question: The Peales were a famous family of American artists. Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution. He painted portraits of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington. His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture. Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum, which he founded in Philadelphia. The world's first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings. Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike. The museum's most popular display was the skeleton of a huge, extinct elephant, which Peale _ on a New York farm in 1801. Three of Peale's seventeen children were also famous artists. Paphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese. His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of George Washington. Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits. James Peale, the brother of Charles Willson Peale, specialized in miniatures . His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America.
1. What was the Peale family occupation?
2. What is Charles Wilson Peale known best for?
3. How many figures are listed?
4. Is John Adams one of them?
5. How many paintings of George Washington did he paint?
6. Who did he fool with his life-like painting?
7. Who was depicted in that artwork?
8. What were their names?
9. Did Peale paint when he was elderly?
10. Why not?
11. Why?
12. Where was that located?
13. Was it the first art museum for ordinary people?
14. What else was there besides paintings?
15. What science displays were there?
16. Was there an elephant skeleton there?
17. Did people like to see it?
18. Who many children did he have?
19. And how many were artists?
20. What were Paphaelle's subjects?
21. Where did Rembrandt Peale study?
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answer: 1. they were artists
2. his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution.
3. Three
4. No
5. more than 12
6. George Washington
7. his sons
8. Raphaelle and Titian
9. No
10. he gave up painting in his middle age
11. he devoted his life to the Peale museum
12. Philadelphia
13. Yes
14. natural science
15. displays of animals in their natural settings
16. Yes
17. Yes
18. seventeen
19. . Three
20. still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese
21. under his father

question: Each year about a quarter of a million Americans study abroad. For many of them, a summer or a semester in a foreign country now involves more than just sitting in classrooms and hanging out with other American students. Instead, they are encouraged and sometimes required to be involved in the local communities they are studying in.

"It's ly important that they know something about how people in other parts of the world live and think, and how they behave," says William Finlay, head of the sociology department at the University of Georgia. In 2008, he co-founded a study abroad program with South Africa's Stellenbosch University. It combines traditional academic in-class learning with community involvement.

"We've been working with a non-government organization in the township. Our students typically either work with little children in day care centers or work in the library and teach very basic computer skills to young children," says Finlay.

The three-week program proved to be an unforgettable experience for Hillary Kinsey. She says, "It was interesting to learn the history of the area and then talk to these people and see what the social dynamics were, and how certain groups felt about other groups."

When Hillary Kinsey returned home from South Africa, she and other students in the program established a non-profit group. Kinsey says the group wants to contribute to advancing education and development in South Africa. "One of the purposes of the group is that we hope to raise money and awareness about the situation where those people live and help to promote any sort of educational development that we can, " Kinsey added.

While many study abroad programs focus on helping Americans to learn foreign languages, others take a more intensive approach. "In all of our locations, we place students with local roommates," says Mark Lenhart, director of CEF Academic Programs, which sends more than a thousand students to China, Korea and other countries each year.

He says American students benefit from such one-on-one interactions, in spite of the challenges they face. Lenhart says, "They have to adjust to the local life. This will enable students to become more employable when they graduate."
1. What is important?
2. what are they taking part in?
3. What level are they participating in during that?
4. Which one sends people to Asian countries?
5. Who runs the South Africa one?
6. Where does he work?
7. When was it founded?
8. How many go away to learn?
9. What do they do there?
10. What uni do they use in South Africa?
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answer: 1. that students studying abroad know something about how people in other parts of the world live
2. a study abroad program
3. at the local community level
4. CEF Academic Programs
5. William Finlay
6. at the University of Georgia
7. In 2008
8. about a quarter of a million
9. Study and learn about the local communities
10. Stellenbosch University

question: (CNN) -- Argentina's star-studded team went top of South America's 2014 World Cup qualifying group as Lionel Messi inspired a 4-0 thrashing of Ecuador on Saturday.

With his top Europe-based players to call on, coach Alejandro Sabella saw his side effectively end the match with three goals after only half an hour.

Sergio Aguero, top scorer for English champions Manchester City last season, broke the deadlock in the 20th minute as he celebrated his 24th birthday in style.

Strike partner Gonzalo Higuain, who helped Real Madrid to the Spanish title, doubled the lead nine minutes later.

Barcelona's three-time world player of the year Messi made it 3-0 two minutes later to continue his unbelievable scoring form, having netted 73 times for the Spanish club in the recently-completed 2011-12 campaign.

Real Madrid winger Angel Di Maria wrapped up the scoring with 15 minutes to play as Argentina moved up to 10 points from five games, just ahead of Chile.

Messi was key to the victory, which came ahead of next Saturday's friendly against Brazil in the United States. The 2014 hosts lost 2-0 to Mexico in a friendly in Texas on Sunday.

He combined with Di Maria to set up Aguero's opener and then linking with Higuain for his own goal before also setting up the final effort.

Chile moved onto nine points from five matches with a 2-0 win over bottom team Bolivia, who had Luis Gutierrez sent off in the second half.

Midfielder Charles Aranguiz scored against the run of play just before halftime in La Paz, then Gutierrez saw red for a foul on Barcelona's Alexis Sanchez before Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal wrapped it up with seven minutes to play.
1. Who was Manchester City's top scorer?
2. How far into the game did he score?
3. What was notable about that particular day?
4. How old was he?
5. Who doubled the score?
6. How long after Aguero's goal did he make his?
7. On what day did the game take place?
8. Who was the coach?
9. Who scored after Aguero and Higuain?
10. How much later?
11. What was the score then?
12. How many goals did Messi make in the 2011-2012 campaign?
13. Who won the game between Chile and Bolivia?
14. Which team is barely ahead of Chile?
15. And how many points have they scored in a handful of games?
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answer:
1. Sergio Aguero
2. 20th minute
3. it was his birthday
4. 24
5. Gonzalo Higuain
6. nine minutes later
7. Saturday
8. Alejandro Sabella
9. Messi
10. two minutes
11. 3-0
12. 73
13. Chile
14. Argentina
15. 10