Q: CHAPTER XIX

AN INCIDENT

"Eleven o'clock," said Crocker, as they went out of college. "I don't feel sleepy; shall we stroll along the 'High' a bit?"

Shelton assented; he was too busy thinking of his encounter with the dons to heed the soreness of his feet. This, too, was the last day of his travels, for he had not altered his intention of waiting at Oxford till July.

"We call this place the heart of knowledge," he said, passing a great building that presided, white and silent, over darkness; "it seems to me as little that, as Society is the heart of true gentility."

Crocker's answer was a grunt; he was looking at the stars, calculating possibly in how long he could walk to heaven.

"No," proceeded Shelton; "we've too much common-sense up here to strain our minds. We know when it's time to stop. We pile up news of Papias and all the verbs in 'ui' but as for news of life or of oneself! Real seekers after knowledge are a different sort. They fight in the dark--no quarter given. We don't grow that sort up here."

"How jolly the limes smell!" said Crocker.

He had halted opposite a garden, and taken hold of Shelton by a button of his coat. His eyes, like a dog's, stared wistfully. It seemed as though he wished to speak, but feared to give offence.

"They tell you," pursued Shelton, "that we learn to be gentlemen up here. We learn that better through one incident that stirs our hearts than we learn it here in all the time we're up."

Answer the following questions:
1. how did the limes smell?
2. who said so?
3. did he halt across for something?
4. what?
5. was someone with him?
6. who?
7. did he grab shelton?
8. by the arm?
9. what did he grab?
10. on his shirt?
11. where?
12. what time was it?
13. were they leaving somewhere?
14. where?
15. was crocker tired?
16. who was staying somewhere until July?
17. where was he staying?
18. who grunted?
19. what was he doing after he grunted?
A: 1. jolly
2. Crocker.
3. Yes
4. a garden,
5. Yes
6. Shelton
7. Yes
8. No
9. a button
10. No
11. his coat
12. Eleven o'clock
13. Yes
14. the college
15. No
16. Shelton
17. Oxford
18. Crocker
19. looking at the stars
Q: The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisers, as in "The White House announced that...".

The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the Neoclassical style. Construction took place between 1792 and 1800 using Aquia Creek sandstone painted white. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) added low colonnades on each wing that concealed stables and storage. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed Executive Residence in October 1817. Exterior construction continued with the addition of the semi-circular South portico in 1824 and the North portico in 1829.

Because of crowding within the executive mansion itself, President Theodore Roosevelt had all work offices relocated to the newly constructed West Wing in 1901. Eight years later in 1909, President William Howard Taft expanded the West Wing and created the first Oval Office, which was eventually moved as the section was expanded. In the main mansion, the third-floor attic was converted to living quarters in 1927 by augmenting the existing hip roof with long shed dormers. A newly constructed East Wing was used as a reception area for social events; Jefferson's colonnades connected the new wings. East Wing alterations were completed in 1946, creating additional office space. By 1948, the house's load-bearing exterior walls and internal wood beams were found to be close to failure. Under Harry S. Truman, the interior rooms were completely dismantled and a new internal load-bearing steel frame constructed inside the walls. Once this work was completed, the interior rooms were rebuilt.

Answer the following questions:
1. When did James Monroe move in?
2. Was there still construction going then?
3. What is the white house?
4. for?
5. Who relocated all offices?
6. To where?
7. when?
8. why?
9. When was the west wing expanded?
10. Who expanded it?
11. Did he create anything?
12. Who set it ablaze?
13. What was destroyed?
14. What happened to the exterior?
15. Where is the white house located?
16. What was converted to a living space in 1927?
17. How was this done?
18. with what?
19. What did Truman do?
A: 1. October 1817
2. Yes
3. Executive ResidenNoce
4. President James Monroe
5. President Theodore Roosevelt
6. West Wing
7. 1901
8. crowding within the executive mansion
9. 1909
10. President William Howard Taft
11. he first Oval Office
12. British Army
13. the interior
14. It was charred.
15. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington DC
16. the third-floor attic
17. augmenting the existing hip roof
18. long shed dormers
19. nterior rooms were completely dismantled
Q: Mongolia (Mongolian: in Mongolian Cyrillic; in Mongolian script; in Mongolian Latin script; literally: Mongol State) is a landlocked unitary sovereign state in East Asia. Its area is roughly equivalent with the historical territory of Outer Mongolia, and that term is sometimes used to refer to the Mongolian People's Republic. It is located between China to the south and Russia to the north. While it does not share a border with Kazakhstan, Mongolia is separated from it by only .

At , Mongolia is the 18th largest country in the world by land mass and has a population of around three million people. It is also the world's second-largest landlocked country behind Kazakhstan and the largest landlocked country that does not border a closed sea. The country contains very little arable land, as much of its area is covered by grassy steppe, with mountains to the north and west and the Gobi Desert to the south. Ulaanbaatar, the capital and largest city, is home to about 40%-45% of the country's population.

Horse culture is still integral. The majority of its population are Buddhists. The non-religious population is the second largest group. Islam is the dominant religion among ethnic Kazakhs. The majority of the state's citizens are of Mongol/Mongolian ethnicity, although Kazakhs, Tuvans, and other minorities also live in the country, especially in the west. Mongolia joined the World Trade Organization in 1997 and seeks to expand in its participation for regional economic and trade groups.

Answer the following questions:
1. Is Mongolia sovereign?
2. What is the majority religion?
3. What part of the world is it in?
4. Is it surrounded by water?
5. What other names is it called?
6. What country is to its south?
7. To its north?
8. Does it share a border with Kazakhstan?
9. What is the capital city?
10. Name one type of land in the country?
11. And another?
12. And another?
13. What famous Desert is there?
14. What does the article say about horse culture?
15. What is its population?
16. Name one ethnicity found there?
17. And another?
18. And another?
19. When did it join the World Trade Organization?
20. Which religion are the ethnic Kazakhs?
A:
1. yes
2. Buddhists
3. East Asia
4. no
5. Mongolian People's Republic
6. China
7. Russia
8. no
9. Ulaanbaatar
10. grassy steppe
11. arable land
12. mountains
13. Gobi Desert
14. Horse culture is still integral
15. around three million
16. Kazakh
17. Mongol
18. Tuvans
19. 1997
20. Islam