question: McGill University is a public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1821 by royal charter, granted by King George IV of the United Kingdom. The University bears the name of James McGill, a Montreal merchant from Scotland whose bequest in 1813 formed the university's precursor, McGill College.

McGill's main campus is located at Mount Royal in downtown Montreal, with the second campus situated in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, also on the Montreal Island, 30 kilometres (18 miles) west of the main campus. Its academic units are organized into 11 main Faculties and Schools. The University is one of two members of the Association of American Universities located outside the United States, and it is the only Canadian member of the Global University Leaders Forum (GULF), within the World Economic Forum, which is made up of 26 of the world's top universities.

McGill offers degrees and diplomas in over 300 fields of study, with the highest average admission requirements of any Canadian university. Most students are enrolled in the five largest faculties, namely Arts, Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Management.

McGill counts among its alumni 12 Nobel laureates and 142 Rhodes Scholars, both the most in Canada, as well as five astronauts, three Canadian prime ministers, 13 justices of the Canadian Supreme Court, four foreign leaders, 28 foreign ambassadors, nine Academy Award (Oscars) winners, 11 Grammy Award winners, three Pulitzer Prize winners, and 28 Olympic medalists, all of varying nationalities. Throughout its long history, McGill alumni were instrumental in inventing or initially organizing football, basketball, and ice hockey. McGill University or its alumni also founded several major universities and colleges, including the Universities of British Columbia, Victoria, and Alberta, the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Dawson College.
1. Who is James McGill?
2. from where?
3. what came from his legacy?
4. what was it considered?
5. to what?
6. which one?
7. where is it located?
8. when was McGill college formed?
9. when was the University formed?
10. how did it come to be?
11. who was the King?
12. How many campuses are there?
13. where are they?
14. is that downtown?
15. where is the other?
16. how far apart are they?
17. what kind of University is it?
18. how many different programs of study are there?
19. what are the most popular programs?
20. which American assoc. is it affiliated with?
21. are there several international universities that belong?
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answer: 1. a Montreal merchant
2. Scotland
3. McGill College
4. a precursor
5. the university
6. McGill University
7. Montreal, Quebec, Canada
8. in 1813
9. 1821
10. a royal charter granted by the King
11. King George IV
12. Two
13. main campus is located at Mount Royal
14. yes
15. Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
16. 30 kilometres (18 miles)
17. public research
18. over 300
19. Arts, Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Management
20. the Association of American Universities
21. no

question: Beijing (CNN) -- Anyone interested in world affairs, Chinese diplomacy and China's future should know more about Xi Jinping.

Xi (pronounced "shee"), China's vice president, will be visiting the United States this month for meetings at the White House in Washington and will travel to other cities.

"The visit is important to boost his stature at home -- here is the man the U.S. takes seriously, and he can deal with them on our behalf," says Anthony Saich, a China expert at the Harvard Kennedy School. "For the U.S., it provides an opportunity to introduce him to key U.S. politicians and the American public. The same approach was taken with Hu Jintao before he took over."

Xi, 58, is in line to be China's next paramount leader. He is expected to succeed Hu when his second term ends in autumn this year and could rule China for 10 years.

But who is Xi? Some key information about him:

He comes from a clique known as "princelings," sons and daughters of revolutionary veterans. His father, Xi Zhongxun, was a revolutionary hero who was banished during the Cultural Revolution.

When his father was in limbo, Xi spent time as a teenager doing manual labor in China's countryside and went on to become a local party chief.

He holds chemical engineering and law degrees from the prestigious Tsinghua University, the alma mater of Hu and other senior leaders.

He served in the People's Liberation Army as an officer in the General Office Department and assistant to the chief of the policy-making Central Military Commission.
1. who is China's vice president?
2. what will he be doing?
3. visiting who?
4. why is he visiting?
5. where?
6. where is that?
7. is he going anywhere else?
8. where?
9. what will this visit do for him?
10. how will the visit do that?
11. who is his family?
12. what is his name?
13. what did he do?
14. was he is a revolution?
15. what one?
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answer: 1. Xi Jinping
2. be visiting
3. the U.S
4. meetings
5. the White House
6. Washington
7. yes
8. travel to other cities.
9. boost his stature at home
10. here is the man the U.S. takes seriously
11. His father,
12. Xi Zhongxun
13. revolutionary hero
14. yes
15. the Cultural Revolution.

question: There once was a zoo worker named Charlie. He really liked his job that allowed his to meet new people every day and take care of zoo animals. One day, Charlie showed up at the zoo that he worked at and saw that a turtle had escaped! He quickly picked up the radio and told all of the other workers to look out for the missing Turtle named Brian. Because of this, the zoo had to close down for the whole day! They were trying so hard, but still could not find any clue to where the turtle went. Finally, a girl named Samantha went on the radio and said that she found Brian eating lettuce in the Polar Bear cage. She also told everyone that the Polar Bears were protecting Brian! For hours, the zoo team tried to find a way to get Brian out of the cage without getting hurt themselves. Charlie finally had an idea. He was going to take a stuffed turtle from the gift shop, sneak into the cage, put the Polar Bears to sleep for a little bit, and then place the stuffed turtle where Brian was eating his lettuce. Charlie's plan worked, but the Polar Bears woke up and weren't happy! They took the stuffed turtle and ripped it up! Samantha went to find some fish to make them happy again as Charlie told Brian the turtle to never run off again.
1. What escaped?
2. what was he called?
3. what happened because of that?
4. who found him?
5. where did she find him?
6. what was he doing?
7. were the polar bears being mean to him?
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answer:
1. turtle
2. Brian
3. zoo had to close
4. Samantha
5. Polar Bear cage
6. eating lettuce
7. no