Problem: Gdansk (, ; German: "" , ) is a Polish city on the Baltic coast. It is the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland's principal seaport and is also the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.

The city lies on the southern edge of Gdansk Bay (of the Baltic Sea), in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity ("Trojmiasto"), with a population approaching 1.4 million. Gdansk itself has a population of 460,427 (December 2012), making it the largest city in the Pomerania region of Northern Poland.

Gdansk is the capital of Gdansk Pomerania and the largest city of Kashubia. With its origins as a Polish stronghold erected in the 980s by Mieszko I of Poland, the city's history is complex, with periods of Polish rule, periods of Prussian or German rule, and periods of autonomy or self-rule as a "free city". Between the world wars, the Free City of Danzig was in a customs union with Poland and was located between German East Prussia and the so-called Polish Corridor.

Gdansk lies at the mouth of the Motawa River, connected to the Leniwka, a branch in the delta of the nearby Vistula River, which drains 60 percent of Poland and connects Gdansk with the Polish capital, Warsaw. Together with the nearby port of Gdynia, Gdansk is also an important industrial center. In the late Middle Ages it was an important seaport and shipbuilding town, and in the 14th and 15th centuries a member of the Hanseatic League.
1. Which bay is Gdansk on?
2. Which sea is that bay part of?
3. Is Gdansk a capital?
4. Of what?
5. Who was the first ruler?
6. Name one of the countries that has ruled it?
7. And another?
8. And one more?
9. Has it ever been under self-rule?
10. What was it called between the world wars?
11. Is it near a river?
12. Which one?
13. Which is connected to ?
Answer: 1. Gdansk Bay
2. the Baltic Sea
3. Yes
4. Pomeranian Voivodeship
5. Mieszko I
6. Poland
7. German
8. Prussian
9. Yes
10. Danzig
11. Yes
12. the Motawa River
13. the Leniwka

Problem: Palestine, officially the State of Palestine is a "de jure" sovereign state in the Middle East claiming the West Bank (bordering Israel and Jordan) and Gaza Strip (bordering Israel and Egypt) with East Jerusalem as the designated capital although its administrative center is located in Ramallah. Most of the areas claimed by the State of Palestine have been occupied by Israel since 1967 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War. The population is 4,550,368 as of 2014, ranked 123rd in the world.

After World War II, in 1947, the United Nations adopted a Partition Plan for Mandatory Palestine recommending the creation of independent Arab and Jewish states and an internationalized Jerusalem. After the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel, to be known as the State of Israel on 14 May 1948, neighboring Arab armies invaded the former British mandate on the next day and fought the Israeli forces. Later, the All-Palestine Government was established by the Arab League on 22 September 1948 to govern the Egyptian-controlled enclave in Gaza. It was soon recognized by all Arab League members except Transjordan. Though jurisdiction of the Government was declared to cover the whole of the former Mandatory Palestine, its effective jurisdiction was limited to the Gaza Strip. Israel later captured the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria in June 1967 following the Six-Day War.
1. What state is this passage about?
2. What kind of a state is it?
3. Who has occupied most of its areas?
4. Since when?
5. After what war?
6. Where is its center located?
7. What is its population?
8. as of what year?
9. which is worldwide ranked what?
10. What war occurred in 1947?
Answer: 1. Palestine
2. a "de jure" sovereign state
3. Israel
4. 1967
5. the Six-Day War
6. Ramallah
7. 4,550,368
8. 2014
9. 123rd
10. none

Problem: 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?
Answer:
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.