Q: CHAPTER V

THE TOMATO FINCA

Three weeks had passed since his interview with Austin before Jefferson was ready to sail, and he spent most of the time in strenuous activity. He had cabled to England for a big centrifugal pump and a second-hand locomotive-type boiler, while, when they arrived, Macallister said that five hundred pounds would not tempt him to raise full steam on the latter. He also purchased a broken-down launch, and, though she was cheap, the cost of her and the pump, with other necessaries, made a considerable hole in his remaining 2,000. It was for this reason he undertook to make the needful repairs himself, with the help of a steamer's donkey-man who had somehow got left behind, while Austin and Macallister spent most of the week during which the _Estremedura_ lay at Las Palmas in the workshop he had extemporised. He appeared to know a little about machinery, and could, at least, handle hack-saw and file in a fashion which moved Macallister to approbation, while Austin noticed that the latter's sardonic smile became less frequent as he and the American worked together.

Jefferson was grimly in earnest, and it was evident that his thoroughness, which overlooked nothing, compelled the engineer's admiration. It also occurred to Austin that, while there are many ways in which a lover may prove his devotion, few other men would probably have cared for the one Jefferson had undertaken. He was not a very knightly figure when he emerged, smeared with rust and scale, from the second-hand boiler, or crawled about the launch's engines with blackened face and hands; but Austin, who remembered it was for Muriel Gascoyne he had staked all his little capital in that desperate venture, forebore to smile. He knew rather better than Jefferson did that it was a very forlorn hope indeed the latter was venturing on. One cannot heave a stranded steamer off without strenuous physical exertion, and the white man who attempts the latter in a good many parts of Western Africa incontinently dies.

Answer the following questions:
1. What chapter are we discussing?
2. What is it called?
3. How has Jefferson spent the last three weeks?
4. How much money did he have remaining?
5. What was he getting ready to do?
6. What was one thing he bought?
7. Where did he get it?
8. What else did he buy?
9. Was it new?
10. Was it any good?
11. What else did he buy?
12. Did he have enough money for it all?
13. Was he able to pay for the repairs?
14. How did he get the repairs done?
15. Who helped him?
A: 1. CHAPTER V
2. THE TOMATO FINCA
3. In strenuous activity.
4. 2,000.
5. To sail
6. Centrifugal pump
7. England
8. Locomotive-type boiler
9. No
10. No
11. A launch
12. Yes
13. No
14. He did them
15. A steamer's donkey-man
Q: Istanbul (, or ; ), historically known as Constantinople and Byzantium, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural, and historic center. Istanbul is a transcontinental city in Eurasia, straddling the Bosphorus strait (which separates Europe and Asia) between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its commercial and historical center lies on the European side and about a third of its population lives on the Asian side. The city is the administrative center of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality ( with Istanbul Province), both hosting a population of around 14.7 million residents. Istanbul is one of the world's most populous cities and ranks as the world's 7th-largest city proper and the largest European city.

Founded under the name of "Byzantion" () on the Sarayburnu promontory around 660 BCE, the city developed to become one of the most significant in history. After its reestablishment as "Constantinople" in 330 CE, it served as an imperial capital for almost 16 centuries, during the Roman and Byzantine (3301204 and 12611453), the Latin (12041261), and the Ottoman (14531922) empires. It was instrumental in the advancement of Christianity during Roman and Byzantine times, before the Ottomans conquered the city in 1453 and transformed it into an Islamic stronghold and the seat of the Ottoman Caliphate.

Answer the following questions:
1. what is the population of Istanbul?
2. what name was it founded under?
3. in what year?
4. what is one of the historical names for it?
5. how many continents does it straddle?
6. which two?
7. how many centuries has it been an imperial capital?
8. how does its population rank in comparison to other cities of the world?
9. about how many people live on the european side?
10. is it the largest city in Europe?
11. when did Ottomans conquer the city?
12. what become the dominant religion there?
13. was it always?
14. what other religion was it instrumental to?
15. during what period?
16. what years did that span?
17. when was it reestablished as Constantinople?
A: 1. around 14.7 million
2. "Byzantion"
3. around 660 BCE
4. Constantinople
5. Two
6. Europe and Asia
7. almost 16
8. the 7th-largest city proper
9. about two thirds
10. Yes
11. 1453
12. Islam
13. No
14. Christianity
15. the Roman and Byzantine times
16. 33-1453 in total
17. 330
Q: At London College, the boys can go to the city in the afternoon. But they must return to the school before six. And Bob doesn't often obey the rule. One afternoon, Bob walked to the city and went to the cinema. When he got to the school, it was eight o'clock. He was a little worried. He ran quickly to the gate. It was closed. He went round the school building to another door. That one was closed, too. Then he saw an open window on the ground floor. It was the head teacher's office. Bob looked into the room, and no one was there. He quickly climbed up and jumped into the room. Just then he heard a voice. He looked around and hid under the sofa. One minute later, Mr. Scott, the head teacher, came in. He turned on the light and sat down on the sofa. Then he began to read. Bob lay under the sofa and looked at the head teacher's feet for an hour. He could not move. At last the head teacher stood up and walked towards the door. "Thank goodness, he didn't find me under the sofa." thought Bob. Then the head teacher stopped. He turned his head and spoke to the sofa, "Would you mind turning off the light when you leave?" he said and left the office.

Answer the following questions:
1. What school were the boys at?
2. Who was the boy that did not follow rules?
3. Where did he go whilst in the city?
4. Did he arrive back on time?
5. What time did he arrive?
6. How did he get back in?
7. Who did the room belong to?
8. What was the teachers name?
9. Did he catch Bob?
10. Where?
A:
1. London College
2. Bob
3. the cinema
4. No
5. eight o'clock.
6. an open window
7. the head teacher
8. Mr. Scott
9. Yes
10. under the sofa