question: When Graham was a little boy, he really like giraffes. They were his favorite animal to see at the zoo. He liked giraffes more than elephants, pandas, tigers or lions. He dreamed of going to Africa to see giraffes in the wild. He told his family how much he liked them and they made sure he had plenty of books about giraffes. At school, he often wrote his reports about giraffes. He even painted his room with spots to look like a giraffe. When he got older, he went to school to study giraffes and other animals. Finally, during his final year of school, he went to Africa to study giraffes in their home.

While there he met many people who also liked giraffes. He liked seeing how tall the giraffes were. He found that their homes were being destroyed by people using the land. Graham started an organization which raised money to help buy land for the giraffes to live on. Graham used everything he knew about giraffes to teach other people. He gave speeches, wrote books, made signs and sent letters telling people about the giraffes' home being destroyed.
1. What animal does Graham like?
2. Where did he see them?
3. Where did he want to travel?
4. Why?
5. Did he tell his relatives that he cared for these animals?
6. What did his relatives make certain he had a lot of?
7. Were giraffes eventually involved in his studies?
8. Where were his studies done?
9. Was that done in his last year of schooling?
10. What did he discover about the the animals' habitat there?
11. By whom?
12. Who were using what?
13. What did Graham initiate?
14. That did what?
15. Why?
16. For what purpose?
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answer: 1. giraffes
2. the zoo
3. Africa
4. to see giraffes in the wild
5. Yes.
6. books about giraffes
7. Yes.
8. Africa
9. Yes.
10. it was destroyed
11. by people
12. the land
13. an organization
14. raised money
15. to buy land
16. for giraffes to live on

question: Chinese people call the Spring Festival"Nian". But do you know that Nian was once the name of a monster ? A long time ago, the monster Nian lived in the mountains. It ate animals. But in winter, it could not find food. So it came to villages and ate a lot of people. People were so afraid of Nian that they locked their doors before evening came during the winter. One day, an old man came to a village. He told people there that Nian was afraid of three things----the color red, fire and noise. He told people to play drums and gongs, make big fires and set off fireworks to make Nian go away. On a moonless, cold night, Nian went to the village again. As soon as it opened its big mouth, people made loud noises and made fires. Nian was really afraid and ran away. wherever it went, there was noise and fire. When Nian was tired and could not run anymore, people killed the monster. After that, on the coldest day of winter, people beat drums and gongs, and set off fireworks to celebrate the death of the monster of Nian. They put up red lanterns and have a big dinner without sleeping during the night. In the morning people greet each other happily. So now we have the Spring Festival.
1. What did the monster Nian eat most of they year?
2. What did it eat in the winter?
3. How did people try to protect themselves in the winter, before the old man gave them advice?
4. How did Nian feel about noise?
5. How did the people use that to their advantage?
6. Did Nian have any colors it was afraid of?
7. What instruments did people use to scare the monster away?
8. When they celebrate the death of the monster what do they make noise with?
9. What decorations do they put up then?
10. Is food involved in the celebrations?
11. Are the celebrations held throughout the night?
12. Who gave the people information that they used to help kill the monster?
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answer: 1. animals
2. people
3. locked their doors
4. afraid
5. people killed the monster
6. red
7. drums and gongs
8. drums and gongs
9. red lantern
10. yes
11. yes
12. an old man

question: Florida theater shooting suspect Curtis Reeves is lonely but confident that his self-defense claim will result in his acquittal, according to jailhouse phone calls released by the state attorney's office.

According to CNN affiliate, Bay News 9, the 71-year-old, who is being held without bail on a second-degree murder charge, also tells his daughter he's concerned about the family's finances.

"I'm more worried about you all than I'm worried about me," he says.

"And we're more worried about you than we are worried about us," Jennifer Shaw, his daughter, responds.

"Well, if all the facts come out we all should be in good shape."

"I know, but we just hate that you have to be in there right now."

In January, Reeves and his wife were attending a showing of "Lone Survivor" at a Wesley Chapel movie theater. Reeves left the theater to report to management that the man in front of him, Chad Oulson, was texting during the previews. When he returned the two exchanged words.

Video from the scene appears to show Oulson snatching Reeves' popcorn off his lap and throwing it at him. Reeves responds instantaneously with a single, fatal gunshot. A preliminary hearing suggested the case will come down to whether a jury believe Reeves was intimidated by Oulson and acted in self-defense, or if Reeves overreacted to Oulson texting.

In the jailhouse tapes, Reeves tells his daughter she can sell some of the family's belongings if necessary.

"If we need money, sell the motorcycle, motorcycle trailer, the kayaks, the trailer and --"
1. Who is the suspect?
2. What is he accused of?
3. Was he granted bail?
4. What is he concerned about?
5. Is his family worried?
6. Who did he allegedly kill?
7. Why?
8. An overreaction to what?
9. Where?
10. How old is Reeves?
11. Was anyone with him at the movies?
12. Who?
13. What movie were they seeing?
14. Had they complained to anyone first?
15. Was there any video of what happened?
16. Does the video show Oulson doing anything?
17. What did he do?
18. Where did he throw it?
19. Did Reeves do anything back?
20. What did he do?
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answer:
1. Curtis Reeves
2. second-degree murder
3. no
4. family finances
5. yes
6. Chad Oulson
7. self-defense or an overreaction
8. Oulson texting
9. a movie theater
10. 71
11. yes
12. his wife
13. "Lone Survivor"
14. yes
15. yes
16. yes
17. snatched Reeves' popcorn off his lap and threw it
18. at Reeves
19. yes
20. responded with a gunshot