question: Ireland (; ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth.

Politically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, in the northeast of the island. In 2011, the population of Ireland was about 6.4million, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain. Just under 4.6million live in the Republic of Ireland and just over 1.8million live in Northern Ireland.

The island's geography comprises relatively low-lying mountains surrounding a central plain, with several navigable rivers extending inland. The island has lush vegetation, a product of its mild but changeable climate which is free of extremes in temperature. Thick woodlands covered the island until the Middle Ages. As of 2013, the amount of land that is wooded in Ireland is about 11% of the total, compared with a European average of 35%. There are twenty-six extant mammal species native to Ireland. The Irish climate is very moderate and classified as oceanic. As a result, winters are milder than expected for such a northerly area. However, summers are cooler than those in Continental Europe. Rainfall and cloud cover are abundant.
1. what portion of Ireland does the Republic of Ireland cover?
2. what part of the Atlantic is it located in?
3. how does it rank in terms of size of islands on earth?
4. how many people live there?
5. how many of those are in the Republic of Ireland?
6. how many are in norther ireland?
7. what channel separates Great Britain from Ireland?
8. what is the population rank of the island?
9. does it have lush vegetation?
10. how much of the land is wodded?
11. is that lower or higher than the European average?
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answer: 1. five-sixths
2. North
3. twentieth-largest
4. 6.4million
5. Just under 4.6million
6. just over 1.8million
7. North Channel
8. second-most populous island in Europe
9. Yes
10. 11%
11. lower

question: Isabella Stewart was born in New York City in 1 840.Her father made a great deal of money in the trade.During school,her parents took her to Italy to explore the country's many cultural treasures.

One of the private art collections Isabella visited in Milan had a deep influence on her.She wrote to her friends about her dream of owning a house one day with an art collection like the one she had seen in Italy.

In Paris,Isabella became close friends with one of her classmates,Julia Gardner,whose family was from Boston.Julia would later introduce Isabella to her brother,Jack.In 1 860,Isabella Stewart married Jack Gardner.

The couple had too much art to fit inside their home.So they decided to start planning a museum.Mrs. Gardner didn't like the cold and empty.spaces of many museums during her time.She wanted a warm museum filled with light.She once said that she decided years ago that the greatest need in her country was art.America was a young country developing quickly in other areas.But the country needed more chances for people to See beautiful examples of art.

After her husband's death in 1 898.Isabella knew she had no time to lose in building her museum.She bought land,hired a building designer,and supervised every detail of her museum's construction.

Mrs.Gardner opened her museum on January 1,1 903,which was then called Fenway Court.She invited her friends that night for a special musical performance.The next month,she opened the museum to the public.At first,visits were limited to twenty days out of the year.Visitors paid one dollar to enter.

Isabella Stewart Gardner died in 1 924 in Boston.In her will,she left the museum a million dollars and a series of requirements about how it should be managed, one that the permanent collection cannot be changed.
1. Where was Isabella Steward born?
2. What was the name of her classmate in Paris she became close friends with?
3. What had great influnce on Ms. Steward in Milan?
4. Why did the Gardners decide to open an Art museum?
5. Where did Isabella's parents take her to study the countries many cultural treasures?
6. What was the date Mrs. Gardner opened her museum?
7. What was the name of the muesum then?
8. What did Mrs. Gardner leave the museum in her will?
9. Did she have any requirements to how the museum should be managed?
10. how long after the initial opening was the museum opem to the public?
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answer: 1. New York City
2. Julia Gardner
3. One of the private art collections she visited
4. Isabella didn't like the cold and wanted a museum full of light
5. Italy
6. January 1 ,1903
7. Fenway Court
8. a million dollars
9. Yes
10. The next month

question: Bob Butler lost his legs in 1965 in Vietnam. Later he returned to the USA and began his life in wheelchair . One day he was working in his yard when he heard a woman calling for help. He began moving towards the woman's house, but something on the ground stopped his wheelchair going through the back door. So he got out of his wheelchair and started to crawl . When Butler got through the back door of the house, he found there was a little girl in the pool. She had no arms and couldn't swim. Her mother was calling for help crazily. Butler got into the pool and pulled the little girl out of the water. Her face was blue, and she was not breathing. Butler did CPR on her right away. As Butler continued doing CPR, he talked to the mother. "Don't worry," he said. "It'll be OK. I was her arms to get out of the pool. I am now her lungs. Together we can make it." Soon the little girl coughed and began to cry. The mother asked Butler how he knew it would be OK. "I didn't know," he told her. "But when my legs were blown off in the war, a little girl in Vietnam said to me in broken English, 'It'll be OK. You will live. I'll be your legs. Together we make it.' Her kind words brought hope to me and I wanted to do the same for your little girl."
1. Who served in Vietnam?
2. When?
3. What happened to him there?
4. How did he get around?
5. Could he do things like work outside?
6. What happened when he was doing this?
7. What was she doing?
8. What did he do?
9. What turned out to be wrong?
10. What did he see in the pool?
11. What was unique about her?
12. How did she swim?
13. What did Butler do?
14. Did he pull her out?
15. Was she breathing?
16. What did he do next?
17. Did she start breathing?
18. What did she do?
19. What did he say to the mother when the little girl wasn't breathing?
20. Did someone say that to him?
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answer:
1. Bob Butler
2. 1965
3. lost his legs
4. wheelchair
5. Yes
6. he heard a woman
7. calling for help
8. began moving
9. unknown
10. a little girl
11. She had no arms
12. She couldn't swim.
13. got into the pool
14. yes
15. No
16. CPR
17. yes
18. coughed
19. "Don't worry," "It'll be OK."
20. yes