Problem: It was a great day for a picnic and a picnic was a great way to start the summer holiday. Fred brought his classmates John and Betty to a wonderful picnic place. After lunch, John said they should play football. When the ball came to Fred, he kicked it into some long grass. "I'll get it," he said and hurried off to find the ball. Moments later after there was a shout and out came Fred holding his leg. "I've been bitten by a snake!" As the others rushed over to help, Fred laughing. "Ha! I'm not really hurt." But Betty didn't laugh, "I can't believe you did that, Fred. I was really frighten for you." The friends then decided to go for a swim. John and Betty jumped into the water. Fred was standing on a long rock by the riverbank and said, "Watch and jump" They shouted excitedly as he went under the water, but as the seconds passed he didn't come back to the top. The friends became worried. Suddenly they heard Fred's laugh. "Won't you ever learn? I swam behind this tree when I jumped." "Very funny, Fred?" said John angrily. "Anyway, I'm feeling tired and I'm going for a sleep." Betty joined him. Fred, however, moved to a narrow part of the river and jumped in. Although he was a good swimmer, the water there was moving much faster and Fred found himself being _ away. He managed to catch hold of a tree, but he was very tired now and with the water still moving fast, couldn't pull himself out. Back at the picnic place, as Betty and John were preparing to sleep, they heard Fred's cries for help. John looked at Betty and said, "Does he really think we're so foolish? Wake me up in an hour. It'll be time to go back home then."
1. What did John want to play?
2. Who was he playing with?
3. Who else was there?
4. Who was the prankster of the group?
5. Was he attacked by a serpent?
6. Did he think it was a funny joke?
7. Who didn't agree?
8. What season was it?
9. Did they go swimming?
10. Where?
11. Was the current fast or slow?
12. Who cried for help?
13. What was he holding onto?
14. Did his friends believe him?
15. Where were they?
16. What did they make plans to do?
Answer: 1. Football.
2. Fred
3. Betty
4. Fred
5. no.
6. yes he did.
7. Betty.
8. Summer.
9. Yes.
10. The river.
11. fast.
12. Fred.
13. a tree
14. No.
15. The picnic place.
16. to sleep.

Problem: Jack was a carpenter . He was living in a village. His mother died a long time ago. His aged father, Ken, lived with him. Ken could not even walk well. He was so weak. It was because Jack did not give him enough food. He only gave his father a small bowl made from earth. Even a little rice in the bowl appeared to be much. Jack had a son. His name is Mike. He was a very good boy. He loved his grandfather. He had great respect for the old man. He did not like his father's _ to his grandfather. One day Ken was eating his food out of the earthen bowl. The bowl fell down and broke into pieces. The food also fell on the floor. Jack saw the broken bowl. He was very angry with his father. The old man felt bad about what happened. He was sorry for his mistake. Mike saw this. He did not like what his father did, but he was afraid to speak against his father. The next day, Mike took some of his father's tools and a piece of wood. He worked with the tools to make a wooden bowl. His father saw him working. "What are you making, Mike?"he asked. "I am making a wooden bowl! "replied Mike. "I am making it for you, father. When you grow old, like my grandfather, you will need a bowl for food. A bowl made from earth may break very easily. So I want to give you a wooden bowl" After hearing this, Jack felt sorry and regretted having treated his father badly.
1. What was Mike making?
2. Who for?
3. what was the father's name?
4. Whar relation to Jack was Ken?
5. Was jack's mother still alive?
6. What did Jack make a bowl out of?
7. What happened to Ken's bowl?
8. how?
9. Was it empty at the time?
10. What was in it?
11. How did ken feel about dropping the bowl?
12. anything else?
13. Did Mike approve of how the old man was treated?
14. Did he say anything?
15. why not?
16. what did he do instead?
17. for who?
18. why?
19. How did did his dad feel?
20. did he treat his own dad well in the past?
Answer: 1. a wooden bowl!
2. father
3. Jack
4. His father
5. No
6. wood
7. It broke.
8. The bowl fell down.
9. No
10. food
11. bad
12. sorry
13. No
14. No
15. he was afraid
16. He made a wooden bowl.
17. His father
18. He will need a bowl for food.
19. sorry
20. No

Problem: (CNN) -- Here's what Katie Roche expected when she went into the hospital for spine surgery: two titanium rods, a bone graft, 17 screws in her vertebrae, eight hours in the operating room, and a week's stay in the hospital to recover.

Here's what she didn't expect on top of all that: sharing a hospital room with a feverish 6-year-old and contracting a nasty bacterial infection her mother says nearly killed her.

"She got so weak she couldn't even get out of bed to go to the bathroom -- I had to carry her," says her mother, Kathleen Roche. "For about 48 hours, I didn't think we'd have Katie with us much longer."

Because of the infection she picked up at the hospital, Katie, who was 19 at the time, dropped from 120 to 90 pounds.

The bacterium that made her so sick is called Clostridium difficile, and according to a study out this week, it's more common than ever among hospitalized children in the United States, and children who get it are more likely to die or require surgery.

The study found Clostridium difficile infections in hospitalized children went up 15% per year from 1997, when there were 3,565 infections, to 2006, when there were 7,779 infections.

The study looked at 10.5 million pediatric patients from 1997 to 2006, of whom 21,274, or 0.2%, had C. diff, as the bacteria are commonly called. The study was published this week in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.

"This is huge, and really concerning," says Dr. Peter Pronovost, director of the Quality and Safety research group at Johns Hopkins University. What's really disturbing, he says, is that these children didn't have to get sick.
1. Who was undergoing a surgery?
2. What surgery was she going to do?
3. Who did she share her room with?
4. What did she contract from him?
5. How much weight did she lose?
6. Did she become very weak?
7. Did the mother think she wouldn't live longer?
8. What was the bacteria's name?
9. Children who get this are likely to die?
10. Which doctor suggested that this infection is worrisome?
11. From what university?
Answer:
1. Katie Roche
2. spine surgery:
3. 6-year-old
4. bacterial infection
5. 30 pounds
6. yes
7. no
8. Clostridium difficile
9. yes
10. Dr. Peter Pronovos
11. Johns Hopkins