input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Germany is a federal republic consisting of sixteen federal states (German: Bundesland, or Land).[a] Since today's Germany was formed from an earlier collection of several states, it has a federal constitution, and the constituent states retain a measure of sovereignty. With an emphasis on geographical conditions, Berlin and Hamburg are frequently called Stadtstaaten (city-states), as is the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, which in fact includes the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The remaining 13 states are called Flachenlander (literally: area states).

The creation of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 was through the unification of the western states (which were previously under American, British, and French administration) created in the aftermath of World War II. Initially, in 1949, the states of the Federal Republic were Baden, Bavaria (in German: Bayern), Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse (Hessen), Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), North Rhine Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), Schleswig-Holstein, Wurttemberg-Baden, and Wurttemberg-Hohenzollern. West Berlin, while officially not part of the Federal Republic, was largely integrated and considered as a de facto state. 1. How many states in Germany?
2. When was the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany
3. through the unification of what?
4. What administration were they under?
5. Does Germany have a constitution?
6. why?
7. What does it emphasize?
8. What is Berlin called?
9. Anyplace else have that name?
10. how about the remaining 13 ?
11. what does that mean?
12. Is west berlin part of the federal republic?
13. What was it considered?
14. Was it intergrated?
15. What was created in the aftermath of WWII?
16. What includes the cities of Breman and Bremerhaven?
numbered_answers: 1. 16
2. 1949
3. the western states
4. American, British, and French
5. yes
6. the constituent states retain a measure of sovereignty
7. geographical conditions
8. Stadtstaaten (city-states)
9. Hamburg
10. Flachenlander
11. area states
12. no
13. de facto state
14. yes
15. Federal Republic of Germany
16. Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. What is the hottest English word of 2013? It's "selfie", according to Oxford dictionaries. Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself, according to the Oxford online dictionary. People usually take selfies with a smartphone and send them to a social media website. The word was first used in 2002. In the past 12 months, its frequency in the English language has increased by 17,000 percent, said Oxford dictionaries. Now, almost everybody knows it. "Almost every day, I take a photo of myself at school, and save it in my Qzone (QQ)," said Huang Xu, 13, from Hunan. These photos record her happy and sad moments. Pop stars also take a lot of selfies. Li Chunping, 14, from Harbin, is a big fan of Yang Mi. "She has used many selfies to tell us what's going on in her personal life," said Li. What makes people love selfies? Some people say it's narcissism . "The rise of the selfie is a perfect symbol for our narcissistic culture. We're crying out: Look at me!" said US psychiatrist Carole Lieberman. Young people are using selfies to make friends online, Jonathan Freedland wrote in The Guardian. "The usual purpose of taking a selfie is to share online. They express a human need to connect with others," wrote Freedland. Huang Xu agrees with that. "During summer vacation, my classmates and I shared many selfies online. Hair or clothes were not our interests. Through these photos, we got to know each other's holidays and feelings," said Huang Xu. 1. What term is the subject of the article?
2. What was it declared as?
3. According to who?
4. When was it first used?
5. What does the term mean?
6. What culture is it fitting for?
7. What is one of the main reasons to take a selfie?
8. What message do they send?
9. IS there a need that is conveyed?
10. What is it?
11. Who claimed this?
12. Where was this quoted?
13. Are style and trends what one looks at in selfies?
14. What do they get from the photos?
15. What do the photos record?
16. Who takes a lot of selfies?
17. Do famous people?
18. Any in particular mentioned?
19. Why does she take them?
20. Has there been an increase in the use of the term?
numbered_answers: 1. selfie
2. the hottest English word of 2013
3. Oxford dictionaries.
4. 2002.
5. a photo that one takes of oneself,
6. our narcissistic culture.
7. to share online.
8. Look at me!"
9. Yes
10. a human need to connect with others
11. Jonathan Freedland.
12. The Guardian
13. No
14. to know each other's holidays and feelings
15. happy and sad moments.
16. Huang Xu,
17. Yes
18. Yang Mi
19. to tell us what's going on in her personal life,
20. Yes

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. (CNN) -- Vivienne Westwood is as bald as a baby, the faintest hint of downy white hair sprouting across her naked scalp.

Painted pink eyebrows sweep dramatically outwards. Wearing a sparkling, woven brown dress resembling an expensive hessian sack, she totters onto the stage at London's Southbank arts centre.

Straining forward in her chair, the 72-year-old "grandmother of punk fashion" appears both vulnerable and fierce. Fragile and yet fearless.

"The world was so mismanaged and we hated the older generation because they weren't doing anything about it," she says about forging Britain's punk aesthetic with then-boyfriend and Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren in the 1970s.

"I don't hate the older people now -- I'm one of them. But I've been trying to do something to change things all my life."

'God Save the Queen'

Decades after the couple started their radical new clothes shop in an area of London called "World's End" -- displaying ripped t-shirts, rubber curtains, and even a live rat in a cage -- Westwood has become one of Britain's most prestigious fashion designers.

This is the woman who, after receiving an award from Queen Elizabeth II in 1992, famously twirled around for photographers -- without wearing any underwear under her skirt.

The provocative lady is still there, though a little more frail-looking these days, speaking at London's annual Women of the World Festival.

"Buy less, choose well, make it last," she tells a crowd of hundreds -- mostly women -- patiently listening to a lecture that meanders into climate change, banks, and social responsibility. 1. Who has been labelled "the grandmother of punk fashion"?
2. How old is she?
3. Who gave her an award in 1992?
4. What did she do afterwards to shock the press?
5. Which famous person did she date?
6. When did they have a relationship?
7. Why was he well-known?
8. What kind of store did they open?
9. offering what kind of products?
10. Where was it located?
11. In what city?
12. Why was she angry at the older generation?
13. Does she feel the same way today?
14. What advice did she tell attendees at her lecture?
15. Where was the lecture held?
16. At what event?
17. What was she wearing?
18. What other topics were covered during her speech?
numbered_answers:
1. Vivienne Westwood
2. 72
3. Queen Elizabeth II
4. famously twirled without wearing any underwear under her skirt
5. Malcolm McLaren
6. the 1970s
7. Sex Pistols manager
8. a radical new clothes shop
9. ripped t-shirts
10. "World's End"
11. London
12. The world was mismanaged and they weren't doing anything about it
13. no
14. "Buy less, choose well, make it last,"
15. London
16. Women of the World Festival
17. a sparkling, woven brown dress resembling an expensive hessian sack
18. climate change, banks, and social responsibility.