Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
Jim rode his bike quickly. It was Friday and he wanted to get to the lake. The path to the lake was long and winding. It was wetter on Tuesday. Jim had to wash his boot. His boot had once been frozen. It was frozen because he left it outside on Sunday. He had to leave his boot outside for a long time. The lake was facing the tree. Jim had to go home. He wanted food very badly. Jim went home. He got inside and looked up at the ceiling. He walked to the refrigerator. Jim took the yogurt out of the refrigerator. Some milk was on the table and he grabbed a cup so he could pour himself some of the milk. Jim also had a candy bar. Jim sat down and rested. He was tired from the long bike ride. He finished his yogurt and began planning his next trip to the lake. It would not be long before he returned. He and his boots were ready for more fun outdoors Monday.
1. What'd Jim ride?
2. How?
3. When?
4. Where was he going?
5. Was it a simple trip?
6. Why?
7. How was it previously?
8. When?
9. What'd he have to do?
10. Why?
11. Why was that?
12. When?
13. How was the lake situated?
14. What did he want?
15. A lot?
16. So where'd he go?
17. And where'd he walk?
18. And what'd he get?
19. What'd he see on the table?
20. So what'd he get?

Numbered answers:
1. his bike
2. quickly
3. Friday
4. the lake
5. No
6. The path to the lake was long and winding.
7. wetter
8. Tuesday
9. wash his boot
10. His boot had once been frozen.
11. he left it outside
12. on Sunday
13. facing the tree
14. food
15. very badly
16. home
17. to the refrigerator.
18. yogurt
19. Some milk
20. a cup

Question:
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Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- Hezbollah's chief on Monday announced the group's new "manifesto," which calls on all countries to "liberate Jerusalem" and declares the United States a threat to the world.

"American terrorism is the source of every terrorism in the world," Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech from an undisclosed location.

It was his first address since a unity government formed in Lebanon this month, ending a crisis that had left the country with no government since June's parliamentary elections.

Hezbollah, a political party in Lebanon, is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States and Israel. Nasrallah does not appear in public amid concerns for his safety.

"We invite and call on all Arabs and Muslims and all countries keen on peace and stability in the world to intensify efforts and resources to liberate Jerusalem from Zionist occupation and to maintain its true identity and its Islamic and Christian sanctities," Nasrallah said.

Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks. It has been linked to attacks against against American, Israeli and other Western targets.

In his remarks, which included about 80 minutes of reading the manifesto followed by answering questions from reporters, Nasrallah sought to reject the "terrorist" label, repeatedly saying Hezbollah is a "resistance" force.

"The U.S. administration under President George W. Bush equated the concepts of terrorism and resistance to deny the right of resistance for the people," he argued.

He praised Iran and Syria, which are Hezbollah's chief backers.

"Iran plays a central role in the Muslim world" and "stood with courage and determination with Arab and Islamic issues, especially the Palestinian issue," Nasrallah said.
1. Whose chief announced a new manifesto?
2. What does he say?
3. Does he declare the United States a threat to the world?
4. What's the name of the chief?
5. Is Hezbollah a political party in Lebanon?
6. Has Hezbollah claimed responsibility for terrorist attacks?
7. Is he rejecting the terrorist label?
8. What does he say about Hezbollah?
9. Which counties were praised by him?
10. Does Nasrallah appear in public?

Numbered answers:
1. Hezbollah's
2. he calls for the liberation of Jerusalem
3. Yes
4. Hassan Nasrallah
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. it is a "resistance" force
9. Iran and Syria
10. No

Question:
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(CNN) -- Choosing to step down from a top job can be an extraordinary decision, whether the person is a pontiff or a politician. But George Pataki, former governor of New York, says making the switch from public figure to John Q. Public wasn't difficult for him.

"I made up my mind that I was never going to let my public title become my personal identity," he says. He embraced what he calls a sense of normalcy after he left office, going to movies and basketball games.

A year or two after he left office, Pataki went to Madison Square Garden with a group of friends to see the Knicks play. And he wanted to stand in line to get himself a hot dog -- something elected officials tend not to do.

"I loved it," he says. Even though fellow fans recognized him and offered to let him jump the queue, Pataki waited in line for his hot dog with mustard and sauerkraut. "I felt really good about the fact that it was just comfortable for me to be on line with the rest," he says.

Pataki decided in the middle of his third term in office that he would not seek a fourth term. He left office in 2006, after 12 years as governor.

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"I had no doubts that this was the right decision for me, for my family, for the team that had worked so hard with me, and for the state," he says.
1. Who said the switch from public life to private wasn't hard for him?
2. What position did he have?
3. What kind of decision did he say it often is?
4. Did he confuse his personal/professional identities?
5. What did he embrace instead?
6. By doing what?
7. When did he go to Madison Square Garden?
8. Who with?
9. Why did he go?
10. What did he stand in line for?
11. Is this something politicans usually do?
12. Did he enjoy it?
13. How do we know?
14. Did others recognize him?
15. What did they offer to let him do?
16. Did he accept?
17. What did he get on his hot dog?
18. Did he enjoy waiting in line?
19. How many terms did he serve?
20. When did he leave office?
Numbered answers:
1. George Pataki
2. governor of New York
3. an extraordinary decision
4. no
5. a sense of normalcy after he left office
6. going to movies and basketball games
7. A year or two after he left office
8. a group of friends
9. to see the Knicks play
10. a hot dog
11. no
12. yes
13. he said "I loved it,"
14. yes
15. jump the queue
16. no
17. mustard and sauerkraut
18. yes
19. Three
20. 2006