Numbered questions:
1. How old is Lucy?
2. Where is she?
3. Where does she go to school?
4. What did she see on the way to school?
5. What was in the cage?
6. What did she do then?
7. What did she want to do ?
8. For how much?
9. Did she buy them?
10. Then what did she do?
11. Was she sad?
12. Did she want to lose her jacket?

Q: Louisville, Kentucky (CNN) -- A secret audio recording of their biggest election year target -- Sen. Mitch McConnell -- talking to a donor summit arranged by the Koch brothers, the Democrats' 2014 bogeymen.

Democrats pushed "The Nation" story around online with frenetic glee.

McConnell's Democratic challenger for his Kentucky seat, Alison Lundergan Grimes, couldn't wait to whack him on it, telling CNN in an exclusive interview that "Mitch McConnell got caught in his 47% Mitt Romney moment."

"I think it shows the extent and the lengths he will go to to pander to his party millionaires and billionaires at the expense of hurting Kentuckians," Grimes told CNN.

The problem with the Democrats' argument is that Romney's 47% moment was only a moment because he was saying to donors in private something he would never have dared to utter in public:

"Forty-seven percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it. That that's an entitlement," Romney said behind closed doors about President Obama's supporters in 2012.

But unlike Romney, what McConnell said to the Koch brothers are things he has said in public, and more importantly, his comments mirror positions he has publicly backed with actual Senate votes: opposition to Democrats' plans to increase the minimum wage, extend unemployment insurance and make student loans more affordable through the tax system.

1. republican
2. Alison Lundergan Grimes
3. Kentucky
4. his seat
5. Democrat
6. pandering

Numbered questions:
1. What party is McConnell part of?
2. Who is running against him?
3. What state are they from?
4. What does she want to take from him?
5. What party does she belong to?
6. What is she saying McConnell was caught in?