Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Peter waved goodbye and closed the door slowly as Jane left home to visit her grandmother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favorite TV talk show on his first day off in months. "This will be like a walk in the park," he'd told his wife, "I'll look after the kids, and you can go to visit your grandma." Things started well, but just after eight o'clock, his three little "good kids"--Adam, Bob, and Christopher--came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted "breakfast, daddy." When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Adam began using his spoon on Christopher's head as if it were a drum. Christopher started to shout loudly in time to the beat . Bob chanted "Where's my toast, where's my toast" in the background. Peter realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds. Life became worse after breakfast. Adam wore Bob's underwear on his head. Bob locked himself in the bathroom, while Christopher shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their very eyes. Someone named "Not Me" had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Peter knew the talk show had already started. By ten o'clock, things were out of control. Christopher was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Adam was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his color pencils. Bob, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the family room, but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Peter realized that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible. At exactly 11:17, Peter called the daycare centre ."I suddenly have to go into work and my wife's away. Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?" The answer was obviously "yes" because Peter was smiling.

1. Who waved goodbye?
2. Who was he waving to?
3. And why was she leaving?
4. Do they have children?
5. What are their names?
6. Were the children left unattended?
7. Who was watching them?
8. Was it easy for him?
9. At what time did the situation get out of hand?
10. Who was drawing on the walls?
11. Who called the day care center?
12. And at what time?
13. Was he sad about it?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Peter.
2. Jane.
3. To visit her grandmother.
4. Yes.
5. Adam, Bob, and Christopher.
6. No.
7. Peter.
8. Yes.
9. Ten o'clock.
10. Adam.
11. Peter.
12. 11:17.
13. Peter.

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

In a quiet house there was a dog named Bentley. Bentley was a little brown puppy and he was always getting into trouble. One day Bentley got outside and walked down the street. He found a trash can and started to dig through it. A cat came also to see what Bentley was doing. "Excuse me, but what are you looking for?" asked the cat. "Well, nothing important," Bentley told the cat. "I wanted to see if there was anything cool in there." The cat told Bentley that his name was Felix and asked if he could dig through the trash too. "Sure thing" Bentley told the cat. The two of them started to dig through the trash again. After a little bit the pair got bored and started to walk down the street going away from Bentley's house. They walked to a river and went to the edge of the water. They saw they were dirty because they had been digging in the trash so they went into the water to wash themselves. When they were clean they went back to Bentley's house. Inside the house they got water on everything because they were still wet. Bentley's human's came home and were very upset that their house was now very wet.

1. What is the name of the dog?
2. what color is he?
3. did the cat ask Bentley something?
4. and what was the name of the cat
5. did they dig through the trash together?
6. where did they walk to after
7. and after that?
8. were they dirty?
9. where did they wash themselves?
10. did they get clean?
11. where did they go next?
12. were they still wet?
13. how did this make their human feel?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Bentley
2. brown
3. yes
4. Felix
5. yes
6. down the street
7. to the river
8. yes
9. in the water
10. yes
11. Bentley's house
12. yes
13. upset

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its sister papers "the Guardian" and the "Guardian Weekly", whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993, it takes a social liberal or social democratic line on most issues. First published in 1791, it is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.

The first issue, published on 4 December 1791 by W.S. Bourne, was the world's first Sunday newspaper. Believing that the paper would be a means of wealth, Bourne instead soon found himself facing debts of nearly 1,600. Though early editions purported editorial independence, Bourne attempted to cut his losses and sell the title to the government. When this failed, Bourne's brother (a wealthy businessman) made an offer to the government, which also refused to buy the paper but agreed to subsidise it in return for influence over its editorial content. As a result, the paper soon took a strong line against radicals such as Thomas Paine, Francis Burdett and Joseph Priestley.

In 1807, the brothers decided to relinquish editorial control, naming Lewis Doxat as the new editor. Seven years later, the brothers sold "The Observer" to William Innell Clement, a newspaper proprietor who owned a number of publications. The paper continued to receive government subsidies during this period; in 1819, of the approximately 23,000 copies of the paper distributed weekly, approximately 10,000 were given away as "specimen copies", distributed by postmen who were paid to deliver them to "lawyers, doctors, and gentlemen of the town." Yet the paper began to demonstrate a more independent editorial stance, criticising the authorities' handling of the events surrounding the Peterloo Massacre and defying an 1820 court order against publishing details of the trial of the Cato Street Conspirators, who were alleged to have plotted to murder members of the Cabinet. The woodcut pictures published of the stable and hayloft where the conspirators were arrested reflected a new stage of illustrated journalism that the newspaper pioneered during this time.

1. What is The Observer?
2. When is it published?
3. Is it affiliated with other papers?
4. Which ones?
5. Are they run by the same company?
6. What company?
7. When was it first published?
8. What political stance does it take?
9. Who first published it?
10. Did it do well?
11. What did he do?
12. Did they successfully sell it?
13. What did he do then?
14. How did this affect the paper?
15. Did the brothers remain editors?
16. Who became editor?
17. Was the paper then sold?
18. To whom?
19. Did it sell better under his control?
20. Who was their target audience?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. a British newspaper
2. on Sundays
3. yes
4. "the Guardian" and the "Guardian Weekly"
5. yes
6. Guardian Media Group Limited
7. 4 December 1791
8. social liberal or social democratic
9. W.S. Bourne
10. no
11. attempted to sell the title to the government
12. no
13. Bourne's brother made an offer to the government
14. the paper took a strong line against radicals
15. no
16. Lewis Doxat
17. yes
18. William Innell Clement
19. no
20. lawyers, doctors, and gentlemen of the town