question: The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line of navigation on the surface of the Earth that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole and demarcates the change of one calendar day to the next. It passes through the middle of the Pacific Ocean, roughly following the 180 line of longitude but deviating to pass around some territories and island groups.

The IDL is roughly based on the meridian of 180 longitude, roughly down the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and halfway around the world from the Greenwich meridian. In many places, the IDL follows the 180 meridian exactly. In other places, however, the IDL deviates east or west away from that meridian. These various deviations generally accommodate the political and/or economic affiliations of the affected areas.

Proceeding from north to south, the first deviation of the IDL from 180 is to pass to the east of Wrangel Island and the Chukchi Peninsula, the easternmost part of Russian Siberia. (Wrangel Island lies directly on the meridian at 7132N 1800E, also noted as 7132N 1800W.) It then passes through the Bering Strait between the Diomede Islands at a distance of from each island at 1685837 W. It then bends considerably west of 180, passing west of St. Lawrence Island and St. Matthew Island.
1. what is the meridian longitude of the IDL?
2. what does IDL stand for?
3. can people see it?
4. what poles dose it run from
5. what does it mark?
6. does it run through a large body of water?
7. what one?
8. does it ever deviate course?
9. where is the first place that happens?
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answer: 1. 180
2. The International Date Line
3. no
4. North Poleto South
5. one calendar day to the next
6. yes
7. Pacific Ocean
8. yes
9. east of Wrangel Island

question: CHAPTER XIX.

And stretching out, on either hand, O'er all that wide and unshorn land, Till weary of its gorgeousness, The aching and the dazzled eye Rests, gladdened, on the calm, blue sky. --WHITTIER.

No other disturbance occurred in the course of the night. With the dawn, le Bourdon was again stirring; and as he left the palisades to repair to the run, in order to make his ablutions, he saw Peter returning to Castle Meal. The two met; but no allusion was made to the manner in which the night had passed. The chief paid his salutations courteously; and, instead of repairing to his skins, he joined le Bourdon, seemingly as little inclined to seek for rest, as if just arisen from his lair. When the bee-hunter left the spring, this mysterious Indian, for the first time, spoke of business.

"My brother wanted to-day to show Injin how to find honey," said Peter, as he and Bourdon walked toward the palisades, within which the whole family was now moving. "I nebber see honey find, myself, ole as I be."

"I shall be very willing to teach your chiefs my craft," answered the bee-hunter, "and this so much the more readily, because I do not expect to pracTYSE it much longer, myself; not in this part of the country, at least."

"How dat happen?--expec' go away soon?" demanded Peter, whose keen, restless eye would, at one instant, seem to read his companion's soul, and then would glance off to some distant object, as if conscious of its own startling and fiery expression. "Now Br'ish got Detroit, where my broder go? Bess stay here, I t'ink."
1. Who is going to be a teacher for some people?
2. What are they going to learn about?
3. At whose request?
4. Was it a peaceful night?
5. What part of the day did someone stir?
6. Who was it?
7. Who did he see?
8. Where was he going?
9. Did they talk about the previous night?
10. What did someone chose not to repair?
11. Who was that?
12. What did he do instead?
13. Did they chitchat a whole lot?
14. Who had trouble finding honeys?
15. Is the hunter intending to stick around forever?
16. Did Peter have a steady gaze?
17. Was his eyeball expressive?
18. In what way?
19. Anything else?
20. What is a good thing for a sore, jazzed up eye to look upon?
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answer: 1. Peter's brother and the bee-hunter
2. how to find honey
3. the chiefs
4. yes
5. dawn
6. Bourdon
7. Peter
8. Castle Meal
9. no
10. his skin
11. The chief
12. joined Bourdon
13. no
14. "My brother wanted to-day to show Injin how to find honey," said Peter
15. no
16. no
17. yes
18. fiery
19. startling
20. off to some distant object

question: Doctors say obesity,also known as severe overweight,is a complex condition.A doctor may advise medical interventions in addition to changes in behavior.But experts say the more successful weightloss plans include a wellbalanced diet and exercise.

People who want to avoid weight gain have to balance the number of calories they eat with the number of calories they use.To lose weight,you can reduce the number of calories you take in,or increase the number you use,or both.Experts at the National Institutes of Health say to lose weight,a person should do some moderate or intensive physical exercise most days of the week.This could include fast walking,sports or strength training.

A recent study looked at four of the most popular dieting plans in the United States.Researchers at Stanford University studied more than three hundred overweight women,mostly in their thirties or forties.Each woman went on one of the four plans:Atkins,The Zone,Ornish or LEARN.The women attended diet classes and received written information about the food plans.At the end of a year,the women on the Atkins diet had lost the most,more than four and a half kilograms on average.

Christopher Gardner led the study,reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association. He said the Atkins diet may be more successful because of its simple message to lower the intake of sugar.Also,he said the advice to increase protein in the diet leads to more satisfying meals.

But last week,another report suggested that only a small minority of people have longterm success in dieting.Researchers at the University of California found that most dieters regained their lost weight within five years.And often they gained back even more.But those who kept the weight off generally were the ones who exercised.
1. how many people were in the study?
2. were they both male and female?
3. what gender were they?
4. what was it about?
5. less than 10 of them?
6. exactly how many?
7. were they named?
8. what was one?
9. another?
10. where was it conducted?
11. by who?
12. from where?
13. who was the leader?
14. were the results published?
15. where?
16. was one plan more successful?
17. which one?
18. why?
19. which is?
20. any other reason?
21. what?
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answer:
1. more than three hundred
2. No
3. female
4. dieting plans
5. Yes
6. four
7. Yes
8. Atkins
9. The Zone
10. the United States
11. Researchers
12. Stanford University
13. Christopher Gardner
14. Yes
15. the Journal of the American Medical Association.
16. Yes
17. the Atkins diet
18. because of its simple message
19. to lower the intake of sugar.
20. Yes
21. to increase protein in the diet leads to more satisfying meals.