Problem: John and Jack met at the old bench every afternoon. Then they played football. But they didn't have enough money to buy a real football. So Jack made a ball out of old socks covered with a piece of plastic. Every time, the two friends didn't stop kicking and running until very late. On Monday afternoon, John and Jack met again at the old bench. Soon the home-made ball was running across the grass. The boys laughed and shouted happily. The ball was stopped by a boy wearing a nice pair of sports shoes. John was upset when he saw it was Steven. The next morning, John's mother gave him a bill. "Your uncle sent you a birthday present." She smiled. John's eyes grew big when he saw the $100 bill. Later that day, his mother bought a pair of new sports shoes and a real football. That afternoon Steven invited John to play football. Steven did not want Jack to join them only because Jack's sports shoes were dirty. When the game was over, John and Steven walked past the old bench where Jack was sitting. Steven picked up a stone and threw it at him. John, holding his new football in his hands, walked on and did not look back. Several days later, as John walked past the old bench, he saw something lying under it. He looked closer and saw it was the home-made ball. John was full of sadness when he saw the ball. As his sadness turned to anger, he picked up his new football and kicked it into the air. Then he walked to the beach, sat down and waited.
1. who met at the old bench?
2. When?
3. Did they meet there on Monday?
4. what time?
5. what did they play with?
6. What was it made of?
7. Who made it?
8. What kind of ball?
9. Did it work?
10. Did anyone else come?
11. Who?
12. What did he do?
13. Who sent John money?
14. how much?
15. for what?
16. What did his mom buy?
17. Who played that afternoon?
18. Why not Jack?
19. Why not?
20. What did Steven do after?
21. What did John see under the bench later?
Answer: 1. John and Jack
2. every afternoon
3. yes
4. afternoon
5. a home-made ball
6. old socks
7. Jack
8. football
9. yes
10. yes
11. Steven
12. he stopped the ball
13. his uncle
14. $100
15. his birthday
16. new sports shoes and a real football
17. Steven and John
18. Steven did not want Jack to join
19. Jack's sports shoes were dirty.
20. Steven threw a stone at Jack
21. the home-made ball

Problem: (CNN) -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. has said he is ready to make the big-money fight with newly crowned WBO welterweight world champion Manny Pacquiao happen.

After victory in Las Vegas over Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto on Saturday, Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach said the "whole world" now wanted to see a fight with Mayweather.

Reacting to the proposition the undefeated 32-year-old, who formerly held the WBC title at welterweight, told British broadcaster Sky Sports: "If he wants to fight Floyd Mayweather all he has to do is step up to the plate."

The twice-voted Ring magazine fighter of the year added that he felt Pacquiao's approach was one-dimensional but the Filipino would be a favorite with the crowd.

"The thing is with Pacquaio I don't see any versatility as a fighter; he's a good puncher but just one-dimensional. Is Pacquiao the greatest?

"The world's going to go 'wow' if Floyd Mayweather gets beaten. That's what everyone is looking to see.

"If I beat Manny Pacquaio do you know what they are going to say? 'You are supposed to beat him, you are Floyd Mayweather, you are the bigger man'. If I knock him out they'll say 'you're supposed to knock him out he's been knocked out before'.

"I'm in a no-win situation and when I beat him no one is going to be surprised because he's been beaten before; whatever I do to Pacquaio has been done before - he's been beaten on three occasions. And if I knock him out I don't want the world shouting because he's been knocked out twice before."
1. who is Pacquiao's trainer?
2. what does Floyd think about his situation?
3. who is the world champ?
4. who did he recently defeat?
5. where is he from?
6. where did they fight
7. according to Freddie Roach, who wants to see pacquiao fight mayweather?
8. does Mayweather think people will be surprised if he wins?
9. how many times has Pacquiao been knocked out?
10. how old is Mayweather?
11. has he ever lost?
12. what title did he used to have?
13. at what weight?
Answer: 1. Freddie Roach
2. he is ready
3. Manny Pacquiao
4. Miguel Cotto
5. Puerto Rico
6. Las Vegas
7. the "whole world"
8. No
9. twice before
10. 32
11. No
12. WBC
13. welterweight

Problem: Cyber language is popular among Chinese netizens, who create English words to reflect novel phenomenon in society.

"Gelivable", combining pinyin of Chinese characters Geili (giving strength) with the English suffix for adjectives, literally means "giving power" or "cool". Similarly, "Hengelivable" means "very cool", and "ungelivable" means "dull, not cool at al". "Antizen" referred to the group of college graduates who, earning a poor salary and living in small rented apartments, are like the tiny and laborious ants.

David Tool, a professor with the Beijing International Studies University said it's very interesting to combine Chinese with English to create new words. "English is no longer mysterious to the Chinese people. They can use the language in a flexible way according to their own experiences," he said. Chinese words and expressions were created, as well, by netizens. One example was "Suan Ni Hen". This three-character expression, which originally meant "you win" with the first character carrying the same pronunciation as garlic in Chinese, is used to satirize high garlic and food prices this winter.

Chinese people use the character "bei" before a verb to show a passive voice, and it is used by netizens to show the helplessness in front of false conclusions and fake media reports. For instance, "zisha" means "suicide" while "beizisha" means "be officially presumed to have committed suicide", and xiaokang means "fairly comfortable life" while "beixiaokang" means "be said to be living a fairly comfortable life".

Wu Zhongmin, a professor at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, saw the phenomenon of word creation as a natural response of young people to social issues. "Cyber language is more vivid and it shortens people's distances," he said.
1. What language is popular among Chinese netizens?
2. What is David Tool's occupation?
3. Where does he teach?
4. What two languages are being combined?
5. What chinese character is also pronounced the same as garlic?
6. What is Wu Zhongmin's profession?
Answer:
1. Cyber language is popular among Chinese netizens
2. a professor
3. Beijing International Studies University
4. Answer: Chinese and English, Evidence: combine Chinese with English
5. Suan Ni Hen, Evidence: carrying the same pronunciation as garlic in Chinese
6. Answer: Professor, Evidence: Wu Zhongmin, a professor