Problem: Three friends, Tom, David and John, came to New York for their holiday. They stayed in a very large hotel. Their room was on the 45thfloor. In the evening, the three men went to the cinema and came back to the hotel very late. "I'm very sorry," said the man of the hotel, "but our lifts do not work tonight. If you don't want to walk up to your room, I'll make beds for you in the hall . " "No, thanks," said Tom, "we don't want to sleep in the hall. We will walk up to the 45thfloor. But I know how to make it easier. On the way to our room, I'll tell you some jokes. Then you, David, will sing us some songs. Then you, John, will tell us some stories, all right?" So they began to walk upstairs. Tom told them many jokes. David sang them some songs. At last they came to the 34thfloor. They were tired and had a rest. "Well," said Tom. "Now it's your turn, John. After all these jokes and songs, tell us a long and interesting story with a sad ending. " "OK, I'll tell a sad story," said John, "It's not long but very sad. I forgot to bring the key to our room with me. It's still in the hall. "
1. How many friends were there?
2. What were there names?
3. Where did they go?
4. Where did they stay?
5. Did they go to a restaurant?
6. Where did they go?
7. Did they get back early?
8. What wasn
9. Sorry, that was supposed to ask, what wasn't operational?
10. Did they want to camp out in the hallway?
11. What did they decide to do?
12. What did Tom suggest?
13. What did he want David to do?
14. And John?
15. What did they forget to bring?
Answer: 1. 3 friends
2. David, Tom and John
3. New York
4. In a hotel
5. No
6. The cinema
7. No
8. They were very late.
9. The lifts
10. No
11. Walk to the 45th floor
12. To tell some jokes.
13. Sing some songs.
14. Tell some stories.
15. The key.

Q: Richmond is located at the fall line of the James River, 44 miles (71 km) west of Williamsburg, 66 miles (106 km) east of Charlottesville, and 98 miles (158 km) south of Washington, D.C. Surrounded by Henrico and Chesterfield counties, the city is located at the intersections of Interstate 95 and Interstate 64, and encircled by Interstate 295 and Virginia State Route 288. Major suburbs include Midlothian to the southwest, Glen Allen to the north and west, Short Pump to the west and Mechanicsville to the northeast.

The site of Richmond had been an important village of the Powhatan Confederacy, and was briefly settled by English colonists from Jamestown in 1609, and in 16101611. The present city of Richmond was founded in 1737. It became the capital of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia in 1780. During the Revolutionary War period, several notable events occurred in the city, including Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech in 1775 at St. John's Church, and the passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom written by Thomas Jefferson. During the American Civil War, Richmond served as the capital of the Confederate States of America. The city entered the 20th century with one of the world's first successful electric streetcar systems, as well as a national hub of African-American commerce and culture, the Jackson Ward neighborhood.

Answer the following questions:
1. when was Richmond founded?
2. do they have streetcars?
3. how many suburbs are named?
4. which suburb is to the northeast?
5. how far away from Williamsburg is Richmond?
6. how many interstates are around it
7. how far from Charlottesville is it?
8. when was Henry's speech?
9. where was Henry's speech?
10. what neighborhood is a hub for African American culture?
11. Were there settlers in Richmond?
12. what did Thomas Jefferson pass there?
13. What confederacy was Richmond important in?
A: 1. 1737
2. yes
3. four
4. Mechanicsville
5. 44 miles
6. Four
7. 66 miles
8. s1775
9. St. John's Church
10. Jackson Ward
11. yes
12. Va Statute of Religious Freedom
13. Powhatan

Problem: CHAPTER XVII.

AN ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION.

When Wulf met the armourer next morning in the cathedral close he was accompanied by Beorn, who said, laughing, to the latter, "You have beaten me fairly, friend Ulred, and it is well that I had no wager with you on the race. But it was not by much, for I rode in here as the bells were chiming eleven. I was glad to hear from Wulf when I roused him up that he had learnt all the news from you, for indeed I was sore weary, and was right pleased to wrap myself in my cloak and go straight to sleep instead of having to sit up for an hour expounding my story."

"We have resolved in the first place, Ulred, to say nought of this matter to the king," began Wulf. "He will have enough to occupy all his thoughts in the affairs of the kingdom, and in the second place his nature is so open that he will refuse to believe in such villainy unless upon strong proof, and of actual proof we have none. Beorn's appearance here will excite no surprise. He will say that having nought in particular to occupy him he had ridden north to be at the wedding, and finding that he was too late, would at any rate ride back with the king. With him and me and Osgod ever on the watch, methinks there will be little fear of a surprise; and it is by surprise only that they can succeed, for Harold himself is a match for any four or five ordinary men if he has but time to draw his sword. I will, however, on some excuse have half a score of Harold's housecarls placed under my orders, and sleeping or waking the king shall never be a moment unguarded.
1. Was he accompanied?
2. By who?
3. Who was?
4. Who did he meet?
5. when?
6. Where?
7. Was Beorn laughing?
8. Who beat him?
9. Did he beat him fairly?
10. Was the victory by a large margin
11. What were the bells chiming?
Answer:
1. yes
2. Beorn
3. Wulf
4. the armourer
5. the next morning
6. in the cathedral
7. yes
8. Ulred
9. yes
10. no
11. eleven