question: Harry is a boy with a learning disability. On his fourth birthday, he was given a pug called Millie. Two weeks after the dog's arrival, he was happier and calmer and said his first words, "dog" and "mummy". Just two months later, thieves stole the dog, and now the heartbroken little boy is back to where he started. He has refused to talk since losing his best friend. His mother was worried and gave him another dog, but he just "pushed it away". Mrs Hainsworth, his mother, says, "My son is very sad. He'll go over to her cage and just beat on the bars. There is no word coming out, but you just know he's screaming 'Where is Millie' inside. Millie was really his best friend. They would play together happily for hours. None of his toys has ever held his attention that long. Now he has just completely turned quiet again. "Harry suffers from a condition which affects his ability to speak and move. But the dog's being with him achieved more in days than months of speech therapy and physiotherapy had. Mrs Hainsworth says, "My son was so happy when he saw Millie. Being with Millie changed him, and within two weeks he had said his first words and was working on saying 'dad'. Just last week, his teachers and I were saying how much Millie had helped him. And now this!" Mrs Hainsworth is considering buying another pug in the hope that her son will accept it. Maureen Hennis of the charity, Pets as Therapy, says she has seen many cases of dogs helping people with speech problems. "People may talk to a dog when they wouldn't like to talk to another human," she says. "A dog doesn't care if words come out wrong."
1. Was something stolen?
2. What or who?
3. What breed?
4. What's the animals name?
5. Who owns him?
6. How did Harry get him?
7. How long did he have the animal?
8. Did the boy learn to talk?
9. What did he say first?
10. Who is his mom?
11. What did she say?
12. Why?
13. Did she get him another animal?
14. What happened?
15. Does the boy go to school?
16. What did his educators point out?
17. What organization was mentioned that might help?
18. Who speaks for them?
19. What does she think?
20. Why?
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answer: 1. yes
2. the dog
3. a pug
4. Millie
5. Harry
6. for his fourth birthday
7. two months
8. es
9. "dog" and "mummy"
10. Mrs Hainsworth
11. My son is very sad.
12. Millie was really his best friend.
13. yes
14. he just "pushed it away"
15. yes
16. how much Millie had helped him
17. Pets as Therapy
18. Maureen Hennis
19. People may talk to a dog when they wouldn't like to talk to another human
20. A dog doesn't care if words come out wrong.

question: There are three photos of my good friends on my desk. In the first photo you can see Jerry. He is a tall and cool boy with short and straight hair. He is the captain of our basketball team. He is very popular. All my classmates like him very much. In the second photo, you can see the boy with glasses. His name is Jack. He is short and a little bit heavy. But he is very smart and funny. He often tells us funny stories and makes us happy. In the third photo, you can see two girls. They are drinking water. The girl on the left is Lucy. She is a beautiful girl from London. She has long blond hair and big eyes. She can sing very well, and she can also speak a little Chinese. The girl on the right is Li Yun. She is a Chinese girl with beautiful black hair. She studies very hard. She says she wants to be a scientist when she grows up.
1. Do the girls have the same color hair?
2. Are they both attractive?
3. Which boy definitely plays a sport?
4. Is he tall?
5. Is the other boy tall?
6. Does Jack have naturally good vision?
7. Is he thin?
8. Are the boys about the same height?
9. Is Li Yun studious?
10. What is her desired future occupation?
11. What gender is Jerry?
12. How about Li Yun?
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answer: 1. No.
2. Yes.
3. Jerry
4. Yes.
5. No
6. No.
7. No
8. No
9. Yes
10. Scientist
11. Male
12. Female

question: Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium cable and satellite television network that is owned by Time Warner through its respective flagship company Home Box Office, Inc. Programming featured on the network consists primarily of theatrically released motion pictures and original television series, along with made-for-cable movies and documentaries, boxing matches, and occasional stand-up comedy and concert specials.

HBO is the oldest and longest continuously operating pay television service (basic or premium) in the United States, having been in operation since November 8, 1972. In 2014, HBO had an adjusted operating income of US$1.79 billion, compared to the US$1.68 billion it accrued in 2013. HBO has 49 million subscribers in the United States and 130 million worldwide as of 2016. The network provides seven 24-hour multiplex channels, including HBO Comedy, HBO Latino, HBO Signature, and HBO Family. It launched the streaming service HBO Now in April 2015 and has over 2 million subscribers in the United States as of February 2017.

As of July 2015, HBO's programming is available to approximately 36,493,000 households with at least one television set (31.3% of all cable, satellite and telco customers) in the United States (36,013,000 subscribers or 30.9% of all households with pay television service receive at least HBO's primary channel), making it the second largest premium channel in the United States (Encore, owned by Starz Inc., reaches 40.54 million pay television households ). In addition to its U.S. subscriber base, HBO distributes content in at least 151 countries, with approximately 130 million subscribers worldwide.
1. What do the letters H, B and O represent?
2. Is it a foreign company?
3. Who owns it?
4. Does it provide audiobooks on demand?
5. Then what sort of stuff?
6. Anything else?
7. Such as?
8. Can people tell jokes on it?
9. About how many places have access to it?
10. How about homes?
11. What percent of the market is that?
12. Is it the biggest in the world?
13. Who is then?
14. How many people subscribe to HBO?
15. When did it begin?
16. What does it cost to run?
17. How much has it made in a single year?
18. Can you give an example of a channel it has?
19. Can you stream it?
20. How many people do that?
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answer:
1. Home Box Office
2. no
3. Time Warner
4. no
5. original television series
6. yes
7. made-for-cable movies and documentaries
8. occasionally
9. 151 countries
10. 36,493,000
11. 31.3% of all cable, satellite and telco customers
12. mno
13. Encore
14. 130 million
15. November 8, 1972
16. unknown
17. $1.79 billion,
18. HBO Comedy
19. yes
20. 2 million