Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Lily has a pen friend in America. Her name is Alice. They write to each other every week. They tell each other about their lives. Here is a letter from Lily. Dear Alice, Thank you for your letter and telling me about your best friend. In this letter, I'm going to tell you about my friend. Her name is Cathy. She has long brown hair and blue eyes. She is the same age as me, but a little taller .She is always happy. We sit together in class and help each other with our homework. We always play together after school and play computer games for an hour. Cathy thinks quickly and does better than me. She is learning to play the piano .I am learning to play the piano, too. We play together every day. It's fun. We always have a good time. Please write to me soon. Love, Lily

1. Who is in America?
2. Who is she writing to?
3. How often?
4. Who wrote the letter?
5. Who is it about?
6. How old is she?
7. What are they learning?
8. Who is happy?
9. What color is her hair?
10. What do they do in the afternoon?
11. Who is taller?
12. Who has a good time?
13. What does Lily want?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Alice
2. Lily
3. every week
4. Lily
5. Cathy
6. the same age as Lily
7. to play the piano
8. Cathy
9. brown
10. play computer games
11. Cathy
12. Lily and Cathy
13. a letter from Alice

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(CNN) -- Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon, Nobel peace laureate and South Africa's first black president, celebrated his 90th birthday Friday by doing something he had indicated he would not do again -- grant an interview to journalists.

Mandela sits at the 6th Nelson Mandela Lecture in Soweto, Johannesburg.

A cheerful-looking Mandela welcomed CNN's Robyn Curnow, along with reporters from two other organizations, into the sitting room of his home in Qunu, a small village in the rolling hills of South Africa's eastern Cape region where he grew up.

"What day is this?" Mandela joked, pretending not to realize it was his birthday.

He used a smile to dodge Curnow's first question of what was his favorite memory from his long life. He did say he was very happy to have lived to be 90.

Mandela credited his longevity to the way he conducted his life. He is known to be disciplined with his diet and exercise.

Asked if, in hindsight, he wishes he had spent more time with his family, he answered yes.

"I don't regret it because the things that attracted me were things that pleased my soul."

Graca Machel, whom he married on his 80th birthday, sat nearby and Mandela was surrounded by grandchildren. Watch what Mandela's grandchildren have to say "

Mandela then lamented the gap between rich and poor in South Africa.

"Poverty still grips our people. If you're poor, you're not likely to live for long," he said. Watch CNN's Mandela interview "

This was Mandela's first meeting with reporters since he announced in 2004 that he would give no more interviews. While he stayed out of the spotlight over the last four years, he has stayed busy with his charitable causes.

1. Who turned 90?
2. What is he known for?
3. Anything else?
4. Does he hold office?
5. Which one?
6. Who did he allow to sit down with him for the first time in awhile?
7. From how many news channels?
8. Are any named?
9. Which one?
10. Who is his wife?
11. When did they get hitched?
12. How many practices does he credit his good health to?
13. What are they?
14. How old is his spouse?
15. Did they have offspring?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Nelson Mandela
2. being anti-apartheid
3. he's a Nobel peace laureate
4. yes
5. President
6. reporters
7. three
8. yes
9. CNN
10. Graca Machel,
11. on his 80th birthday
12. two
13. diet and exercise.
14. unknown
15. unknown

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Jainism (), traditionally known as Jain Dharma, is one of the most ancient Indian religions.

The three main principles of Jainism are "ahimsa" ('non-violence'), "anekantavada" ('non-absolutism'), and "aparigraha" ('non-attachment'); it is also characterized by "asceticism". Followers of Jainism take five main vows: "ahimsa" ('non-violence'), "satya" ('truth'), "asteya" ('not stealing'), "brahmacharya" ('celibacy', 'chastity'), and "aparigraha" ('non-attachment'). These principles have impacted Jain culture in many ways, such as leading to a predominantly vegetarian lifestyle that avoids harm to animals and their life cycles. "Parasparopagraho Jivanam" ('the function of souls is to help one another') is the motto of Jainism. Namokar Mantra is the most common and basic prayer in Jainism.

Followers of Jainism are called "Jains", a word derived from the Sanskrit word "jina" ('victor') and connoting the path of victory in crossing over life's stream of rebirths through an ethical and spiritual life. Jains trace their history through a succession of twenty-four victorious saviors and teachers known as Tirthankaras, with the first being Rishabhanatha, who is believed to have lived millions of years ago, and twenty-fourth being the Mahavira around 500 BCE. Jains believe that Jainism is an eternal "dharma" with the Tirthankaras guiding every cycle of the Jain cosmology.

Jainism has two major ancient sub-traditions, Digambaras and Svetambaras; and several smaller sub-traditions that emerged in the 2nd millennium CE. The Digambaras and Svetambaras have different views on ascetic practices, gender and which Jain texts can be considered canonical. Jain mendicants are found in all Jain sub-traditions, with laypersons ("sravakas") supporting the mendicants' spiritual pursuits with resources.

1. Is Jainism old?
2. What's it traditionally known as?
3. What culture is it from?
4. Is it a science?
5. What is it then?
6. How many principles are there in Jainism?
7. Does it have any sub-traditions?
8. Are they old or new traditions?
9. What's the name of one of them?
10. And the other?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. yes.
2. known as Jain Dharma
3. Followers of Jainism take five main vows
4. no
5. ancient Indian religions
6. three
7. Jainism has two major ancient sub-traditions
8. ancient means old
9. Digambaras
10. Svetambaras