question: Every evening at six o'clock an old man goes to a restaurant near his house. He eats dinner. After dinner, he drinks coffee and talks to the people at the restaurant. The old man's name is Bill. Bill eats at the restaurant every evening because he is lonely. His wife died and he has no children. Every evening the same waitress brings Bill to his dinner. Her name is Cara. She is 17 years old. Cara is kind to Bill. She knows he is lonely, so she talks to him. If Bill is late for dinner, she calls him on the telephone. "Are you OK?" she asks him. One evening Bill doesn't come to the restaurant. Cara calls him, but he doesn't answer the phone. Cara calls the police. "Please go to Bill's house." Cara tells the police. Later the police call Cara at the restaurant. "Bill died in his sleep," the police tell her. Bill was 82 years old. A week later, a man comes to the restaurant. "I have something for Cara," the man says. The man gives Cara a check for $500000. The money is from Bill. "This money is for me? From Bill?" Cara asks the man. "Yes," the man answers. "But...why?" Cara asks the man. "Bill liked you," the man says. "You were kind to him"
1. Where does Bill go to eat dinner every night?
2. at what time?
3. What is the name of the waitress that serves Bill every day?
4. Is she nice to Bill?
5. What does she do if he is late for dinner?
6. Is she close to Bill's age?
7. How old is she?
8. What did she do when Bill did not answer the phone one night?
9. What did she tell them to do?
10. How long after Bill died did a man go to visit Cara at her work?
11. Did he give her a check?
12. Who was it from?
13. What happened to Bill?
14. How old was he?
15. Did he have children?
16. Why did Bill leave money to Cara?
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answer: 1. restaurant near his house
2. six o'clock
3. Cara
4. Yes
5. she calls him on the telephone
6. No
7. 17 years old
8. Cara calls the police
9. Please go to Bill's house
10. A week later
11. Yes
12. The money is from Bill
13. Bill died in his sleep
14. 82 years old
15. he has no children
16. You were kind to him

question: (CNN) -- Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso will battle it out for the Formula One title at the final race in Brazil after Lewis Hamilton's victory in Texas ensured the German must wait for his third successive championship crown.

Hamilton secured back-to-back victories at the United States Grand Prix in front of a capacity crowd of 135,000, overtaking Red Bull's Vettel on lap 42 of 56 in Austin and relegating the 25-year-old to second in his 100th F1 race.

Alonso kept his title dream alive by finishing third, and gained a controversial place on the grid before the race after teammate Felipe Massa broke the seal on his Ferrari's gearbox and took a five place penalty.

It all points towards a dramatic climax in Sao Paulo, where Vettel will defend a 13-point lead over his Spanish rival, needing to finish fourth or higher to retain the world championship.

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The race marked a triumphant return to the United States for Formula One after an absence of five years, with drivers and pundits impressed with the show put on at the newly built Circuit of the Americas.

Though he didn't clinch the drivers' championship crown, Vettel's performance did ensure Red Bull won the constructors' championship for the third time in a row.

But the German, who was heard to be angry on the team radio after Hamilton passed him, blamed Force India backmarker Narain Karthikeyan for slowing him down at a critical moment of the race.

"I wasn't too happy to send a nice big invitation to Lewis when I had to go through Karthikeyan," he said.
1. who drives for red bull?
2. who won in United States?
3. Was there a large audience?
4. jpw nog?
5. how big was the crowd?
6. who is hamilton not happy with?
7. why?
8. did red bull win anything?
9. what?
10. did Vettel get the championship crown?
11. what position did he finish at?
12. where is he driving next?
13. how old is Vettel?
14. what kind of race is being discussed?
15. has it been regular in the U.S?
16. How long has it been away?
17. is Hamilton going to Brazil?
18. who else is going?
19. What position was Fernando?
20. what happened to his team mates car?
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answer: 1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. yes
4. unknown
5. 135,000
6. Force India backmarker Narain Karthikeyan
7. slowing him down
8. yes
9. constructors' championship
10. no
11. second
12. Sao Paulo
13. 25
14. Formula One
15. No
16. five years
17. yes
18. Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso
19. third
20. broke the seal on his gearbox

question: The term Carnival is traditionally used in areas with a large Catholic presence. However, the Philippines, a predominantly Roman Catholic country, does not celebrate Carnival anymore since the dissolution of the Manila Carnival after 1939, the last carnival in the country. In historically Lutheran countries, the celebration is known as Fastelavn, and in areas with a high concentration of Anglicans and Methodists, pre-Lenten celebrations, along with penitential observances, occur on Shrove Tuesday. In Eastern Orthodox nations, Maslenitsa is celebrated during the last week before Great Lent. In German-speaking Europe and the Netherlands, the Carnival season traditionally opens on 11/11 (often at 11:11 a.m.). This dates back to celebrations before the Advent season or with harvest celebrations of St. Martin's Day.

Traditionally a carnival feast was the last opportunity to eat well before the time of food shortage at the end of the winter during which one was limited to the minimum necessary. On what nowadays is called vastenavond (the days before fasting) all the remaining winter stores of lard, butter and meat which were left would be eaten, for it would soon start to rot and decay. The selected livestock had in fact already been slaughtered in November and the meat would be no longer preservable. All the food that had survived the winter had to be eaten to assure that everyone was fed enough to survive until the coming spring would provide new food sources.
1. What is a carnival feast?
2. Why would they need to do this?
3. when is there likely to be a shortage?
4. what is vastenavond
5. what types of foods were consumed
6. Which countries celebrate Carnival
7. Do the Phillipines celebrate?
8. When did they stop?
9. What was the last carnival there called?
10. What do Lutheran countries call it?
11. what is Shrove Tuesday?
12. When does the carnival season traditionally start?
13. What does it coincide with?
14. How did they get meat?
15. When did they do that?
16. Why did they have to eat it quickly?
17. When would they get abundant food sources again?
18. Where is the term Carnival most recognized from?
19. Was the Phillipines Catholic
20. What time do people generally start celebrating Carnival
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answer:
1. an opportunity to eat well
2. before a food shortage
3. the end of the winter
4. the days before fasting
5. lard, butter and meat
6. Eastern Orthodox nations
7. no
8. after 1939
9. Manila Carnival
10. Fastelavn
11. unknown
12. on 11/11
13. harvest celebrations
14. slaughtered livestock
15. in November
16. it would rot
17. spring
18. areas with a large Catholic presence
19. yes
20. at 11:11 a.m.