input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Betty and I are best friends.Our birthdays are on the same day,so every year we have a birthday party together.But this year,we had a costume party instead. While we were writing the invitation,my mum came in and asked."Why not invite John?"John had been in our class for only a few months,but he was always getting better grades in math than anyone else in class.I wrinkled my nose and said,"Mum,he wears the same pants to school every day.How can he even afford a costume?"Mum said nothing.The next day,mum gave me an envelope with a shopping certificate in it."I thought it would be nice of you to give this to John,"Mum said.But how?We didn't want to make John embarrassed.We discussed it for a long time.Finally,Betty and I had a good idea. On the day of our party,kids arrived,dressed differently.John arrived,in an old sheet ,but still in the same brown pants as usual.We danced,ate snacks and played games in groups.Before eating the birthday cake,Betty said in a loud voice,"Now it's time for the great prize game.It's the following riddle..."It was a math game.None of us was surprised when John came up with the right answer first and walked off with the envelope. Everything went on well as we planned.John wore a new pair of pants and a new shirt the next week.He felt happy.So did we. When we helped others,we need to find a proper way,or we may hurt them in another way. 1. What sort of party did the friends have this year?
2. What is the friend's name?
3. Are their birthdays right next to each other?
4. What date were the two born?
5. Who did the mother tell them to have come to the celebration?
6. What was he good at?
7. Was he new to the school?
8. How did the mother gift him for the celebration?
9. Were the girls worried that he would be too happy about it?
10. How many activities did they do at the celebration?
11. Did they have a celebratory pie?
12. What type of game did they tailor to the boy?
13. Did he win?
14. What item of clothing did they notice he donned every day?
15. Did he buy new ones?
16. How did that cause him to feel?
numbered_answers: 1. costume party
2. Betty
3. on the same day
4. unknown
5. John
6. math
7. yes
8. a shopping certificate
9. yes
10. Three
11. yes
12. a math game
13. yes
14. pants
15. yes
16. happy

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. The 71-year-old ex-police officer accused of shooting dead a man inside a Florida movie theater won't get the chance to go home -- at least for now -- after a judge Friday decided not to grant him bail.

Judge Pat Siracusa made his decision after two days of wrenching, evocative, at times seemingly contradictory testimony inside a Dade City, Florida, courtroom.

"The state did, in fact, meet their standard," Siracusa said of prosecutors argument that Curtis Reeves shouldn't be allowed to post bond. "And I am going to detain Mr. Reeves, pretrial. He will remain in custody."

Reeves' lawyer signaled his intention to appeal a decision that -- while not unexpected, given this is a homicide case -- he believes is unwarranted. The attorney, Richard Escobar, said that he's optimistic about not only the appeal on bail, but that a jury of six citizens will side with his client.

"Mr. Reeves is truly an innocent man," Escobar told reporters. "And we look forward to proving that at a jury trial at some point."

The widow of the man that Reeves killed, meanwhile, applauded Siracusa's decision.

"I'm just very happy and relieved," Nicole Oulson said. "... I have no doubt in my mind that it was the right decision."

No threats before shooting, widow says

Was it self-defense or an overreaction?

As Siracusa took pains to point out, his opting not to grant bail has nothing to do with his or others assessment of Reeves' guilt or innocence. That won't happen until trial. 1. Who was the judge on the case of the ex police officer?
2. What was the crime of the officer?
3. Where did that happen?
4. Who was his prosecutor?
5. Where did the judge made the decision?
6. What is the name of the charged?
7. What was the intention of his lawyer after the court decision?
8. Why did he want to do that?
9. What was the name of the lawyer?
numbered_answers: 1. Pat Siracusa
2. shooting dead a man
3. movie theater
4. unknown
5. Dade City, Florida, courtroom
6. Curtis Reeves
7. appeal
8. decision is unwarranted
9. Richard Escobar

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. In seventh grade, Brittany Blythe dreamed of being a cheerleader. Her school's coaches were less than enthusiastic. "They said, 'I don't know how you'll be able to do it,' she recalls. "'You won't be able to do it. '"

But Brittany, now a junior at Strath Haven High School near Philadelphia, persisted . And when the junior team cheerleaders won a tournament last year, she was right there, dancing and cheering with the rest of the team.

Not bad for someone whose legs were cut off below the knee when she was two years old.

Brittany, 18, was born without shinbones --"just blood and muscle tissue", as she puts it. When she tried to walk, her legs twisted.

After the operation, she adapted quickly. "From day one, I basically jumped up and wanted to do everything," she says. Prosthetic legs allowed her to move around upright, but too slowly to keep up with her friends. Brittany's solution: take the legs off and walk on her knees---sometimes she still does when safety and comfort permit.

She's rarely _ . Other children laughed at her through the years, especially in junior high school, but she says the challenge only made her stronger. Now she's trying to convince her coaches to let her remove the prostheses and be a flyer, the cheerleader who's thrown in the air and caught by her teammates.

Brittany doesn't think her problems are more difficult than the next person's. "My disability was the first thing I had to get through, and that's going to prepare me for the future," she says. "It's all just a test: If someone throws you a curve ball , what are you going to do?" 1. What did Brittany dream of being in High School?
2. Who told her she couldn't be a cheerleader?
3. What was Brittany born without?
4. What was the reaction to her prosthetic legs in Junior high?
5. What does Brittany want her coaches to let her do now?
6. What was the first thing Brittany had to go through in like?
7. What school is Brittany at near Philadelphia?
8. Did the junior team cheerleaders win their tournament last year?
9. How old was Brittany when she lost the bottom of her legs?
10. What grade is Brittany in?
11. How did the coaches react to Brittany want to be a cheerleader?
12. Does Brittany ever move around without her prostetics?
13. Does Brittany have a great attitude?
14. Does Brittany think her disability makes her problems more difficult then the next persons?
15. Brittany was born without?
16. Did Brittany have any operations?
numbered_answers:
1. cheerleader
2. Her school's coaches
3. Shinbones
4. Other children laughed
5. To let her remove the prostheses and be a flye
6. Her disability
7. Strath Haven High School
8. Yes
9. Two
10. a junior
11. Her school's coaches were less than enthusiastic
12. Yes
13. Yes
14. No
15. shinbones
16. Yes