Question: There are two mice. They are called Bill and Paul. They are good friends. One mouse lives in the country; the other mouse lives in the city. On a sunny day they meet in the street. Paul: Hi, Bill! Have a look at my house in the country. I'm sure you can enjoy yourself. Bill: I'd love to. But I hear that the food is not delicious, and your house is not good. Is it so? Paul: No, that's not true. Go and see! Then Bill goes to the countryside with Paul. Bill: Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have better food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city. Paul: Thanks! Maybe you are right. I'll visit your house one day. _ days later Paul goes to Bill's house in the city. The house is big and beautiful. They are sitting in the sitting-room, having a big dinner comfortably. Suddenly, there a great noise. Bill: Run! Run! The cat is coming! Paul: Oh, no! It's terrible! Both the house and the food are nice, but I do not like living in the city. I enjoy living in my hole in the field, for it is nice to be poor but happy than to be rich but afraid. 1. What are the names of the mice?
2. Who lives in a field?
3. Where does Bill live?
4. Are they enemies?
5. Where did they see each other?
6. Where was the feline at?
7. What doesn't taste good?
8. Was the meal small?
9. What did Bill scream?
10. Is the city scary? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Bill and Paul
2. Paul.
3. In the city.
4. No.
5. In the street.
6. In the city.
7. The food.
8. No.
9. Run! Run! The cat is coming!
10. Yes.

Question: CHAPTER XIII

The first few seconds after the entrance of the two men were monopolised by the greetings of Pamela with her brother. Fischer stood a little in the background, his eyes fixed upon Lutchester. His brain was used to emergencies, but he found himself here confronted by an unanswerable problem.

"Say, this is Mr. Lutchester, isn't it?" he inquired, holding out his hand.

"The same," Lutchester assented politely. "We met at Henry's some ten days ago, didn't we?"

"Mr. Lutchester has brought us a letter from Dicky Green, Jimmy," Pamela explained, as she withdrew from her brother's arms. "Quite unnecessary, as it happens, because I met him in London just before we sailed."

"Very glad to meet you, Mr. Lutchester," Jimmy declared, wringing his hand with American cordiality. "Dicky's an old pal of mine--one of the best. We graduated in the same year from Harvard."

Conversation for a few minutes was platitudinous. Van Teyl, although he showed few signs of his recent excesses, was noisy and boisterous, clutching at this brief escape from a situation which he dreaded. Fischer on the other hand, remained in the back-ground, ominously silent, thinking rapidly, speculating and theorising as to the coincidence, if it were coincidence, of finding Lutchester and Pamela together. He listened to the former's polite conversation, never once letting his eyes wander from his face. All his thoughts were concentrated upon one problem. The mysterious escape of Sandy Graham, which had sent him flying from the country, remained unsolved. Of Pamela's share in it he had already his suspicions. Was it possible that Lutchester was the other and the central figure in that remarkable rescue? He waited his opportunity, and, during a momentary lull in the cheerful conversation, broke in with his first question. 1. Who was Pamela with?
2. How many men did they greet?
3. Had Fischer met Mr. Lutchester before?
4. Where?
5. And when was that?
6. What did Lutchester have for Pamela and her brother?
7. From whom?
8. Was that exciting for Pamela?
9. Had Pamela recently met Dicky?
10. Where?
11. Did Jimmy go to an Ivy League college?
12. Did he have a good friend there?
13. Is Fischer talking a lot at the gathering? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. her brother
2. two
3. indeed
4. at Henry's
5. about ten days ago
6. a letter
7. Dicky Green
8. unknown
9. yes
10. in London
11. yes,Harvard
12. Dicky
13. some

Question: Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an organization led by Annan, the former United Nations secretary general.

The report, to be released Friday, analyzed data and existing studies of health, disaster, population and economic trends. It found that human-influenced climate change was raising the global death rates from illnesses including malnutrition and heat-related health problems.

But even before its release, the report drew criticism from some experts on climate and risk, who questioned its methods and conclusions.

Along with the deaths, the report said that the lives of 325 million people, primarily in poor countries, were being seriously affected by climate change. It projected that the number would double by 2030.

Roger Pielke Jr., a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum's report was "a methodological embarrassment" because there was no way to distinguish deaths or economic losses related to human-driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable regions. Dr. Pielke said that "climate change is an important problem requiring our utmost attention." But the report, he said, "will harm the cause for action on both climate change and disasters because it is so deeply flawed ."

However, Soren Andreasen, a social scientist at Dalberg Global Development Partners who supervised the writing of the report, defended it, saying that it was clear that the numbers were rough estimates. He said the report was aimed at world leaders, who will meet in Copenhagen in December to negotiate a new international climate treaty.

In a press release describing the report, Mr. Annan stressed the need for the negotiations to focus on increasing the flow of money from rich to poor regions to help reduce their vulnerability to climate hazards while still curbing the emissions of the heat-trapping gases. More than 90% of the human and economic losses from climate change are occurring in poor countries, according to the report. 1. What is causing a lot of death?
2. How much is lost in money?
3. What group tracks this?
4. Is this human influenced?
5. How many other people does it affect?
6. When will this number go up?
7. Is there agreement on the research?
8. Who think's the research is bogus?
9. Who stood up for it?
10. Where are most of the losses happening? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Global warming
2. $125 billion
3. Global Humanitarian Forum
4. human-influenced climate change was raising the global death rates
5. 325 million
6. 2030
7. no
8. Roger Pielke Jr.
9. Soren Andreasen
10. poor countries