Q: A few years ago, an Englishman called Roy Jones went on holiday to a small seaside town in the west of England. He was swimming in the sea one day when, as he opened his mouth, his false teeth fell out and floated away. The following year, Mr. Jones returned to the same town. As he was having dinner in a local cafe one evening, he mentioned the story of his lost teeth to the manager. The manager looked surprised. He explained that he had found a set of false teeth on the beach last month. Then he asked Roy Jones if he wanted to try them on. "OK", said Mr. Jones. "I suppose it won't do any harm." When the manager brought him the teeth, Mr. Jones put them into his mouth, and laughed and laughed. They were his. In 1987, an American couple called Jane and Robert Bentley went for a picnic on a beach in California. When they returned home, Mrs. Bentley realized that she had lost her wedding ring. It wasn't a lot of money but it was valuable to Jane Bentley. The Bentleys drove straight back to the beach, and searched for the ring for three hours, but could not find it. A few months later, Mr. Bentley went fishing off the same beach. As he pulled a large crab out of the sea, he noticed that there was something attached to one of its claws. It was his wife's wedding ring! At the end of the 19thcentury, a young woman called Rose Harcourt was on her honeymoon in Barmouth, North Wales, when she lost a gold bracelet her husband had given her as a wedding gift. Feeling very upset, she went straight to the police stations and asked if anyone had found her bracelet. Unfortunately, no one had. Twenty-five years later, the Harcourts returned to Barmouth _ They were sitting on the beach one day when Mrs. Harcourt noticed something gold in the sand by the edge of the sea. She walked down to see what it was, and discovered her gold bracelet that had been missing for 25 years.

Answer the following questions:
1. What did Roy Jones lose?
2. Whrer?
3. Did he find it?
4. Who found it?
5. What did Jane and Robert Bentley lose?
6. In what year?
7. Was it expensive?
8. Was it recovered?
9. When?
10. Where?
11. Who else misplaced jewelry?
12. What was it?
13. Was she happy about it?
14. What did she do?
15. Any luck there?
16. Did it ever show up?
17. When?
18. Where?
19. Who recovered it?
A: 1. false teeth
2. in the sea
3. yes
4. manager
5. wedding ring
6. 1987
7. no
8. yes
9. A few months later
10. same beach
11. Rose Harcourt
12. gold bracelet
13. no
14. went to police
15. no
16. yes
17. Twenty-five years later
18. edge of sea
19. Mrs. Harcourt
Q: A group of frogs were travelling through the woods. Two of them, Nick and Jack, fell into a deep pit . All the other frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, they told Nick and Jack that they were as good as dead. Nick and Jack ignored what the other frogs said and tried to jump up out of the pit with all of their strength. The other frogs went on telling them to stop, and that they were as good as dead. Nick listened to them and gave up. Finally, he fell down and died. Jack continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the frogs around the pit shouted at him to stop the pain and just die. Jack jumped even harder and finally got out. When he was out, the other frogs asked, "Did not you hear us?" Jack explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him all the time.

Answer the following questions:
1. what were travelling through the woods ?
2. who fell into the pit ?
3. who gathered around the pit
4. who was good as dead ?
5. why ?
6. who died ?
7. who lived ?
8. why ?
9. what did he think they were saying ?
10. was it more then 3 frogs in the group ?
A: 1. A group of frogs
2. Nick and Jack
3. All the other frogs
4. Nick and Jack
5. Because of how deep the pit was
6. Nick
7. Jack
8. He's deaf
9. Encouraging things
10. Yes
Q: Two years into the Syrian conflict, President Obama has decided it's finally time to explain it to the American people in a speech he will give from the Oval Office on Tuesday. But from the beginning, President Obama's strategy in Syria -- if he ever had one -- has been confused.

Years of dithering, red lines that went unanswered, and a failure to persuade our international allies and the American public to get on board with the president's nonplan plan, has resulted, not surprisingly, in a confused Congress.

On the Republican side, Sen. John McCain was against the president's plan for limited intervention but on Wednesday changed his mind. Sen. Marco Rubio was for intervention in Syria for the past two years, but he cannot support Obama's plan for military strikes.

On the Democratic side, many who have previously defended Obama's foreign policy as somehow morally superior to his predecessor for its caution and thoughtfulness now seem delighted to support his new war in Syria. Then there are Democrats who seem a little less fuzzy on their long-held principles and do not support intervening in Syria.

Obama's own administration seems confused as well. Secretary of State John Kerry has had to backpedal more than once after contradicting official policy in Syria, which is admittedly hard to discern.

Even Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been an awkward spokesman, spending the better part of the past year telling Congress that Syrian intervention was unwise. As Eli Lake, a correspondent for the Daily Beast puts it, "On Tuesday, Dempsey was not much more helpful for the president's case for war in the Senate. He contradicted President Obama's contention from Saturday that delays would not affect the Syria war plan, confirming the Syrian military was adjusting to press leaks about an early plan."

Answer the following questions:
1. Has Kerry had to change his story?
2. How many times?
3. What is his title?
4. Under which President?
5. Did any of the opposing party change their opinion?
6. Who?
7. What's his party?
8. And his title?
9. Any other of his party change?
10. Who?
11. And his title?
12. Who will be giving a talk?
13. And his title?
14. Where will he speak from?
15. When?
16. Has he been clear on his strategic plans?
17. Who is Dempsey?
18. Has he been good at clarifying options?
19. Who is the reporter?
20. For what publication?
A:
1. Yes
2. More than once
3. Secretary of State
4. Obama
5. Yes
6. John McCain
7. Republican
8. Senator
9. Yes
10. Marco Rubio
11. Senator
12. Obama
13. President
14. Oval Office
15. Tuesday.
16. No
17. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
18. No
19. Eli Lake
20. Daily Beast