Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied with him. One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future . They talked for a long time. "Have a look at your watch, please," said the girl. "What time is it now?" "Sorry, something is wrong with my watch," said Jack. "Where's yours?" "I left it at home." Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, "Bang! Bang! Bang!" The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, "It's twelve o'clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?" ,.

1. What is the time?
2. Was someone wakened?
3. Who?
4. Who made her wake?
5. How old is he?
6. Who did he meet?
7. What did he serve her?
8. Did he complete school?
9. What type?
10. Is he employed?
11. Where?
12. What was his friend missing?
13. Where was it?
14. Did they have much to discuss?
15. What?
16. What time does he get off?
17. Am or pm?
18. What happens after dinner?
19. And after he eats?
20. Who does he live with?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. twelve o clock at night
2. yes
3. grandma
4. Jack
5. 20
6. Mary
7. fruit and drinks
8. yes
9. middle school
10. yes
11. in a shop
12. her watch
13. home
14. yes
15. school, teachers, classmates, future
16. ten o'clock
17. evening
18. has a quick supper
19. falls asleep
20. His grandma

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

(CNN) -- Educators and policymakers have long dreamed of providing universal, low cost, first-class higher education. Their wish may come true soon thanks to an unlikely source: Silicon Valley.

The mecca of the technology universe is in the process of revolutionizing higher education in a way that educators, colleges and universities cannot, or will not.

One of the men responsible for what may be an Athens-like renaissance is Sebastian Thrun, Google's vice president and pioneer in artificial intelligence and robotics. Known in science circles for his engineering feats -- like Stanley, the self-driving car -- Thrun is using his technological prowess to make quality higher education available to the world. I recently interviewed him on my radio show, "Morning In America."

Last year, while teaching a graduate level artificial intelligence class at Stanford University, Thrun lamented that his course could only reach 200 students in the suburbs of Palo Alto. So, he decided to offer his own free online class, with the same homework, quizzes and tests that he gives to Stanford students.

He announced the proposal with a single e-mail. Before he knew it, he had a flood of takers. "Usually I reach about 200 students and now I reach 160,000," said Thrun incredulously. "In my entire life of education I didn't have as much an impact on people as I had in these two months."

By utilizing online videos and educational resources, Thrun's class was being accessed by students from all corners of the world. In fact, the students themselves translated the class for free from English into 44 languages.

1. What location did the innovation in the article come from?
2. And what field is the innovation in?
3. Who was interviewed by the writer?
4. What's his job?
5. Is he famous for anything else?
6. Like what?
7. What is Stanley?
8. What show was the interview on?
9. Is that a TV show?
10. What kind then?
11. Where does Thrun teach?
12. What is his course about?
13. Is it for undergraduates?
14. How many students at the university could take the course?
15. Where is the university located?
16. What did Thrun do to change the situation?
17. How many students can take it now?
18. How did the tell people about the idea?
19. How long has he been giving the course online?
20. How many languages could students take the course in?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Silicon Valley
2. education
3. Sebastian Thurn
4. Google's vice president
5. yes
6. Stanley
7. a self-driving ca
8. Morning In America
9. no
10. a radio show
11. Stanford University
12. artificial intelligence
13. no
14. 200
15. Palo Alto
16. decided to give online class
17. 160,000
18. e-mail
19. unknown
20. 45

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States. Founded in 1971 to take over most of the remaining U.S. passenger rail services, it is partially government funded yet operated and managed as a for-profit corporation.

Amtrak serves more than 500 destinations in 46 states and three Canadian provinces, operating more than 300 trains each day over of track. Some track sections allow trains to run as fast as .

In fiscal year 2015, Amtrak served 30.8million passengers and had $2.185 billion in revenue, while employing more than 20,000 people. Nearly two-thirds of passengers come from the 10 largest metropolitan areas; 83% of passengers travel on routes shorter than . Its headquarters is at Union Station in Washington, D.C.

The name "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "trak", the latter itself a sensational spelling of "track".

In 1916 98% of all commercial intercity travelers in the United States moved by rail; the remaining 2% moved by inland waterways. Passenger traffic on the railroads totaled 42 billion passenger-miles. Passenger trains were owned and operated by the same privately owned companies that operated freight trains. Thereafter patronage declined in the face of competition from buses, air travel, and the automobile. New streamlined diesel-powered trains such as the "Pioneer Zephyr" were popular with the traveling public but could not reverse the trend. By 1940 railroads held just 67 percent of commercial passenger-miles in the United States. In real terms, passenger-miles had fallen by 40% since 1916, from 42 billion to 25 billion.

1. Who was doing business with antrak?
2. what is amtrak?
3. did they do short distace?
4. how many trains are operated?
5. when was it founded?
6. were they international travelers?
7. how many states are served?
8. is it a for profit or non profit?
9. how many stops does it have?
10. how many people rode in 2015
11. what makes up the name Amtrak?
12. do they travel to canada?
13. who partially funds it?
14. how many provinces do they travel to?
15. where do most of the passengers come from?
16. how many people traveled by train in 1916?
17. what about waterway?
18. What percent did it drop to 1940?
19. What is trak short for?
20. where is it headquarters?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation
2. passenger railroad service
3. no
4. more than 300
5. 1971
6. yes
7. 46
8. for-profit
9. 500
10. 30.8million
11. "America" and "trak",
12. yes
13. government
14. three
15. the largest metropolitan areas
16. 42 billion passenger-miles.
17. Two
18. 67
19. track
20. Union Station