Problem: (CNN) -- The two young women were as different as could be when they met in a small farming village outside Uganda's capital in 2004.

Orphans perform at the opening ceremony for their new home in Mutungo, Uganda.

Brittany Merrill was a 19-year-old Southern Methodist University broadcast journalism student from an affluent family in suburban Atlanta, Georgia.

She was teaching literature in Uganda for the summer when she decided to visit Mutungo, a crowded shantytown of mud huts and wooden shacks, where children in torn clothes ran around in bare feet, and people lingered in the noisy streets to avoid the oppressive heat inside their homes.

At 22 years old, Sarah Kamara felt God had called on her to take in homeless children begging on Mutungo's streets. In addition to her own daughter, Kamara was caring for 23 children in her one-room home. Some were AIDS orphans, others had been abandoned by families who had too many children.

But Kamara took them in, alienating herself from neighbors, relatives and her husband, who briefly separated from her in protest.

Despite Kamara's broken English and Merrill's culture shock, the two found common ground in their compassion for the children, whose zeal for life was unmitigated by the poverty, disease and death that had brought them to Kamara's home.

"They taught me about what is meaningful in this world and gave me purpose," Merrill said of the children. "Their love and faith has challenged my heart. They shook me out of my complacency."

Merrill left Uganda determined to help Kamara realize her dream of opening a full-fledged orphan home, where sets of "mamas" and "uncles" would care for children in separate living spaces, nurturing their emotional, physical and spiritual needs.
1. What is the country mentioned in the article?
2. What is its capital?
3. Where was the American from?
4. What is her name?
5. How old is she?
6. Why was she in the country?
7. Who was the other woman?
8. How old was she?
9. Was she married?
10. Did the two women meet?
11. When?
12. Did they want to work together?
13. On starting what?
14. Who would take care of the kids?
Answer: 1. Uganda
2. Mutungo
3. Atlanta, Georgia
4. Brittany Merrill
5. 19-years-old
6. She was teaching literature in Uganda for the summer
7. Sarah Kamara
8. 22 years old
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. in 2004
12. Yes
13. An orphan home
14. sets of "mamas" and "uncles"

Problem: (CNN) -- Canadian ski resort gondola cars that were left dangling and swaying with terrified skiers inside failed because ice buildup snapped a supporting tower, the resort said Thursday.

One gondola car is suspended above an icy creek at a ski resort near Whistler, British Columbia.

In a rare occurrence called ice-jacking, water seeped into the lower section of the lift tower and turned to ice Tuesday at Whistler Blackcomb resort, 177 kilometers (110 miles) north of Vancouver, a resort official said in a press release Thursday.

The lift hangs from a tower that is spliced into two parts.

Extremely cold temperatures caused the ice buildup that exerted 800 tons of pressure between the two parts that hold the tower together, causing them to rupture, according to Whistler Blackcomb.

The section of the lift affected by the accident had 15 cars going up the mountain and 15 coming down at the time, but they weren't carrying a lot of passengers, according to Doug Forseth, senior vice president of the resort.

He said 53 passengers had been rescued from the stranded cars.

No skiers at the Whistler, British Columbia, resort were seriously injured.

"The towers are not normally designed to allow for any water penetration and so this failure is a very unusual situation," said Warren Sparks, senior vice president of Doppelmayr Canada, the engineering firm that investigated the accident.

They are trying to figure out what caused the water to pool. He said independent structural engineers are examining the tower from Vancouver-based CVMM Consulting Engineers.
1. Where were the gondola cars in trouble at?
2. What is the rare occurrence called that caused the problem?
3. What was the amount of pressure that build up because of the extremely cold temperatures?
4. What is the name of the town that one of the gondola cars was suspened above an icy creak near?
5. Were any of the Skiers seriously injured?
6. How far is the resord from Vancouver?
7. Who is examining the towers to figure out exactly what happened?
8. Are the towers normally designed for this type of thing?
9. How many cars were going up the mountan on the section of the lift that was affected?
10. Were they carrying a lot of passengers?
11. How many were recured from the stranded cars?
12. Who is Doug Forseth?
Answer: 1. Whistler Blackcomb resort
2. ice-jacking
3. 800 tons
4. Whistler
5. No
6. 110 miles
7. independent structural engineers
8. no
9. 15
10. no
11. 53
12. senior vice president of the resort

Problem: A group of senior high school students are playing outside on a basketball court. They are shouting with excitement. And they all have the same dream. They wish to play in the NBA, just like Huston Rocket's Yao Ming. "Someday, there will be more Chinese players like Yao in the NBA," said 15-year-old Xie Tao, a senior 1 boy at Shanghai No. 2 Middle School. Xie always watches Yao playing on TV. "He is a great player. He makes me proud to be Chinese," he said.

Like Xie, 17-year-old Liu Yan at Beijing No. 22 Middle School is also a big NBA fan. "Since early May, I've not missed one game in the NBA," said the senior 3 student.

Basketball is becoming popular in middle schools across the country. And more young players are starting to like the sport. More students are playing the game.

Jiang Hui, a basketball teacher at Beijing No. 2 Middle School, said that 85 percent of the students at this school like the sport. "Students are full of passion for the game," Jiang's team won the regional first prize in the 2004 National High School Boy's Basketball League in march. The league is the first national basketball competition for high school students.

Playing basketball is a good way to exercise. But students also enjoy it for other reasons. For Li Yan, a Senior 2 at Shanghai No. 12 Middle School, basketball teaches him lessons in life. "When I am in a game, I feel more confident about my studies, " he said. " It also teaches me to have a good team spirit and to enjoy friendship."
1. what does the game teach them?
2. what does it teach Li?
3. how old is Xie?
4. how old is Liu?
5. who is Xie proud to be?
6. who's his favorite player?
7. Has Liu missed any games?
8. what is the name of the teacher?
9. what does he say about his players?
10. How many students enjoy it?
11. have they ever won?
12. when?
13. what?
14. is the game well liked?
15. by who?
16. what was the name of the tournament?
17. what was special about it?
18. does it help with their studies?
19. where does Jiang coach?
20. who does Yao Ming play for?
Answer:
1. lessons in life
2. to have a good team spirit and to enjoy friendship
3. 17
4. 17
5. Chinese
6. Yao Ming
7. Not since early May
8. Jiang Hui
9. Students are full of passion for the game
10. 85 percent
11. yes
12. March 2004
13. regional first prize
14. yes
15. high school & middle school students
16. 2004 National High School Boy's Basketball League
17. first national basketball competition for high school students
18. yes
19. Beijing No. 2 Middle School
20. Houston Rockets