Question: Utopia is a perfect place. It is a place without war, hunger, poverty, or crime. It is a place where the people work together and share. There is no money in Utopia because the people do not need money. They do not have personal possessions because everything belongs to everyone. All of the people are equal in Utopia, and the laws are all fair.

Utopia is not a new place. Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher, described a perfect society in his famous dialogue The Republic. In Plato's Republic, philosophers were the kings, and every person had a place in the society. In 1516, Sir Thomas More wrote about an island in the Pacific Ocean where everything was perfect. He named the island

" Utopia". In 1602, Tommaso Campanella wrote The City in the Sun about a perfect community on the island of Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) ; and in 1872, Samuel Butler wrote a novel about a perfect country which he named " Erewhon". " Utopia" is a Greek word that means " not a place", and "Erewhon" is the English word " nowhere" spelled backwards.

Utopia is a perfect place, but it is not a real place. Most 'real' Utopias last only a short time. This is because everyone wants to live in it, but no one knows how to make it work. As a result, when we say something is ' Utopia' today, we mean that it is a good idea, but it is not realistic. 1. What is Utopia?
2. Do they have personal belongings?
3. Do they get paid for their work?
4. Is it a real place?
5. What happened in 1602?
6. And in 1872?
7. What is the Greek meaning of the word Utopia?
8. How long do real utopias last?
9. How many men want one?
10. Why can't we? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. It is a place without war, hunger, poverty, or crime. It is a place where the people work together and share.
2. no
3. no
4. no
5. Tommaso Campanella wrote The City in the Sun about a perfect community on the island of Ceylon
6. Samuel Butler wrote a novel about a perfect country which he named " Erewhon".
7. " not a place"
8. only a short time.
9. everyone wants to live there
10. no one knows how to make it work

Question: Years back in a kingdom far away there lived a family in the woods. This family had always lived in the woods. Their father each day would travel into the woods and chop wood to take to the town. The mother spent her day cleaning and taking care of their home and her three children. The dad and his family had a good life. They never wanted for much. The three kids went to school and had many friends in the town. One day there came a nasty storm to the woods. This storm brought a lot of rain and flooded many areas in the city. Many homes were under water. The leader came to the dad and asked him to go out and cut some very large logs to place in the city to keep the water back. The logs would be used to build a wall. The dad took his kids and his wife into the woods and cut down the largest trees they could find. In the end the town was saved because of the wall and for their work the dad and his family were paid and could build a bigger home and had more children. 1. When is it?
2. Where?
3. Specifically?
4. How was the living there?
5. What did the man do?
6. Where did he haul it?
7. What about the woman?
8. How many babies are there?
9. Did they need anything?
10. What did the three do? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Years back
2. in a kingdom far away
3. in the woods
4. always
5. chop wood
6. to the town
7. she cleaned
8. three
9. no
10. went to school

Question: If someone asks you, "What do you usually do with your QQ?'' You may say, "I just chat ." Niu Lianzhong teaches PE in a middle school and he sets up a QQ group. However, his purpose is not to chat or show himself. He doesn't want to do anything for fun, either. He just wants more people to know the QQ group. He hopes to help others and now he saves more than 400 people's lives. We all know there are four blood types-A, B, AB, and O. But in fact, a few people's blood types are very special . Niu is just one of them. Since he sets up his QQ group, more than 100 special-blooded people in China join in it. Now, when a patient or a hospital needs some special blood, they just call Niu for help. And Niu contacts his members of the QQ group quickly. Till now, he has donated his blood for about 20 times. Niu hopes that more people will join his group to help others. 1. how many ;lives had the teacher saved?
2. what's his group called?
3. what is his name?
4. what does he do?
5. what doesn't he do with his qq?
6. how many people in it?
7. how many bood types?
8. what are they?
9. what is he?
10. do you know what?
11. what country is he in?
12. how many times has he given?
13. how do hospitals get the special syuff Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. more than 400
2. QQ group
3. Niu Lianzhong
4. teaches PE in a middle school
5. chat or show himself
6. more than 100
7. four
8. A, B, AB, and O
9. a special blood type
10. unknown
11. China
12. about 20 times
13. they call Niu for help

Question: Plutarch (; , "Ploutarkhos", ; c. AD 46 AD 120), later named, upon becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, () was a Greek biographer and essayist, known primarily for his "Parallel Lives" and "Moralia". He is classified as a Middle Platonist. Plutarch's surviving works were written in Greek, but intended for both Greek and Roman readers.

Plutarch was born to a prominent family in the small town of Chaeronea, about 80km (50 miles) east of Delphi, in the Greek region of Boeotia. His family was wealthy. The name of Plutarch's father has not been preserved, but based on the common Greek custom of repeating a name in alternate generations, it was probably Nikarchus (). The name of Plutarch's grandfather was Lamprias, as he attested in "Moralia" and in his "Life of Antony".

His brothers, Timon and Lamprias, are frequently mentioned in his essays and dialogues, which speak of Timon in particular in the most affectionate terms. Rualdus, in his 1624 work "Life of Plutarchus", recovered the name of Plutarch's wife, Timoxena, from internal evidence afforded by his writings. A letter is still extant, addressed by Plutarch to his wife, bidding her not to grieve too much at the death of their two-year-old daughter, who was named Timoxena after her mother. Interestingly, he hinted at a belief in reincarnation in that letter of consolation. 1. where was Plutarch born?
2. how far from Delphi is that?
3. how many kilometers is that?
4. what year was he born?
5. was he from a wealthy family?
6. how many brothers did he have?
7. were they named Timone and Pumba?
8. what did Plutarch do for a living?
9. who discovered his wife's name?
10. what was her name? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Chaeronea
2. 50 miles
3. 80km
4. AD46
5. Yes
6. Two
7. Yes
8. Greek biographer and essayist
9. Rualdus
10. Timoxena