Q: (CNN) -- Marc Marquez barely held off the legendary Valentino Rossi in a nail-biting conclusion to the opening race of the 2014 MotoGP season in Qatar but judging by his performances this weekend the second race won't be as close.

Marquez, the reigning world champion from Spain, finished well ahead of the pack Saturday in qualifying for the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, setting a record lap time and beating Repsol Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa by 0.289 seconds.

He was the fastest rider in practice yesterday, too.

"All weekend it has been going so well, but Sunday is the most important," Marquez told MotoGP's website. "We will have to push very hard the whole race.

"It will be an important start to the race when the tires are new, we can make a difference there before they start to slide. I'm happy with the base we have and we'll try to fight for the victory. I'm sure we'll be fighting with Pedrosa, he is our strongest rival."

Germany's Stefan Bradl starts third for LCR Honda, while two-time MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo and Rossi, his fellow Yamaha racer, begin fifth and sixth, respectively.

"The progression from the first practice on Friday is very big, we were two seconds behind and now half a second," said Lorenzo. "Anyway, as I thought, it's going to be a hard race tomorrow.

"Our goal is to fight for fourth or third position. I think it would be a good result because here our competitors are really strong so we need to make the best result we can. To finish on the podium would be a good thing."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who barely won in Qatar?
2. Who did he beat?
3. What year?
4. Where is Marquez from?
5. How did he end in Austin?
6. Did he set any records?
7. What?
8. What is the most important day according to an interview he gave?
9. What does he need to do on that day?
10. Who is his strongest competitor?
A: 1. Marc Marquez
2. Valentino Rossi
3. 2014
4. Spain
5. for the Grand Prix of the Americas
6. Yes
7. record lap time
8. Sunday
9. make a difference there before they start to slide
10. Pedrosa

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

There was once a tiny pig who lived on a farm. He was a very cute animal, and he knew it. He liked to stay clean and soft and look as good as he could. When he had to go in the mud, he always wore black rain boots, a black rain hat, and a yellow rain coat. This helped keep the mud off. He didn't want it getting on his soft pink skin.

This tiny pig lived with his aunt, who loved to get dirty. "You shouldn't stay so clean!" she told him. "We're pigs! We love the mud!" But the tiny pig kept wearing his boots, coat, and hat.

One day, all the pigs were standing and eating their lunch. They had corn, oats, apples, and bread, and they all dug in. But the tiny pig wouldn't eat any of it. He had left his bib at home and didn't want to get his clothes dirty. He stood and looked sad as the other pigs ate their fill. They were getting brown mud all over them.

"Come on," said his aunt. "You can get some bread crumbs on yourself. It's okay." But the tiny pig only stood there and looked blue.

Suddenly, a car drove up. The driver was doing too fast and splashed some mud on the tiny pig. The tiny big was sad and mad. But then the people in the car got out.

"Look at how cute that little muddy pig is!" said one.

"He's so cute!" said the other.

"Really?" said the tiny pig.

"Yes!" said his aunt. "For the last time, everybody knows that pigs get muddy!"

So the tiny pig went and dug in to the food with all the other pigs. He ate a big piece of bread. He got crumbs all over himself.

1. What did the tiny pig wear?
2. Why?
3. Why did he want to do that?
4. Who did he live with?
5. Did she try to stay clean too?
6. Why not?
7. Did the little pig ever get dirty?
8. How?
9. Did this bother him?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. his boots, coat, and hat.
2. To stay clean.
3. To look good
4. His aunt.
5. No
6. She loved mud.
7. Yes
8. A car splashed him with mud.
9. Yes

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

One day, a boy named Sam went to the doctor because he fell and hurt his knee. He was riding his green tricycle in the yard when it happened. He played with yellow and red blocks in the waiting room before his visit with the doctor. His mother was sitting in a chair, reading a magazine and talking to other mothers sitting around her. The friendly nurse called Sam from the waiting room to finally visit the doctor. The nurse weighed Sam, measured his height, and asked him questions about the foods he had eaten that day. The nurse also took his temperature to make sure that he did not have a fever. After the nurse left the room, the doctor came in and asked Sam about his knee. Sam told the doctor all about his fall off the tricycle and the doctor wrote a lot of notes down. Doctors write a lot of notes so they can tell people like Sam more about their accidents. The doctor said, "Wow Sam! It sounds like you had quite a fall." The doctor put a bandage on his knee and gave him some medicine to take once he got home. On the way out of the doctor's office, Sam took a purple lollipop to eat on the car ride home. Sam's mom drove him back home, telling him to be careful for the next time that he plays outside. Sam's mom really cared about him and didn't like to see him get hurt.

1. Who went to the doctor?
2. Why?
3. How did he do it?
4. Where?
5. What did he play with in the waiting room?
6. Where was his mother sitting?
7. What was she doing?
8. Anything else?
9. Were the other mothers sitting?
10. Who called him from the waiting room?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Sam
2. he fell and hurt his knee
3. He was riding his green tricycle
4. in the yard
5. yellow and red blocks
6. a chair
7. reading a magazine
8. talking to other mothers
9. around her
10. The friendly nurse