question: Bob is a middle school student. He is 13years old. He lives in Shanghai with his parents and his twin brother, Jack. They are in the same( ) school, but in different classes. Bob is good at Maths, but not good at English. He thinks it's a little difficult for him. But he plans to spend more time on it. Every morning, Bob gets up early. He usually reads English for half an hour. And then he has breakfast with his family. He usually has two eggs and a glass of milk. After breakfast, he walks to school with his brother. It takes them about twenty minutes to get to school. They get to school at about 7:40. Bob begins his classes at 8:00. After four lessons in the morning, he has a hamburger, some fish and vegetables for lunch at school. Then he has three classes in the afternoon. His last class is over at 4:50p.m. After school, he usually plays football or basketball from 5:00 p. m. to 6:00 p.m. He says it is good for his health to play sports every day. He gets home at 6:20 p.m. He usually eats some rice and vegetables for dinner. Sometimes, he eats some noodles. After dinner, he does his homework from 7:30to 9:30. Then he listens to music or reads books for a while( ). He doesn't watch TV or play computer games on weekdays. He goes to bed at 10:30 p.m. His friends say his lifestyle is very healthy. Do you think so?
1. when does Bob get up in the morning?
2. who does he walk to school with?
3. how long does it take them?
4. how old is bob?
5. what does he normally have for breakfast?
6. does he eat it with his family?
7. when does his first class start?
8. what does he have for lunch?
9. where does he live?
10. is Jack his twin?
11. do they go to the same school?
12. are they in the same class?
13. what time is Bob's class over?
14. what time does he get home?
15. what does he do in between?
16. when does he do his homework?
17. what does he have for dinner?
18. does he ever eat something else?
19. what?
20. what do his friends think of his lifestyle?
21. does he watch TV?
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answer: 1. early.
2. his brother.
3. twenty minutes
4. 13
5. two eggs and a glass of milk
6. yes
7. 8:00
8. a hamburger, some fish and vegetables
9. Shanghai
10. yes
11. yes
12. no
13. 4:50p.m
14. 6:20 p.m
15. plays football or basketball
16. After dinner
17. rice and vegetables
18. yes
19. noodles
20. that his lifestyle is very healthy.
21. no

question: CHAPTER IX

Miss Amanda Hill, teacher in the Middleville High School, sat wearily at her desk. She was tired, as tired as she had ever been on any day of the fifteen long years in which she had wrestled with the problems of school life. Her hair was iron gray and she bent a worn, sad, severe face over a mass of notes before her.

At that moment she was laboring under a perplexing question that was not by any means a new one. Only this time it had presented itself in a less insidious manner than usual, leaving no loophole for charitable imagination. Presently she looked up and rapped on her desk.

"These young ladies will remain after school is dismissed," she said, in her authoritative voice: "Bessy Bell--Rose Clymer--Gail Matthews--Helen Tremaine--Ruth Winthrop.... Also any other girls who are honest enough to admit knowledge of the notes found in Rose Clymer's desk."

The hush that fell over the schoolroom was broken by the gong in the main hall, sounding throughout the building. Then followed the noise of shutting books and closing desks, and the bustle and shuffling of anticipated dismissal.

In a front seat sat a girl who did not arise with the others, and as one by one several girls passed her desk with hurried step and embarrassed snicker she looked at them with purple, blazing eyes.

Miss Hill attended to her usual task with the papers of the day's lessons and the marking of the morrow's work before she glanced up at the five girls she had detained. They sat in widely separated sections of the room. Rose Clymer, pretty, fragile, curly-haired, occupied the front seat of the end row. Her face had no color and her small mouth was set in painful lines. Four seats across from her Bessy Bell leaned on her desk, with defiant calmness, and traces of scorn still in her expressive eyes. Gail Matthews looked frightened and Helen Tremaine was crying. Ruth Winthrop bent forward with her face buried in her arms.
1. Who was crying?
2. Where does this story take place?
3. What employee there is mentioned by name?
4. What's her job?
5. How long has she been employed?
6. She was a blonde?
7. What then?
8. Was she wide awake?
9. How did she feel?
10. Did someone get detention?
11. Who?
12. Why?
13. What sounds could be heard after the detention was announced?
14. Was it otherwise quiet?
15. Was someone scared?
16. Who?
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answer: 1. Helen Tremaine
2. Middleville High School
3. Miss Amanda Hill
4. teacher
5. fifteen years
6. no
7. it was iron gray
8. no
9. She was tired
10. yes
11. Bessy Bell--Rose Clymer--Gail Matthews--Helen Tremaine--Ruth Winthrop
12. because of the notes found in Rose Clymer's desk
13. he gong in the main hall
14. no
15. yes
16. Gail Matthews

question: The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange located in the City of London, England. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$6.06trillion (short scale), making it the third-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement (the largest in Europe, ahead of Euronext). The Exchange was founded in 1801 and its current premises are situated in Paternoster Square close to St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London. The Exchange is part of the London Stock Exchange Group.

London Stock Exchange is one of the world's oldest stock exchanges and can trace its history back more than 300 years.London Stock Exchange Group was created in October 2007 when London Stock Exchange merged with Milan Stock Exchange, Borsa Italiana.

The Royal Exchange had been founded by English financier Thomas Gresham on the model of the Antwerp Bourse, as a stock exchange. It was opened by Elizabeth I of England in 1571.

During the 17th century, stockbrokers were not allowed in the Royal Exchange due to their rude manners. They had to operate from other establishments in the vicinity, notably Jonathan's Coffee-House. At that coffee house, a broker named John Casting started listing the prices of a few commodities, exchange rates and certain key provisions such as salt, coal and paper in 1698. Originally, this was not a daily list and was only published a few days of the week.
1. What is one of the world's oldest stock exchanges?
2. How long can it traces its history back?
3. Where is it located
4. Where in London?
5. Is it the largest in Europe?
6. When was it founded?
7. What is its value?
8. What is it a part of?
9. When was that founded?
10. Who opened The Royal Exchange?
11. When?
12. Who was Thomas Gresham
13. Where did stockbrokers operate from in the 17th century?
14. Why?
15. Why?
16. Who started listing prices?
17. When?
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answer:
1. The London Stock Exchange
2. more than 300 years
3. City of London
4. situated in Paternoster Square close to St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London
5. yes
6. in 1801
7. US$6.06trillion
8. part of the London Stock Exchange Group.
9. London Stock Exchange Group was created in October 2007
10. Thomas Gresham
11. 1571
12. English financier
13. Jonathan's Coffee-House
14. were not allowed in the Royal Exchange
15. due to their rude manners
16. John Casting
17. in 1698