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CHAPTER XXXIII

From Titherington, the aviator, in his Devonshire home, from a millionaire amateur flier among the orange-groves at Pasadena, from his carpenter father in Joralemon, and from Gertie in New York, Carl had invitations for Christmas, but none that he could accept. VanZile had said, pleasantly, "Going out to the country for Christmas?"

"Yes," Cal had lied.

Again he saw himself as the Dethroned Prince, and remembered that one year ago, sailing for South America to fly with Tony Bean, he had been the lion at a Christmas party on shipboard, while Martin Dockerill, his mechanic, had been a friendly slave.

He spent most of Christmas Eve alone in his room, turning over old letters, and aviation magazines with pictures of Hawk Ericson, wondering whether he might not go back to that lost world. Josiah Bagby, Jr., son of the eccentric doctor at whose school Carl had learned to fly, was experimenting with hydroaeroplanes and with bomb-dropping devices at Palm Beach, and imploring Carl, as the steadiest pilot in America, to join him. The dully noiseless room echoed the music of a steady motor carrying him out over a blue bay. Carl's own answer to the tempter vision was: "Rats! I can't very well leave the Touricar now, and I don't know as I've got my flying nerve back yet. Besides, Ruth----"

Always he thought of Ruth, uneasy with the desire to be out dancing, laughing, playing with her. He was tormented by a question he had been threshing out for days: Might he permissibly have sent her a Christmas present?
1. What was the aviator's name?
2. Where was he from?
3. And where did he live now?
4. Where did he sail to a while ago?
5. How long ago?
6. For what purpose?
7. Was he poor?
8. Who was always on his mind?
9. What did he want to do with her?
10. What did he wonder if he could have given her?
11. Did he have anyone to spend Christmas Eve with?
12. Where did he learn to fly?
13. Did that person have a son?
14. What was he called?
15. What was he testing?
16. At what location?
17. What did he want Carl to do?
18. What was Carl invited to?
19. Could he go?

Numbered answers:
1. Carl
2. Titherington
3. Devonshire
4. South America
5. one year ago
6. to fly with Tony Bean
7. no
8. Ruth
9. dance, laugh and play
10. a Christmas present
11. no
12. the doctor's school
13. yes
14. Josiah Bagby, Jr
15. hydroaeroplanes and with bomb-dropping devices
16. at Palm Beach,
17. join him
18. Christmas
19. no

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Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite. Marble may be foliated. Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however, stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone. Marble is commonly used for sculpture and as a building material.

The word "marble" derives from the Ancient Greek , from , "crystalline rock, shining stone", perhaps from the verb , "to flash, sparkle, gleam"; R. S. P. Beekes has suggested that a "Pre-Greek origin is probable."

This stem is also the basis for the English word "marmoreal", meaning "marble-like." While the English term resembles the French ', most other European languages follow the original Greeksee Persian and Irish ', Spanish ', Italian ', Portuguese ', Welsh, Slovene, German, Norwegian, Danish and Swedish ', Finnish "marmori," Romanian ', Polish ', Dutch ', Turkish '," "Czech ', and Russian ). In Hungarian it is called '.

Marble is a rock resulting from metamorphism of sedimentary carbonate rocks, most commonly limestone or dolomite rock. Metamorphism causes variable recrystallization of the original carbonate mineral grains. The resulting marble rock is typically composed of an interlocking mosaic of carbonate crystals. Primary sedimentary textures and structures of the original carbonate rock (protolith) have typically been modified or destroyed.
1. what language is marble from?
2. what is it?
3. what is it made of?
4. are any of those listed?
5. how many?
6. what are they?
7. what type of scientists are mentioned in the article?
8. how do they use the word?
9. how many common uses are listed?
10. what are they?
11. does something in the article change?
12. what?
13. such as?
14. what do they change into?
15. does the change cause something?
16. what?
17. of what?
18. what is the result of the change made of?
19. does marble have thin sheets?
20. how would a stonemason describe it?

Numbered answers:
1. Ancient Greek
2. a metamorphic rock
3. recrystallized carbonate minerals
4. Yes
5. Two
6. calcite and dolomite
7. Geologists
8. to refer to metamorphosed limestone
9. Two
10. sculpture and as a building material.
11. Yes
12. sedimentary carbonate rocks
13. limestone and dolomite rock
14. Marble
15. Yes
16. variable recrystallization
17. the original carbonate mineral grains
18. an interlocking mosaic of carbonate crystals
19. it can
20. unmetamorphosed limestone

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(CNN) -- Prepare to meet the young apprentices to China's Masters sensation Guan Tianlang.

The 14-year-old stunned the golfing world when he made the halfway cut as the youngest player to enter the prestigious major, finishing as Augusta's leading amateur.

But Guan is likely to be just the start as China prepares to unveil its next crop of golfing prodigies at this week's China Open in Tianjin.

China's brat pack is led by 12-year-old Ye Wocheng, who tees off as the youngest player in the history of the European Tour on Thursday.

Alongside him will be15-year-old Bai Zhengkai, who earned his place in the field after winning the China Junior Match Play Championship, as well as qualifier Dou Zecheng, a relative old-timer at 16 years of age.

That trio will all be hoping to follow the headline-grabbing example set by Guan at last month's Masters.

"We're always all helping each other out, and turning to one another for advice," explained Ye, who at 12 years and 242 days will beat the record for the youngest competitor at the China Open set by Guan last year.

"I think the main reason for the success of young Chinese players is that we pick up the game at an early age, and we practice really hard. Hopefully that practice can pay off this week."

The Chinese youngsters will be up against the likes of Europe's Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley and Scotland's Ryder Cup player Paul Lawrie at the Binhai Lake course, but if Ye finds that youth is not quite a match for experience he has a secret weapon to hand.
1. Who is the golf player that the article is about?
2. How old is he?
3. What did he do that shocked the world of golf?
4. How did he finish the tournament?
5. Who is the youngest person mentioned in the article?
6. How old is he?
7. What distinction has he achieved?
8. Who is the oldest person mentioned in the article?
9. How old is he?
10. Does the story mention any other Chinese golfers?
11. Who?
12. How old is he?
13. What did he win?
14. Where is the China Open being held?
15. Who did Ye eclipse to set the record for youngest competitor?
16. When was that previous record set?
17. What is an explanation for why young Chinese golfers succeed?
18. Who are the Chinese golfers competing against?
19. At what course?
20. What is Ye's "secret weapon?"
Numbered answers:
1. Guan Tianlang
2. 14
3. youngest player to enter the prestigious major
4. as Augusta's leading amateur
5. Ye Wocheng
6. 12
7. youngest player in the history of the European Tour
8. Dou Zecheng
9. 16
10. yes
11. Bai Zhengkai
12. 15
13. China Junior Match Play Championship
14. Tianjin
15. unknown
16. last year
17. pick up the game at an early age and we practice really hard
18. Paul McGinley and Paul Lawrie
19. Binhai Lake course
20. The Chinese youngsters will be up against the likes of Europe's Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley and Scotland's Ryder Cup player Paul Lawrie at the Binhai Lake course, but if Ye finds that youth is not quite a match for experience he has a secret weapon to han