Problem: Seoul (CNN)North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is continuing to rule with an iron fist, having ordered the execution of about 15 senior officials so far this year, according to an assessment by South Korean intelligence agents, a lawmaker who attended a closed briefing said.

Shin Kyung-min, a lawmaker with the New Politics Alliance for Democracy, told a handful of reporters that he had been given the information by the South Korean National Intelligence Service.

CNN cannot independently confirm the executions. The nature of the intelligence supporting the National Intelligence Service allegations was also not immediately clear. North Korea is one of the most closed societies in the world.

According to Shin, intelligence officials say Kim is ruling in an impromptu manner and does not countenance excuses or any views at variance with his own.

He considers those a challenge to his authority, the intelligence officials said, according to Shin.

For example, a senior official with Ministry of Forestry was executed for expressing dissatisfaction with the country's forestry program, the lawmaker said.

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The vice chairman of the State Planning Commission was executed because he objected to changing the design of a science and technology hall from a rounded shape to one resembling a flower, the intelligence officials said, according to the lawmaker.

And in March, according to the South Korean lawmaker, Kim executed on charges of espionage four members of the Unhasu Orchestra, including the general director, because of a scandal, Shin said.

Kim became North Korea's Supreme Commander in December 2011 following the death of his father, Kim Jong Il. According to the National Intelligence Service, he is reported to have executed 17 senior officials in 2012, 10 in 2013 and 41 in 2014.
1. Who is the leader of North Korea?
2. How many executions have been ordered?
3. What position did the executed people hold?
4. Which organization discovered this?
5. Why were they executed?
6. Can the news organization prove the deaths occurred?
7. Are there any witnesses?
8. Is it dangerous to oppose this country's ruler?
Answer: 1. Kim Jong Un
2. 15
3. senior officials
4. The South Korean National Intelligence Service
5. for expressing dissatisfaction
6. No
7. unknown
8. Yes

Problem: Clothes are very important in our life. Different people wear different clothes. Now let's listen to some people in France talking about clothes. Hello, I'm Betty. I started working this year, so I'm able to get new clothes more often than before. I think what I look like is really important to me, so I spent much money on clothes. I like to wear bright colors and always dress up when I go to parties. I often buy all kinds of clothes and try to follow the latest fashion. Hi, I'm Jack. I don't have much to say about clothes. _ aren't the thing I'm interested in. I know little about the way of dressing. In summer, I always wear a T-shirt or something else. My name is Alice. I would like to say that clothes must be comfortable and feel easy to put on. Sometimes I buy clothes in some small street markets -- they are cheap there. I change the look of my clothes quite often -- put some flowers on them or use different buttons, just for a change. They'll look good all the time. I go shopping for clothes about once a month. I see something comfortable and fashionable and it fits me well, I would go for it and then...
1. When did Betty start working?
2. What kind of colors does she like to wear?
3. Is Jack interested in fashion?
4. What does he wear in summer?
5. Where has Alice shopped for clothes?
6. Why?
7. What does she often put on her clothes?
8. Does she wear T-shirts too?
9. Who wears different buttons?
10. Does Betty shop for clothes less often than she used to?
11. How often does Alice shop for clothes?
12. Does she tend to wear the same things often?
13. Where do the people talking live?
Answer: 1. This year.
2. Bright
3. No
4. a T-shirt
5. street markets
6. They are cheap.
7. flowers
8. Probably.
9. Alice
10. Yes
11. Once a month.
12. No
13. France

Problem: Within IOC, Samaranch was a man much admired and sometimes loved, the Spanish who made the organization into one that is rich and so powerful. No one doubted Samaranch's ability to make something impossible come true. In 1981 he ensured that Seoul was elected to be the host of the 1988 Olympics. Remember, that was a time when the two Koreas were at war with each other. And because Samaranch helped swing Spanish votes across to London, rather than to Paris, London was made host for the 2012. To China and the Chinese people, Samaranch was considered a great friend. Thanks to his efforts during his last term as IOC president, Beijing and China won the Olympics for the first time. Samaranch led the IOC from 1980 to 2001. Certainly, throughout his IOC presidential term, he had a soft spot for Moscow, for it was there that he was elected president of the IOC in 1980, and it was there that he managed to reach his final wishes as IOC president. Very early on in that 2001 Moscow session he wanted the Belgian surgeon, Jacques Rogge, a newcomer to the Olympic Movement, to replace him as president, for China to host the 2008 Olympic Games and for his son, Juan Antonio Samaranch junior, to become an IOC member. He got all three wishes. Samaranch's death came three months before his 90th birthday on April 21st, 2010.
1. Who was admired?
2. What was powerful?
3. Who hosted 1988 Olympics?
4. What about the 2012 Olympics?
5. Who considered Samaranch a great pal?
6. How long did Samaranch lead IOC?
7. Where was he selected to be president at?
8. Who is Jacques Rogge?
9. Who hosted Olympics in 2008?
10. When did Samaranch pass away?
11. How old was he when he passed away?
Answer:
1. Samaranch
2. the IOC
3. Seoul
4. London
5. China and the Chinese people
6. 21 years from 1980 to 2001
7. Moscow
8. a Belgian surgeon
9. China
10. April 21st, 2010.
11. 89