question: The family across the street has a cat. He is a cute black kitty named Dillon. The cat is about two years old, and the family has had him for about a year. He is an indoor cat who is not allowed to go outside. The children like to play with Dillon because he still acts like a kitten. Dillon jumps around, and chases flies, beetles and spiders. When he plays with the children, he sometimes uses his paws to attack them, but he doesn't try to hurt them with his claws. Dillon is a great cat but he has one problem: he likes to eat bread. The family only feeds him cat food, never human food like steak or potatoes. But the cat likes the smell of bread so much that he tries to find it everywhere he can. Dillon jumps up on the kitchen table when a sandwich is there, and tries to carry it away. He finds loaves of bread from the store on the floor and claws through the wrappers. The cat climbs into the bread cupboard looking for hot dog and hamburger buns. The family tries to make Dillon stop getting into the bread by spraying him with water when he goes after bread. They yell at him when he walks on the table. But Dillon does not listen. The kitty keeps trying to find bread to eat. The family thinks that the man who took care of Dillon when he was a very young kitten must have been a baker or cook, and that's why Dillon likes the smell and taste of bread so much!
1. Who has a pet?
2. What type?
3. What colour is it?
4. What is its name?
5. How old is it?
6. How long have they owned it?
7. What does he get in trouble for?
8. Does the yelling stop him?
9. What else?
10. Anything else?
11. How do they punish him?
12. What does he go after?
13. What is bad about him?
14. What sort?
15. Is that it?
16. Is bread part of his normal diet?
17. What does he get for dinner?
18. Why does he want bread?
19. Why would he like that so much?
20. Is he gentle with kids?
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answer: 1. The family across the street
2. Cat
3. Black
4. Dillon
5. Two
6. A year
7. Walking on the table
8. No
9. Stealing sandwiches
10. Stealing buns
11. Spraying him with water
12. Insects
13. He likes to eat bread
14. Hot dog and hamburger buns
15. Sandwich
16. No
17. Cat food
18. He likes the smell of bread
19. His previous owner was a baker
20. Yes

question: A rocket began countdown . It was a common sound in the 1960s. But this was not just another countdown. It was the beginning of a historic event. It was the countdown of Apollo 11 -the space fligh that would carry men to the first landing on the moon.

In the spaceship at the top of the rocket were three American astronauts whose names would soon be known around the world: Neil Armstrong. Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins.

Neil Armstrong was the commander of the spaceship. Edwin Aldrin was the pilot of the moon lander. The astronauts gave it the name the Eagle. Michael Collins was the pilot of the command module , Columbia. He would wait in orbit around the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin landed and explored the surface.

On Earth, all activity seemed to stop. President Richard Nixon gave federal government workers the day off to watch the moon landing on television. Around the world, 500 million people watched the television report. Countless millions more listened on their radios.

Armstrong and Aldrin started the lander rocket engine. It slowed the spacecraft and sent it down toward the landing place. It was in an area known as the "Sea of Tranquility ".

The moon lander, controlled by a computer, dropped toward the airless surface of the moon. 140 meters from the surface, the astronauts look control of the lander from the computer. They moved the Eagle forward, away from a very rocky area that might have caused a difficult landing.

It took the astronauts more than three hours to complete the preparations for leaving the lander. It was difficult - in the Eagle's small space - to get into space suits that would protect them on the moon's surface.

Finally, Armstrong and Aldrin were ready. They opened the door. Armstrong went out first and moved slowly down the ladder. At 2:56 on July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong put his foot on the moon.

"That's one small step for man,"he said, "one giant leap for mankind."
1. Which astronauts were on the spaceship?
2. which spaceship?
3. who was piloting?
4. Who was commander?
5. what was so special about this flight?
6. who was pilot of the command module?
7. did he also explore the moon's surface?
8. what did he do?
9. who did get out and walk on the moon?
10. who got the day off that day?
11. how many watched it on TV?
12. who was president?
13. What area did the spaceship land?
14. how long did they prepare to leave the craft?
15. who went out first?
16. what was the exact time?
17. Did he say something?
18. where was the spacecraft moved from after initial landing?
19. what did they wear to protect them from the moon's atmosphere?
20. was the moon lander being manipulated by a computer?
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answer:
1. Neil Armstrong. Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins
2. Apollo 11
3. Edwin Aldrin
4. Neil Armstrong
5. It was the space flight that would carry men to the first landing on the moon
6. Michael Collins
7. No
8. He waited in orbit around the moon
9. Armstrong and Aldrin
10. federal government workers
11. 500 million people
12. Richard Nixon
13. in an area known as the "Sea of Tranquility "
14. more than three hours
15. Armstrong
16. 2:56 on July 20th, 1969
17. He said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
18. It was moved away from a very rocky area that might have caused a difficult landing
19. space suits
20. Yes