Q: Telecommuncations in the United Kingdom have evolved from the early days of the telegraph to modern broadband and mobile phone networks with Internet services.

National Telephone Company (NTC) was a British telephone company from 1881 until 1911 which brought together smaller local companies in the early years of the telephone. Under the Telephone Transfer Act 1911 it was taken over by the General Post Office (GPO) in 1912.

Until 1982, the main civil telecommunications system in the UK was a state monopoly known (since reorganisation in 1969) as Post Office Telecommunications. Broadcasting of radio and television was a duopoly of the BBC and Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA): these two organisations controlled all broadcast services, and directly owned and operated the broadcast transmitter sites. Mobile phone and Internet services did not then exist. The civil telecoms monopoly ended when Mercury Communications arrived in 1983. The Post Office system evolved into British Telecom and was privatised in 1984. Broadcast transmitters, which belonged to the BBC and IBA, were privatised during the 1990s and now belong to Babcock International and Arqiva.

British Rail Telecommunications was created in 1992 by British Rail (BR). It was the largest private telecoms network in Britain, consisting of 17,000 route kilometres of fibre optic and copper cable which connected every major city and town in the country and provided links to continental Europe through the Channel Tunnel. BR also operated its own national trunked radio network providing dedicated train-to-shore mobile communications, and in the early 1980s BR helped establish Mercury Communications', now C&WC, core infrastructure by laying a resilient 'figure-of-eight' fibre optic network alongside Britain's railway lines, spanning London, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.

Answer the following questions:
1. What was made in 1992?
2. By who?
3. When that happened, how many private telecoms networks in the UK were larger?
4. Did it have over 10,000 kilometers of cables?
5. What types of cable were used?
6. Did it connect all the big cities?
7. Was it connected to the Channel Tunnel?
8. What kind of network did it lay along the railroad tracks in the early '80s?
9. What company did that help to establish?
10. Did it go all the way to Manchester?
11. What communications system was in Britain prior to 1982?
12. Did they have any competition?
13. How many organizations controlled radio and TV?
14. What was one?
15. And the other?
16. What broke up the monopoly?
17. What year did that occur?
18. Who owns the transmitters now?
19. When was NTC around?
20. Who took over then?
A: 1. British Rail Telecommunications
2. British Rail
3. None
4. Yes
5. fibre optic and copper
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. a resilient 'figure-of-eight' fibre optic network
9. Mercury Communications
10. Yes
11. Post Office Telecommunications
12. No
13. Two
14. the BBC
15. Independent Broadcasting Authority
16. Mercury Communications
17. 1983.
18. Babcock International and Arqiva
19. 1881 until 1911
20. the General Post Office
Q: (CNN) -- Mohamed Morsi is an American-educated engineer who vows to stand for democracy, women's rights, and peaceful relations with Israel if he wins the Egyptian presidency.

He's also an Islamist figure who has argued for barring women from the Egyptian presidency and called Israeli leaders "vampires" and "killers." One analyst describes him as an "icon" of those seeking an "extreme agenda."

As Morsi, 60, battles to win the presidency, questions surround how much of a hard line he would take, and what direction he would steer the country.

Morsi leads the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood -- the most powerful political movement in the new Egyptian government, controlling about half of parliament.

His party notes that he was arrested several times under President Hosni Mubarak's regime for protesting "repressive measures and oppressive practices," as well as "rigged elections." At one point he spent seven months in jail.

Analysts say Morsi is focusing his campaign on appealing to the broadest possible audience.

But he "represents the older, more conservative wing of the Brotherhood and openly endorses a strict Islamic vision," Isobel Coleman of the Council on Foreign Relations wrote in a column for CNN.com.

"A vote for Mohamed Morsi will consolidate the Brotherhood's political influence, which could translate into a constitution with weaker provisions for protection of minority and women's rights."

A slogan associated with his campaign, "Islam is the solution," is sparking concerns Morsi could introduce a fundamentalist Islamic theocracy.

He told CNN he has no such plans. His party seeks "an executive branch that represents the people's true will and implements their public interests," Morsi told CNN's Christiane Amanpour.

Answer the following questions:
1. Where does the story take place?
2. Who is the story written about?
3. How old is he?
4. What is he running for?
5. For what party?
6. What is their slogan?
7. Was he a democrat?
8. Who interviewed Morsi?
9. Would he be a hardliner?
10. Where did he attend school?
11. Does he support equal rights?
12. What is his profession?
13. Did he win election?
14. Was he ever arrested?
15. How much time did he spend in prison?
16. What was his crime?
A: 1. Egypt
2. Mohamed Morsi
3. 60
4. president
5. Freedom and Justice Party
6. Islam is the solution
7. No
8. Christiane Amanpour
9. unknown
10. America
11. No
12. engineer
13. unknown
14. Yes
15. seven months
16. protesting
Q: CHAPTER XVI

MORE DISCOVERIES

"You settled up with him in full?" gasped Rick.

"Yes-- some time ago."

"Not for that stock in the Sunset Irrigation Company."

"I was not talking about the Irrigation Company. That is another affair. Your father was to see us about that on the morning when he-- er-- when he failed to come here. I-- er-- I thought he had gone back home to get certain documents which he stated he did not have with him."

"And you haven't seen or heard of him since?"

"Not a word, Mr. Rover-- I give you my word."

"Did he leave any of his papers with you when he was here last?"

"No." Jesse Pelter took up the telephone on his desk. "Give me 2345 River!" he said to Central. He turned to Dick. "You will have to excuse me, Mr. Rover, I have some important business to transact."

"It isn't as important as finding my father,". answered Dick, bluntly.

"I do not know how I can aid you."

"Perhaps you don't care to try," returned Dick, pointedly, as he arose.

"What do you mean?" demanded the broker, and hanging up the telephone receiver, he, too, arose.

"Never mind what I mean, Mr. Pelter. If you will give me no aid, I'll find my father alone," and having thus spoken, Dick marched from the offices, leaving the broker staring after him curiously.

"Hum! Looks like a smart young man!" murmured Jesse Pelter, to himself. "And I thought Anderson Rover's boys were all school kids! This lad has grown up fast. I wonder what he'll do next? I guess I had better keep my eye on him."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who wanted to find his father?
2. What's his last name?
3. Who's he questioning?
4. What's his occupation?
5. Was he helpful?
6. Who is his father?
7. Where was he before he vanished?
8. Did he leave anything?
9. What was he going to talk about earlier in the day?
10. For what?
11. Did he arrive?
12. What documents did he not have?
A:
1. Dick
2. Rover
3. Jesse Pelter
4. broker
5. No
6. Anderson Rover
7. the offices
8. No
9. settling up
10. Not for that stock in the Sunset Irrigation Company
11. No
12. certain documents